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PA spreads the news on open source

Case Study It's a mixture of the flexibility, the cost and the potential to scale it and make it really adaptable for our environment," Berman explained. Press Association (PA) is moving to an open source platform for its editorial content management system...

Tags: savings, open source, media, platform

[20 Mar 2008]

Students get blanketed in wi-fi at Brum uni

Case Study Turnbull said the large-scale of the campus wi-fi rollout meant ease of installation was a key consideration in designing the network. Students at The University of Birmingham will soon be able to roll out of bed and get onto the internet wherever...

Tags: wi-fi, security, birmingham, wired

[18 Mar 2008]

National Carphones dials in to SaaS

Case Study As a growing company, Anderson said the Netsuite software represented good value as well as being easy to scale up. National Carphones is using on-demand CRM software - software as a service (SaaS) - to help boost its growing business.

Tags: netsuite, saas, online, crm

[13 Mar 2008]

Tennis federation rallies web presence

Case Study We recognised we were reaching the limits of a centrally hosted site, so it was clear we had to scale up. The ITF runs the annual Davis Cup tournament, which sees nations battling it out in the biggest annual team competition in sport.

Tags: tennis, ntt, website, servers

[12 Mar 2008]

How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive

Case Study Lovick said: "At 100 times that scale, we couldn't imagine it working. Early suppliers emerged including IBM and Orange, for the telematics software and network coverage respectively, and Intec - a company better known for writing billing software...

Tags: norwich union, teradata, road pricing, driver

[27 Nov 2007]

Carpetright rips and replaces to keep up with growth

Case Study Besides interoperability and reliability problems, the systems in place were built for a mid-tier organisation and couldn't scale in line with Carpetright's growth. Carpetright is rolling out a rip-and-replace solution to streamline its IT systems...

Tags: erp, microsoft, sap, epos

[25 Jun 2007]

It's good to talk, says supermarket chain

Case Study According Somerfield's head of sourcing and IT services, David Heyes, conferencing was already being used from 2000, but after the change in ownership the scale of its use was increased. Somerfield has reaped the benefits of improved communication...

Tags: retail

[13 Jun 2007]

St Paul's Cathedral upgrades shopping tech

Case Study McVay chose an Epos solution from Cybertill, because it has a track record in supplying to the scale the cathedral needed. St Paul's Cathedral is one of the icon's of the London skyline and a prime tourist site for the city - its gift store sees...

Tags: epos

[09 May 2007]

Sage signs schools science supplier deal

Sage signs schools science supplier deal

Case Study Although the time to roll it out was in line with Palser's expectations he said he had been "taken aback by the scale of the project". Scientific & Chemical Supplies, a major supplier to the education system of scientific goods and services, has...

Tags: erp, crm, sage

[06 Sep 2006]

What's the deal with BlackBerry-flavoured Coke?

Case Study At the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Florida, one of Coke's top techies revealed the challenges of managing mobility on a global scale. With nearly 4,000 BlackBerrys across 75 countries and numerous carriers, Coca-Cola boasts one of the...

Tags: blackberry, coca cola, rim, coke

[17 May 2006]

Staffordshire councils save millions by joining forces

Staffordshire councils save millions by joining forces

Case Study Although at first there were a few teething problems, Loveless said they were to be expected given the scale of the project and that overall it came in under budget, though "slightly late". Ten local government agencies in Staffordshire have teamed...

Tags: staffordshire

[04 May 2006]

Bogus insurance claims caught by data sifting

Case Study Still explained: "Our core business is insurance and a company like MMA couldn't bring the economies of scale needed to a job like that. Insurer MMA is catching fraudulent claims and cutting its costs by analysing its claims data more effectively.

Tags: insurance

[22 Nov 2005]

Sainsbury's scrutinises buying habits to woo customers

Case Study This meant many advertising campaigns were running at a loss - a relative return on investment (ROI) of 0.7, according to Fovargue, when ranked on a scale where 1.0 represents breaking even. Sainsbury's, which has around 16 per cent of the UK's...

Tags: case study, sainsbury's

[24 Jun 2005]

Centrica unties top execs with wireless

Case Study Before taking the plunge into full-scale remote working, Centrica embarked on a pilot to encourage management buy-in of the scheme. Utility giant Centrica has cut the wires binding its executives to their desks by rolling out mobile technology to...

Tags: case study, centrica

[22 Jun 2005]

Meadowhall retailers profit from warehouse tech

Meadowhall retailers profit from warehouse tech

Case Study It was also impressed by the package as it can easily scale up or down depending on the number of retailers in the centre: "There are no cost implications to scaling," she said. Retailers at Sheffield's Meadowhall shopping centre have increased...

Tags: meadowhall

[15 Jun 2005]

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