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Could hackspaces hold the key to business innovation?
Comment An early success has been Tesco @ Home, a gadget which brings Outlook-style order to grocery shopping, allowing customers to create to-do lists, messages and calendars. In the corporate world, Tesco... [14 Oct 2009]
If you can't wait for Windows 7, pre-orders start today
News Thirteen UK stores are taking advance orders for the operating system, including John Lewis, Argos and Tesco, according to Microsoft. Windows 7 became available to UK consumers for pre-order on Wednesday, with retailers... [15 Jul 2009]
Bangalore bashing: Recession gets nasty
Comment The world's biggest corporations including General Electric, Google, HSBC, IBM, Microsoft and Tesco have large operations in Bangalore. The latest symptom of the worldwide recession? The West becoming hostile towards... [28 May 2009]
IT "glitch" brings down Tesco tills
News Supermarket chain Tesco has been unable to take money at a number of its stores following technical problems affecting its tills. The till issues began on Monday morning and are likely to have been caused by routine... [11 May 2009]
350,000 NHS email accounts Exchanged in massive migration
News When we did staff at the London Strategic Health Authority we did 50,000 accounts in one weekend, which is probably comparable to a very large corporate like Tesco doing all of their services. The NHS has finished the... [29 Apr 2009]
Tesco plans telco assault with phone shop boom
News Tesco plans to double the number of its in-store phone shops to around 100 by next March, it said on Sunday, stepping up competition to market leader Carphone Warehouse. Last July, as it bought Royal Bank of Scotland out... [20 Apr 2009]
Tesco buys into SaaSy CRM
News Tesco has adopted on-demand CRM technology to improve customer service for people buying electrical items from the retails giant's stores or website. Working with hosted CRM software specialist RightNow,... [02 Apr 2009]
Photos: From wine tasting to choosing a mortgage
Photo Tesco used Surface at one of its Wine Club fairs last year, combining the touchscreen tech with an application developed by EMC Conchango. Third party developers were also on hand to show what Surface applications... [19 Mar 2009]
Tesco virtualises 1,500 servers to save costs and carbon
News Tesco will significantly boost efficiency and reduce carbon emissions when it completes a project to virtualise 1,500 of its UK Windows-based servers. Tesco's IT director for UK infrastructure and... [13 Mar 2009]
The Hut buys its Zavvi savvy
News The Hut - which runs white label retail sites for 15 retailers including Asda, Dixons and Tesco, as well as its own-brand website selling products from entertainment to apparel - has bought Zavvi's brand, internet domain... [03 Mar 2009]
Inside Standard Life's IT strategy
News It intends to expand into new areas, using an IT-system-in-a-box approach similar to that of Tesco. Scottish financial services group Standard Life has lifted the lid on the IT strategy it will use to weather the... [25 Feb 2009]
CIO Job Report: Movers and shakers
News Former Tesco CIO Colin Cobain joined HM Revenue and Customs as a non-executive director this month. Let silicon.com keep you up to date with all the latest CIO job moves and changes with our regular CIO Job Report. [27 Jan 2009]
Web sales no match for worst December in 14 years
News Argos and Tesco trailed with an average of 8.2 million and 7.3 million unique visitors respectively but both showed significant increase, notching up a 32 per cent and 15 per cent increase between them. [13 Jan 2009]
Former Tesco CIO joins HMRC
News HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has snapped up former Tesco CIO Colin Cobain as a non-executive director. Cobain, who stepped down from Tesco in 2007 after six years with the retail giant, will sit on the... [06 Jan 2009]
Morrisons stocks up with voice and data network
News The deal is the latest in a string of managed voice and data contracts for C&W, including agreements with Aviva, Centrica, Thames Water and Tesco. Supermarket chain Morrisons has awarded a three-year contract to Cable &... [09 Dec 2008]
