As the government pushes private companies to release customer data under its Midata initiative,Computer Weekly looks at what this means for the digital economy and who stands to benefit most from this new form of"consumer empowerment". ...
Tags: Midata, customer data, consumer empowerment
IDG News Service - Japan's Sharp, struggling with deep losses and searching for a financial savior, has cut short an early retirement program after being flooded with volunteers. The company said Tuesday that it ended the program after a ...
The latest milestone to be reached in Nationwide's GBP1bn five-year IT transformation sees the launch of its mobile banking service as the project moves towards the final straight. The building society launched its mobile banking service ...
Tags: Mobile Banking, building society, internet bank, virtual desktops
GMI Ratings has selected InfoTech Solutions for Business, Inc. to manage IT infrastructure and software product development. NEW YORK, NY, November 19, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- GMI Ratings, the leading provider of research on ...
Tags: GMI Ratings, InfoTech, software product, IT infrastructure
IDG News Service - Shifting ANZ Banking Group from an Australian and New Zealand centric bank to a super-regional Asia Pacific financial services entity while implementing new technology is Anne Weatherston's top priority for the next five ...
IDG News Service - Visa said Tuesday that it has expanded its digital wallet service V.me to an additional 53 banks and 23 merchant partners. About 55 million cardholders now can use V.me for their online shopping. V.me is a wallet ...
Tags: digital wallet, US customers, Visa, V.me
New Minya Governor, Dr. Moustafa Kamel Eissa, tours ASEC Cement s $360m state-of-the-art greenfield cement plant as it initiates cold run testing. ANCC will create a total of 1, 200 direct and indirect jobs in Upper Egypt. The new Governor ...
Tags: market view, cement
Microsoft plans to release Windows Embedded Standard 8 next March,as the company aims to bring Windows 8 features to a whole host of devices outside the PC,including ATMs,information kiosks,advertising displays and even industrial machines. ...
Tags: Microsoft, PC, Windows Embedded, Windows 8, Windows operating system
Recycling bottles and jars is a concept we are all familiar with. The 750, 000tonnes that we put in bottle banks each year goes someway to offsetting the 2 million tonnes or so that we use for containers. Half as much glass (at least 1m ...
Tags: market view, glass
The US flooring group Mohawk Industries is to acquire the Pergo European and North American laminate flooring operations from Pfleiderer. The share deal encompasses Pergo LLC and Pergo AB as well as patent rights pooled in Pergo’s ...
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Philips is to supply 200,000 of its MasterLED lamps in one of the largest energy saving LED lighting deals in Africa. The deal,which is to be rolled out in conjunction with Eskom(The South African state-owned utility company),aims to ...
Japan's Sharp,a major supplier of LCD displays to Apple and other manufacturers,has warned that it may not survive if it can't turn around its business,an admission that caught few off guard. The Osaka-based manufacture said there ...
Tags: Japan, Sharp, LCD displays, IGZO technology
For the second year running,Freya lingerie has partnered with The Mobo Awards in order to raise awareness about the importance of great fitting lingerie. This year's awards are being held at the Liverpool Echo Arena and all Mobo ...
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For the second year running,Freya lingerie has partnered with The Mobo Awards in order to raise awareness about the importance of great fitting lingerie. This year's awards are being held at the Liverpool Echo Arena and all Mobo ...
Tags: Freya lingerie, Mobo Awards, great fitting lingerie, bra
Christopher & Banks Corporation, a specialty women's apparel retailer, announced that it has completed the search, commenced in February 2012, for a successor to Chief Executive Officer Joel Waller. The Company's Board of Directors ...
Tags: Christopher&Banks Corporation, retailer, women's apparel