German industrial packaging firm Mauser Group is investing $10m in a new packaging facility in Geismar, Louisiana, US. Mauser USA will operate the 40,000ft² packaging and logistics facility, close to the company’s major clients ...
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UK-based food service company TICCO Foods has merged with Bindi GB, a supplier of premium, authentic Italian desserts and gelato. With this merger, both brands will be benefited in terms of streamlining work processes, stock ...
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Oracle’s Alfonso Di Ianni, Senior Vice President, East Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa, has said that cloud adoption in Dubai has seen a marked upswing in the past 12 months. Speaking to journalists at an Oracle conference ...
Tags: cloud adoption, Smart City
SAP is set to acquire Swiss e-commerce and logistics management firm Hybris in a deal reportedly worth at least $1bn (£650m). SAP said the acquisition will allow it to begin focusing on optimising the customer experience for ...
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SAP AG and hybris today announced that SAP plans to acquire hybris, a rapidly growing and widely recognized leader in e-commerce technology. The acquisition positions SAP to deliver the next-generation e-commerce platform, with the choice ...
SAP has revealed plans to acquire hybris, a rapidly growing and widely recognised player in the e-commerce technology market. The acquisition positions SAP to deliver the next-generation e-commerce platform, with the choice of on-premise ...
The complexity of global supply chains, increasing costs, explosion in order and delivery channels, rising customer expectations and new consumer behaviour have all contributed to the growing challenges faced by organisations when it comes ...
An increase in prices has driven improved annual profits at Fresh Del Monte Produce, the company announced today (19 February). Fresh Del Monte booked underlying net income of US$147.4m for 2012, up from $107.4m a year earlier. The ...
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Almost three quarters of retail banks are increasing how much they spend on innovation as they attempt to better engage customers through mobile and online channels. According to a study of 300 banks in 66 countries, carried out by IT ...
RIA Novosti reported that US Russian joint venture Ford Sollers will halt production at its plant in near St Petersburg from December 17 until the end of 2012 and will resume its operations on January 9 after holidays. A company spokesman ...
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Analysts are sounding a proverbial death knell for e-readers,which have declined 36%in 2012 as buyers turned instead to multi-use tablets. Both IHS Suppli and IDC recently issued dire warnings,if not obituaries,for e-readers.IHS said ...
Panasonic will be the sole distributor of Lighthouse LED video display technology in the United States and Canada. Customers will now be able to purchase Lighthouse's award winning LED video display technology through an optimized supply ...
Tony Prestedge is COO at Nationwide.He joined the building society halfway through a GBP1bn IT transformation which he then took charge of.He talks to Computer Weekly about the progress being made,the benefits already being seen and what ...
Tags: ageing IT systems, up to date, virtualise desktops, data warehouses
Rail Settlement Plan(RSP),the company that provides IT and retail services to UK rail operators,is upgrading its systems with AWS cloud to provide a next-generation ticket issuing systems as a growing number of commuters adopt the"click and ...
Tags: UK, RSP, AWS, Smart421, rail operators, cloud-based service