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HCI Success for John Lewis Partnership With HP and Microsoft

whitepaper The John Lewis Partnership is one of the UK's top 10 retail businesses; the Partnership is also the country's largest example of employee co-ownership. Shops must work hard to attract customers when retail sector was becoming, but at the same time...

Tags: retail, class, employee, criteria

[11 Apr 2008]

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

News John Keeling, director of computer services, John Lewis Local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to deal with growing cyber crime and online fraud threats facing businesses today. That's the unanimous verdict of UK tech chiefs on...

Tags: cio jury, e-crime, cio, crime

[18 Mar 2008]

Retail leaders will open up in tough times

Retail leaders will open up in tough times

Comment John Lewis Partnership chairman Charlie Mayfield echoed this counter-culture approach to anticipating tough trading times ahead. The danger is that a downturn will bite into IT spending even though technology could be retailers' saviour, says...

Tags: recession, john lewis partnership, carphone warehouse, supplier

[13 Mar 2008]

John Lewis streamlines in-store tech

News Department store John Lewis has been using Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 to pilot a new approach for managing its in-store tech. Each of the 250 John Lewis and Waitrose stores has a domain controller - all requiring a dedicated server - which...

Tags: windows server 2008, server, domain, john lewis

[28 Feb 2008]

Retailers count the online Xmas coffers

News John Lewis Direct head of web selling David Walmsley said: "Our sale started on Boxing Day and in the first four days of the sale we had double revenues compared to the previous year. Online sales reached £15.2bn in the UK in the last quarter of...

Tags: retail, tesco, john lewis, christmas

[17 Jan 2008]

Record online sales in November

News In a statement, John Lewis Partnership head of web selling David Walmsley, said: "Christmas kicked in with a vengeance in November. Online shoppers spent a record £5.4bn last month, underlining the steady growth in retailing via the internet over...

Tags: online, shopping, retail, leisure

[20 Dec 2007]

Young targeted by "Revitalise IT" scheme

News Enterprises and academic institutions currently participating in the Revitalise IT initiative include Accenture, Apple, the BBC, Cisco, John Lewis, LogicaCMG, Microsoft and Vodafone, and City University London, Oxford Brookes University...

Tags: e-skills uk, it degrees, it skills

[19 Sep 2007]

Video: How to stop your best staff leaving

Video: How to stop your best staff leaving

Video British Energy CIO Ian Campbell, UK government CIO John Suffolk, Virgin CIO Gareth Lewis, Associated Newspapers CIO Ian Cohen, Betfair CTO Rorie Devine and eSure CIO Mark Foulsham all reveal their top tips for staff retention.

Tags: cios, talent, cio50

[17 Aug 2007]

Tech sparks rapid rise in electricity bills

News Norman Swift, John Lewis Two-thirds of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said the proportion of budget taken up by energy and electricity costs is rising rapidly. The issue is not so much that electricity costs are rising - which they...

Tags: green, energy, electricity, cio jury

[15 Aug 2007]

Retiring House of Fraser IT boss not being replaced

News At John Lewis, for example, the department store arm of John Lewis Partnership (JLP), the role of director of computing services, which focuses on systems shared by all JLP divisions, now reports directly to the group CFO, Marisa Cassoni, although...

Tags: management, recruitment, it director, house of fraser

[01 Aug 2007]

Urban wireless networks set to surge

News Milton Keynes' network is based on this type of 'mixed' public-private model - it was launched by wireless comms company Briteyellow in partnership with Invest Milton Keynes - an arm of English Partnership, the government's development agency...

Tags: milton keynes, municipal, citywide, wi-fi

[26 Jul 2007]

BT to snap up UK ISP

News Brightview operates the Global Internet, Madasafish and Waitrose ISP brands and is currently working with the John Lewis Partnership to launch the 'GreenBee' broadband and telephony service. BT is poised to snap up London-based consumer ISP...

Tags: broadband, deal, acquisition, isp

[06 Jul 2007]

How to stop your best tech staff from being poached

News John Keeling, director of computer services, John Lewis Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said it is getting harder to retain good staff, supporting research earlier this week from the Chartered Management Institute...

Tags: skills, retention, talent, cio jury

[28 Jun 2007]

Photos: Celebrating the top CIOs

Photo Virgin group CIO Gareth Lewis (left) chats to Norwich Union CIO Alex Robinson (right) at the silicon.com CIO50 launch party. The CIO big-hitters - UK government CIO John Suffolk (left) with LCH Clearnet group CIO Martin Taylor (centre) and Vicky...

Tags: cio50

[13 Jun 2007]

Retailers ignoring their online shoppers

News Hitwise VP of research, Heather Hopkins, said Tesco and several high street department stores have made significant gains in the past year - with John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Woolworths all climbing in the ranks.

Tags: online shopping, retail

[30 May 2007]

John Lewis Partnership Enhances Its 'Employer of Distinction' Reputation With HR and Payroll Solutions

whitepaper One of the U.K.s top ten retail businesses with 27 John Lewis department stores and 174 Waitrose supermarkets, John Lewis Partnership offers unparalleled service and quality products to its customers.

Tags: business management, retail, payroll, lewis

[30 May 2007]

Will's Web Watch: Computer says 'no'

Comment Just yesterday morning, when I should have been taking delivery of a Nintendo Wii, I received an email from UK retail giant John Lewis telling me my order had been cancelled. In essence, a computer glitch, I was told, had cancelled my order for no...

Tags: web watch

[10 May 2007]

'Keeping the lights on' stifles tech innovation

News John Keeling, director of computer services, John Lewis Two separate reports last week by the London School of Economics/PA Consulting and analyst Gartner hit out at a lack of vision from CIOs, saying the IT department is failing to take a lead and...

Tags: cios, innovation, cio jury

[30 Apr 2007]

Warning over rogue wi-fi security risk

News John Keeling, director of computer services, John Lewis One of the main worries about wireless security is users unwittingly accessing insecure or malicious wireless networks when they are out of the office, according to a survey this week.

Tags: security, wi-fi, wireless, cio jury

[19 Apr 2007]

Businesses failing to enforce network abuse policies

News John Keeling, director of computer services, John Lewis Businesses are failing to properly enforce network usage and abuse policies by leaving it to the IT department to manage. Two-thirds of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury panel of IT chiefs said...

Tags: network security, network management, network, cio jury

[30 Mar 2007]

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