office system in case studies
Why next-gen videoconferencing can mean more travel
Case Study Pearson made the decision to invest in telepresence to improve links with its New York office. Speaking at Gartner's Enterprise Networking & Communications Summit in London, Steve Scott, director of technology services at Pearson, which deployed... [24 Apr 2008]
VoIP a perfect fit for Gieves and Hawkes
Case Study The company's back office is split into two locations with design at Savile Row and finance and distribution at an office near Hampton Court. David Collins, the financial director at Gieves and Hawkes said the service was basic and not even able to... [15 Apr 2008]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study The trial is funded from the £3m that the Home Office has set aside for camera technology pilots. A Home Office report suggested the use of camera technology will reduce time spent on paperwork and file preparation by 22.4 per cent as well as... [12 Mar 2008]
Shipping company to slash CO2 and power costs
Case Study Phillips said the system would optimise office bandwidth by 50 per cent, a gain that could make a big difference in more remote locations where data throughput could be as low as 128Kbps. The Cisco Wide-Area Application Services (Waas) system will... [21 Feb 2008]
BA puts faith in IP at Terminal 5
Case Study The systems running on the network include passenger check-in, ticketing and departure control information, along with crew scheduling and other back-office systems. Among other things, the network also supports T5's telephone system along with BA... [08 Feb 2008]
Scottish Re evaluates risky data
Case Study He expects to start exploring ways in which the EDI system can be integrated more fully into the back office systems in the future now that he has a solid roadmap with CSC. In the meantime he has also conducted a back office systems strategic... [04 Feb 2008]
PDAs to fight war on hospital wear and tear
Case Study The system replaces the old method of creating three paper dockets per job and bringing job notes back to the office - saving the Bedford Hospital NHS Trust money and time, while also cutting down on lost paperwork.silicon.com Public Sector [18 Jan 2008]
Law firm beefs up search power
Case Study FFW was also one of the first law firms to set up an office in the virtual world, Second Life. European law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has improved access to its vast wealth of legal knowledge with an upgraded web-based search system. [18 Jan 2008]
Betbrokers fancies Sapphire's form
Case Study IT director Carl Whitehead wanted a system that could handle the brokers' need for fast accurate access to betting data, report on that ongoing state of business across the company and be used for back-office functions. [19 Sep 2007]
American Golf drives expansion with store system
Case Study But the stores ran a different system and the two systems couldn't be integrated, which meant that head office and the stores were reconciling sales and stock reports manually. The system was rolled out to the head office and eight stores in... [14 Sep 2007]
Retailer takes stock with business intelligence
Case Study Moseley said: "We know the stock instantly at the touch of a button because all the sales come back from the tills to the head office within minutes of a sale going through. The retailer has already been using Microsoft Dynamics-based software from... [10 Sep 2007]
Holiday company steps up data security
Case Study Its database also supports back-office processes, accounts and front office systems - including various websites - so it is essential it is properly protected. The system protects the database from attacks that could lead to customer, employee or... [17 Aug 2007]
Mothercare tears up paper-based store comms
Case Study With such rapid expansion, it became imperative that Mothercare had clear communication between the head office and all branches. The way head office instructs store staff has not changed a great deal. [03 Jul 2007]
Carpetright rips and replaces to keep up with growth
Case Study Woosey said: "We had three different store systems and a whole collection of bespoke back-office systems. One of his prime considerations was supplying an order processing system that could cope with the complexities of the majority of Carpetright... [25 Jun 2007]
Software gets Nasa back to the moon and Mars
Case Study Matt Leonard, chief of Nasa's lunar surface systems office, told silicon.com: Nasa has launched a software system to help its scientists work together more effectively as they design and build vehicles for the agency's Constellation Program... [22 Jun 2007]
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