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News We've sort of lost the shop floor here in the UK. The government has given the go ahead for a National Skills Academy for IT set to open next year - but the real work is only just beginning. The National Skills Academy... [08 Oct 2008]
Kiddicare ends shouting and paper chase
News It involved lots of people shouting to each other across the floor and inevitably pallets went missing. Baby and children's equipment retailer Kiddicare has gone live with a warehouse management system to automate stock... [01 Oct 2008]
CIOs rate MBAs
News They acknowledged it was no substitute for skills and experience gained on the shop floor, but it did provide a fresh perspective. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, the 12-strong panel of IT chiefs voted eight to... [19 Aug 2008]
Red Cross invests in Epos system
News Azzopardi told silicon.com the tills will also act as a communication tool to staff on the shop floor. The British Red Cross has signed a deal with Cybertill to install up to 430 electronic point of sale (Epos) terminals... [14 Jul 2008]
Mobile broadband ushers in Blue day
News Malook spent 14 years as a market maker on the floor of the London International Financial Futures Exchange (Liffe) before using that knowledge to launch a desktop-based financial information service that he knew his... [03 Jun 2008]
Betfair CTO moves on
News He then moved on to consulting on trading-floor systems in investment banking, working with more than 20 major financial institutions. Betfair CTO Rorie Devine is leaving the company by "mutual consent" in an amicable... [21 May 2008]
TJ Hughes buys into email to slash admin costs
News At the moment, they are restricted to putting a telephone call through to head office, keeping them away from the shop floor. Discount department store chain TJ Hughes has managed to save more than £10,000 in... [14 May 2008]
Green carrots needed for IT chiefs
News He added, electricity costs are often calculated according to floor space rather than actual demands of different departments. There needs to be greater incentives for tech departments to become greener by reducing their... [19 Mar 2008]
Top 10 weird data disasters
News Shattering blow: In the middle of an argument, a businessman threw a USB stick at his partner, with the device ending up in several pieces on the floor. This year the company has seen more damaged portable devices than... [05 Dec 2007]
Carphone Warehouse gears up for Christmas
News CPW is part-way through a data integration project with Informatica to improve the availability of customer data down to the shop floor. Demand for the Apple iPhone at the Carphone Warehouse (CPW) is nothing compared to... [22 Nov 2007]
Fortnum & Mason replaces LAN
News If we need to expand [shop floor space], we can do that. Luxury department store Fortnum & Mason has replaced its LAN infrastructure as part of a massive store refurbishment costing £24m. The fixed and wireless data... [19 Nov 2007]
Gates: 'My work here is not yet done'
News The digital watches that use Microsoft's Smart Personal Object Technology have remained geek toys, and his dream of an all-new Windows file system based on SQL found itself on the cutting-room floor when Longhorn became... [19 Oct 2007]
Data centres fuelling climate change?
News The main reasons for the scale of current emissions are a lack of floor space, a failure to house high-density servers and increased power consumption and heat generation, according to Kumar. The intensive power... [12 Oct 2007]
Marks sparks IT revamp with multimillion deal
News Based on a Java platform, the Beanstore application is designed to provide a high degree of flexibility, with a user interface that can be configured for multiple store formats and for on-the-shop-floor training. [14 Aug 2007]
US Senate reins in ID card project
News During Wednesday's floor debate over a massive immigration bill, Real ID foes managed to preserve an amendment to prohibit the forthcoming identification card from being used for mandatory employment verification,... [28 Jun 2007]
