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White Paper As the world's leading premium drinks business, Diageo requires little introduction. It needed a hassle free, cost effective and cost controllable solution that would keep its employees in touch at all times, wherever they were in the world and at... [03 Jul 2008]
Diageo Implements Global Service Management Solution
White Paper Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company. In a strategic move to drive organic growth, Diageo has realigned itself behind its premium drinks business. As part of an overall commitment to quality, the company has focused on realigning... [03 Jul 2008]
mySAP Supply Chain Management at ABI
White Paper In support of The Coca-Cola Company's move to a total beverage company and to combat competition from substitute products, ABI increased the number of noncarbonated drinks it sold. At the same time, ABI restructured its manufacturing operations... [03 Jul 2008]
How SAP Retail Has Helped Cellar5 Cut Its Inventory by Half
White Paper Cellar5 Group is one of the country’s leading independent drinks retailers. The Right Choice chain of convenience stores offers a wide range of fresh and packaged groceries, drinks, news and other goods and services to provide a complete one-stop... [03 Jul 2008]
The McCue Interview: Robin Dargue, Group CIO, Royal Mail
Comment After hitting the heady heights of CIO for drinks giant Diageo aged just 36, he has now taken on what most people would view as a daunting challenge at Royal Mail. Dargue stayed in consumer goods and joined drinks giant Diageo as European IS... [11 Jun 2008]
Neil Cameron
CIO Profile Cameron was brought in as Unilever's first ever dedicated CIO in 2003 from drinks giant Diageo and was one of the company's most senior external appointments for years. At Unilever Neil Cameron is responsible for a 4,000-strong global IT department... [11 Jun 2008]
Robin Dargue
CIO Profile What bigger challenge is there after becoming CIO of the world's biggest drinks company Diageo aged just 36, turning around its global IT function and introducing common business processes and a wall-to-wall SAP platform across the group's 180... [11 Jun 2008]
Ian Buchanan
CIO Profile His early career was spent in consultancy and systems development within the oil and drinks industries, working for BP and Diageo. As a member of the Alliance & Leicester's executive committee, Ian Buchanan has accountability for IT and business... [11 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment Drinks brand Bacardi will release Groove Armada's latest songs and the dance duo will headline Bacardi's international music events throughout 2008. From free downloads to albums you can pay as much as you like for, the internet has put traditional... [22 May 2008]
Microsoft embraces cloud computing with 'Live Mesh'
News From painting to ordering drinks, Microsoft plans to change the way we interact with technology with Surface Microsoft has begun testing technology that brings together a user's pictures, documents and other data scattered across a growing number... [23 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up Again, you're going to be standing around with your fingerprint kit in your hands for a while unless you're a frequent visitor to 10 Downing Street or the PM drinks in your local. Wanted: fingerprints of one unkempt, jowly, harassed-looking... [11 Apr 2008]
Drinks giant Diageo hires new CIO
News Drinks giant Diageo has appointed a new CIO to fill the seat left vacant after previous IT chief, Robin Dargue, left to join Royal Mail. Diageo's new CIO is Brian Franz who joins from rival PepsiCo International where he was senior VP and CIO. [03 Mar 2008]
Bill Gates bids London farewell
News From painting to ordering drinks, Microsoft plans to change the way we interact with technology with Surface In his final UK appearance before he steps down as Microsoft chairman to pursue his philanthropic and charitable work, Bill Gates said... [30 Jan 2008]
Juice Producer Improves Reliability by Migrating Firewall From Linux to Microsoft
White Paper Sucos del Valle, a maker of fruit juice drinks, wanted to restructure and modernize its IT infrastructure. One of the main issues was computer security. The company was using SUSE Linux version 8.0 with Squid as a firewall, but it was concerned... [19 Dec 2007]
Retailers to scan discount vouchers by mobile phone
News O2 said the system is not limited to newspaper and magazine vouchers and could be used for other promotions in future - such as discounts printed directly on crisp packets or soft drinks. Thousands of newsagents in the North West of England are to... [10 Dec 2007]
