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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... [03 Mar 2008]
Tesco IT chief steps down
News Cobain is the latest in a series of high-profile CIO departures which have included the AA, Diageo, the Post Office and the Royal Mail. Group IT director Colin Cobain is leaving at the end of November after leading the... [14 Nov 2007]
Royal Mail hires new CIO from Diageo
News Royal Mail has hired the Diageo CIO to replace the outgoing David Burden, who retired this summer. His early career includes stints at Mars and Logica Financial Systems and he went on to become IS director at UDV, which... [11 Oct 2007]
Drinks giant Diageo taps into Second Life
News Changing consumer trends and the new generation of young "digital natives" are forcing drinks giant Diageo to exploit new digital marketing channels such as the virtual world Second Life. Robin Dargue,... [11 Jun 2007]
IBM bags $260m IT deals
News Earlier this month, it unveiled a seven-year IT outsourcing contract with beverage company Diageo. IBM has won IT services contracts worth about $260m with Boeing and a Korean cosmetics company, the latest of a series of... [01 Sep 2003]
Drinks firm toasts IP telephony
News Diageo said it chose an IP system because it allows it to add special features including extension mobility, where a user can configure any phone as their own, and XML user services such as phone directory integration. [21 Aug 2002]
Ross Perot gets a job with Burger King
News It is to be spun off from its parent company, drinks conglomerate Diageo. EDS-founder Ross Perot's eponymous venture Perot Systems has won a deal to run all of Burger King's IT systems. The Texas-based firm has been... [06 Sep 2001]
Microsoft toasts Bluetooth with a dram of 'Talisker'
News Diageo, owners of the Talisker whisky brand, did not return our calls for comment by the time of publication. Codenamed Talisker, the OS is aimed principally at handheld wireless devices but should appeal to... [11 Apr 2001]
Ariba puts Diageo's supply chain online
News Ebusiness procurement specialist, Ariba, has won a multimillion pound contract with food and drink giant, Diageo, to set up an Internet market for its suppliers. Diageo, which runs Burger King, Guinness,... [25 Jan 2000]
