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News The 'CJ Know-How' system should help deliver "real savings" to the billions of pounds it costs to administer criminal justice in England and Wales, according to the CEO of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Peter Lewis. [17 Jul 2008]
silicon.com old school
Comment At the event, silicon.com founder Rob Lewis provided the assembled guests with branded bin-bags to dispose of their now-redundant paper tech mags. silicon.com is 10 this week. That's a grand old age for a publication launched at the height of the... [07 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy hailed by IT chiefs
News John Keeling, director of computer services, John Lewis Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 after dropping out of his course at Harvard University and silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel unanimously voted that he leaves behind a positive... [26 Jun 2008]
Gareth Lewis
CIO Profile Gareth Lewis was appointed group CIO at energy company Centrica in November last year and he has wasted no time in getting to grips with the role by reorganising the central tech team and focusing better delivery of shared group services. [11 Jun 2008]
Kevin Berry
CIO Profile His rise to the top began in 1977 when he joined the John Lewis Partnership as a graduate trainee. He climbed through the ranks, working as the partnership's chief analyst, head of department store systems, systems director for John Lewis and... [11 Jun 2008]
When is a supplier gift/junket inappropriate?
News John Keeling, director of computer services, John Lewis Free junkets, gifts, trips to big sporting events and free gifts are all still tools of the trade used by tech suppliers to try and get business out of CIOs and IT buyers - or 'building... [06 Jun 2008]
HCI Success for John Lewis Partnership With HP and Microsoft
White Paper 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... [11 Apr 2008]
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... [18 Mar 2008]
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... [13 Mar 2008]
McLaren in pole position with data
Case Study MES (formerly TAG Electronic Systems) is the electronics and software arm of the McLaren Group which also runs the Formula One team Lewis Hamilton races for. McLaren Electronic Systems (MES) has been using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as it prepares... [03 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... [28 Feb 2008]
Network optimisation market speeds up
News This could include print services, DNS, DHCP and security, according to the company's European director of marketing Mark Lewis, who said there would be major announcements forthcoming in the area. Cisco could face a tougher battle when it comes to... [26 Feb 2008]
All Saints goes in-house with accounting
News Up until this year, All Saints outsourced its accounting processes to a Birmingham-based accountant, but the retailer's financial controller Sally Lewis said the company had outgrown its ability to provide an adequate service. [23 Jan 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... [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... [20 Dec 2007]
