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HP ProCurve buys networking specialist
News The company said in a statement that it sees the purchase as one that will "expand HP ProCurve's reach into vertical markets, such as hospitality, transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, service provider and education". [12 Aug 2008]
Whitbread serves up £1m saving on card payments
News Hospitality group Whitbread has deployed an end-to-end card payment system that is expected to save it £1m per year in payments processing costs. The implementation has also given the hospitality company... [07 May 2008]
Leisure company uses web to streamline suppliers
News The private hospitality company, which operates the Haven, Warner Breaks and Butlins brands, will implement an on-demand purchase-to-pay system provided by e-procurement specialist Wax Digital. Bourne Leisure has kicked... [28 Jan 2008]
Torex Retail looks to future
News There are equally high profile customers in its hospitality and petroleum and convenience divisions. The new team in charge of retail software provider Torex Retail has been reassuring customers about its product plans -... [13 Nov 2007]
Microsoft still tinkering with Surface
News As a result of that feedback, it's speeding up plans to move into the government, education, and enterprise arenas, in addition to the current areas of focus - hospitality and retail, Bolger said. Although Microsoft is... [09 Nov 2007]
Microsoft unveils touchscreen-PC-cum-tabletop
News For now, Microsoft is focusing on getting the products into public spaces in the hospitality arena - hotel lobbies, restaurants and casinos, to name a few. Microsoft is taking the wraps off 'Milan' - a secret project... [30 May 2007]
SOA good for consultants
News IDC predicts the next wave of demand for SOA-based change management will come from the retail, travel and hospitality sectors. The increasing uptake of service-oriented architectures (SOAs) is good news for consultants... [17 Jan 2007]
Inside the transformation of Arsenal FC
News Of the 60 servers deployed within the stadium, 15 are dealing solely with hospitality systems, compared to two dedicated to the club's website. Not least in these considerations was the role IT now plays in the... [17 Nov 2006]
High tech training for chefs of tomorrow
News The eKitchen, part of the colleges Centre for Vocational Excellence for Hospitality and Catering, is now in its second year of operation and the college said the new technology has had a clear impact on student... [06 Nov 2006]
IT one of the 'most boring' jobs for graduates
News Hospitality/travel 5.3 Jobs in IT and telecoms are the fifth-most boring professions graduates can choose, according to research from a teacher training organisation. Administration, secretarial and sales work... [27 Jul 2006]
Hotel group cuts back on software tools
News Speaking at the Information Builders user conference in Orlando, Florida, Robert Richards, director of web technologies at Carlson Hospitality Worldwide, said he started the process of reducing the number of tools after... [27 Apr 2006]
Spies target techies with honey traps, warns MI5
News MI5 warns that lavish hospitality and flattery may also be used to soften up a target for recruitment who may then feel obliged to co-operate rather than offend the hosts. IT staff travelling abroad are being targeted by... [17 Jun 2005]
Microsoft: Retailers want RFID, biometrics, wireless
News The retail-and-hospitality OS, revealed today at the Retail Systems conference in Chicago, is a combination of elements from other Windows operating systems tailored to work with retailers' point of service systems. [25 May 2005]
Mitel bags largest ever IP phone deal - in France
News Mitel has recently made IP phone gains in healthcare, hospitality, local government and especially retail, where other customers include House of Fraser and CompUSA. French retailer Auchan has signed a multimillion euro... [05 Apr 2004]
Interoute wins pan-European hotel VPN deal
News STSN, a supplier of broadband to hotels around the world, has signed "multimillion euro" contract to use Interoute's high-speed European fibre network. The deal will help STSN supply virtual private network (VPN) connections using... [04 Feb 2004]
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