project and time in case studies
College classrooms go high-tech
Case Study The new building will bring together four existing campuses and the use of technology has been very much at the forefront of the project. The project was prompted by a poor Ofsted report in 2003, which saw the college set the goal of achieving an... [02 Jul 2008]
Travis Perkins builds its tech future
Case Study The project was prompted by the acquisition of DIY retailer, Wickes. But the builders' merchant soon realised it would be hugely beneficial to roll this project into a more major tech overhaul. I have to say that particular part of the project went... [20 Jun 2008]
Renault goes multilingual
Case Study Speaking to silicon.com, Peyman Kargar, VP of engineering, repair and warranty at Renault Service, said the project was part of the company's aims to become more competitive. The project has been running for around seven months with more languages... [06 Jun 2008]
Childnet helps parents get web savvy
Case Study Childnet CEO Steven Carrick-Davies said: "The purpose of the project was to promote the positive aspect of the internet and provide some balance to other messages out in the public perception. The charity was commissioned by the Department for... [08 May 2008]
Olympic tech getting fit for Beijing 2008
Case Study Preparations for the Beijing Olympics in August are nearly complete and for Atos Origin, it's the end of an IT project that has lasted nearly four years. Noblot said: "It's really an end-to-end project and as such, security has to be end-to-end as... [16 Apr 2008]
Scottish Re evaluates risky data
Case Study Scottish Re head of IT Andrew Wild was brought in to the company in the summer 2006, at the same time the project was kicked off. The project came in on time, despite a limited "business input" from the company which, at the time, was rationalising... [04 Feb 2008]
AstraZeneca brings its email bang up to date
Case Study Global pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca, has just completed a huge project to upgrade its ageing email system, helping the company reduce the number of servers it uses and save money. The company worked with HP to move 66,000 email accounts in... [23 Jan 2008]
Mothercare tears up paper-based store comms
Case Study Mothercare project manager John Kerr recalled that the organisation previously used a combined AS400 messaging and paper-based system. The time it took for information to get down to the branches and back again limited Mothercare's ability to react... [03 Jul 2007]
Lloyds TSB banks on SAP SRM
Case Study The transition project was started in August 2006 and the system went live on time, towards the end of March. Lloyds TSB has rolled out a new e-procurement system which it hopes will reduce costs and make its overall procurement process much more... [12 Jun 2007]
Channel Five switches on to virtualisation
Case Study One array is dedicated to general content management - both internal and customer facing - and another for a data warehousing project for the new media being created. Speaking at a roundtable event in London, Channel Five CIO, Ken Davis, said: "The... [22 May 2007]
Linux move reaps dividends for stockbroker
Case Study The introduction of a new hardware OS was therefore a mission-critical project for the business said Michael Wheeler, finance partner at Redmayne-Bentley.silicon.com Financial Services Wheeler said: "It became a fairly major project - it was very... [18 May 2007]
DFS reupholsters its financial system
Case Study Fortunately we achieved this very early on in the project which got the project off to a flying start. Furniture retailer DFS has integrated its finance and payroll operations into one system, making financial reports much easier to produce and... [17 Apr 2007]
Isle of Man building for a tech future
Case Study The 'Connect Man' project, which was started in 2004, has now been completed with a full Multi-Protocol Label Switching network rolled out across the island. The network is the culmination of several years' work and CIO for the Isle of Man... [28 Mar 2007]
L'Oréal gets business planning makeover
Case Study Keith Mattocks, project leader of sales and marketing IT at L'Oréal UK, said the Excel-based business planning system was "huge and complicated". It appreciates the time savings, flexibility and range of options the system offers. [19 Feb 2007]
Publisher gets smart about marketing
Case Study So far the project has stuck to our schedule, goals and objectives," he said. The company, which publishes both print and electronic materials on health, safety, legal and finance issues, has grown by acquisition and in the process acquired several... [28 Nov 2006]
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