availability in case studies
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study That de-risked the project immensely for us because issues such as capacity and availability were all answered," Ramsay added. The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has embraced software as a service by adopting... [10 Jul 2008]
Travis Perkins builds its tech future
Case Study Carter explained: "With the traditional disaster recovery service you've got three problems: firstly it's becoming too expensive, secondly you've got no guarantees of its availability. Travis Perkins has carried out a... [20 Jun 2008]
Musical retailer improves stock visibility
Case Study 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 stores.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Pro audio music retailer... [08 Apr 2008]
Tennis federation rallies web presence
Case Study The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has beefed up its website to improve availability and speed for millions of tennis fans following the scores of Davis Cup matches online. The ITF runs the annual Davis Cup... [12 Mar 2008]
Betbrokers fancies Sapphire's form
Case Study Because the company was effectively creating a new market, the availability of ready-made packages was limited. Gambling company Betbrokers has used a Russian services company to develop its back-end systems. [19 Sep 2007]
Carpetright rips and replaces to keep up with growth
Case Study Information about availability of stock and delivery times is also much more accurate. Carpetright is rolling out a rip-and-replace solution to streamline its IT systems following an intense period of growth. [25 Jun 2007]
It's good to talk, says supermarket chain
Case Study Somerfield has reaped the benefits of improved communication flow by upping its use of conference calls, including improvements in stock availability. Heyes said: "I couldn't quantify the benefits we get from using... [13 Jun 2007]
Paymaster saves £300k with mainframe move
Case Study The migration was completed within 10 months and Paymaster has also been able to improve levels of system availability and security, while reusing its core application code and data to minimise risk and expense. [08 May 2007]
Virtualisation powers up energy group
Case Study E.ON's infrastructure is stored over three tiers - tier one holding the most used applications and therefore needing 100 per cent data availability; tier two holding the less critical applications; and tier three mainly... [23 Apr 2007]
Cambridge speedy software brings out the stars
Case Study Getting information out of a telescope and into a usable format is a laborious task that can take months, delaying the availability of data for analysis and research. Cambridge University is speeding up astronomical... [16 Apr 2007]
How UCAS made its website a high achiever
Case Study Although the site can cope with up to 7,000 concurrent users and 2,000 staff users, OneSight allows UCAS to monitor the website's key performance indicators of health and availability. The UCAS (University and Colleges... [16 Feb 2007]
Publisher gets smart about marketing
Case Study The availability of up-to-date customer profiles means marketing staff are able to plan more strategically, said Wolters Kluwer's Turner. Publisher Wolters Kluwer has invested nearly £1m in business intelligence tools... [28 Nov 2006]
Lloyd's Register chooses Microsoft over Linux
Case Study In particular what swung Lloyd's Register towards the Microsoft option were issues such as interoperability and availability of staff - and the organisation's future plans to move to a hosted environment. [04 Jul 2005]
Meadowhall retailers profit from warehouse tech
Case Study Previously the British Land marketing team had discovered research saying guaranteed stock availability was the most important thing to people when shopping. For retailers, the system gives them more information about... [15 Jun 2005]
Police get 'smart' warrant cards
Case Study But the force is not going to use biometrics with the smartcards: "We looked at that but we didn't think it was something that is robust enough or will have high availability for five to 10 years. Hampshire Police has... [10 Jun 2005]
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