project of that 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 I have to say that particular part of the project went extremely well," he said. 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... [20 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study A project to tackle digital exclusion in socially deprived regions of Merseyside has brought free plug-and-play internet access to hundreds of homes with children of school age. As many of the homes involved in the project don't have landlines... [17 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. He said: "One of the important things we learned was... [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 a project of high visibility. [16 Apr 2008]
Calor Gas smelling of tech success
Case Study Another major integration project has been the rollout of 22,000 telemetry units on the company's bulk gas tanks, which are helping the company keep up to date on customer gas levels. Went explained: "That's quite a key bit of information for us... [17 Mar 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. Keogh concluded: "We're delighted with the success of the project. [23 Jan 2008]
Betfair betting engine goes supersonic
Case Study The technology the company came up with is so impressive, it was the clear winner of the CNET Networks UK Business and Technology Retail & Leisure Technology Project of the Year Award for 2007. The budget for the entire project was less than £1m... [15 Nov 2007]
Philips' brings travel expenses down to earth
Case Study Since this project was started, Philips has piloted expense management in collaboration with American Express Consulting for other global suppliers. As part of that strategy, it signed a deal to take travel services through SkyTeam, a global... [03 Oct 2007]
Blackpool saves £2m with contact management
Case Study The technology did not present any problems at implementation but Baron said the change of mindset was one of the biggest challenges of the project, with some departments unwilling to share their data. [06 Aug 2007]
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 Retail manager system cost a fraction of that, at £250,000. Mothercare has sped up communication times and... [03 Jul 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. Five saw a sharp increase in the amount of data following the launch of its two... [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. The result is a much more streamlined accounts department, especially at the times of year when the retailer has to take on casual staff to cope... [17 Apr 2007]
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