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Travis Perkins builds its tech future
Case Study Travis Perkins has carried out a complete overhaul of its IT over the past year and as a result has a much more robust infrastructure with capacity to expand. The project was prompted by the acquisition of DIY retailer, Wickes. [20 Jun 2008]
Vista basks in public sector praise
Case Study Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, launched in January 2007, has had a mixed reaction from pundits and potential customers and there is still a strong inclination among the company's user base to cling on to older iterations of Windows... [30 May 2008]
Musical retailer improves stock visibility
Case Study Prior to that, the company was using Claris Filemaker, a simple database to manage stock. This system had to be polled every night and was little use to sales staff in the stores that wanted to check availability and condition of stock in other... [08 Apr 2008]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study Police in Staffordshire are trialling video technology to capture and store footage officers have gathered on the beat using cameras worn on the body. The trial is funded from the £3m that the Home Office has set aside for camera technology pilots. [12 Mar 2008]
SMS reminders help NHS tackle forgetful patients
Case Study An SMS service is helping the NHS save time and reduce the number of appointments missed by patients. The Patient Care Messaging (PCM) software, which is made by healthcare application developer iPLATO, is being used by 24 NHS Primary Care Trusts... [07 Jan 2008]
Specsavers boosts customer vision with CRM system
Case Study Specsavers has beefed up the CRM systems at its Nottinghamshire call centre to get a single view of its customers. The optician has achieved solid growth over the last few years, building brand loyalty through advertising campaigns and competitive... [04 Jan 2008]
Monarch soars with Google search tech
Case Study The company went live with the tech at the beginning of November as a low cost way of reducing the need for emails to be sent by customers to have their queries answered. The airline saw a significant increase in email queries following its... [03 Dec 2007]
Betfair betting engine goes supersonic
Case Study Betfair has developed a new core betting engine that can process staggering volumes of bets per second and significantly reduce the cost of each transaction. The technology the company came up with is so impressive, it was the clear winner of the... [15 Nov 2007]
TalkTalk Direct gets faster on its feet
Case Study The business process outsourcing division of Carphone Warehouse upgraded to Fujitsu Siemens Primepower servers to run its core systems - including CRM, billing and reporting apps - between August last year and January 2007. [11 Oct 2007]
ICI takes the plunge with WLAN
Case Study The global paint and chemical manufacturer has been putting the WLAN in place with wireless networking specialists Aruba Networks since the end of last year, and the network has been running on several sites since the beginning of 2007. [10 Oct 2007]
Cambridge speedy software brings out the stars
Case Study The Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (Casu) - part of the university's Institute of Astronomy - is testing the Kognitio WX2 database system with legacy data. Getting information out of a telescope and into a usable format is a laborious task that... [16 Apr 2007]
Comic Relief gets IT ready for donation deluge
Case Study Supporters are using the charity's website more often to donate and fundraisers are getting web 2.0 friendly - downloading photos and videos of their efforts - putting more pressure on its infrastructure. [15 Mar 2007]
Small and Medium Enterprise Business Communications in the UK
Case Study The key findings in this report include: Communications technologies today and in the next year The HSDPA result illustrates again that many leading-edge users want to have the advantages of broadband in a mobile setting - unsurprising given the... [07 Dec 2006]
Chemist prescribed new dispensing tech
Case Study High street pharmacist Lloydspharmacy is rolling out a new electronic dispensary system that will help prepare for the expanded role of pharmacies in healthcare over the next few years. Its Compass (Complete medication and patient support system... [16 Nov 2006]
Cities rise to the £7m digital challenge
Case Study The Digital Challenge initiative is a competition aimed at UK councils to encourage them to think about issues of social and digital exclusion within communities. The winner will be announced in April 2007. [02 Oct 2006]
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