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Drinks giant Diageo hires new CIO
News Diageo's new CIO is Brian Franz who joins from rival PepsiCo International where he was senior VP and CIO. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Franz spent 14 years at General Electric. Drinks giant Diageo has appointed a new CIO to fill the seat left vacant... [03 Mar 2008]
Post Office COO moves on
News Francis' previous roles include CIO and member of the executive board at TI Group/Smiths Group, international CIO at PepsiCo in New York and business systems director at Mars. The Post Office director of operations Ric Francis is leaving the... [05 Nov 2007]
PepsiCo signs IT deal with BT and HP
News PepsiCo is to move its local and wide area networks to a high speed IP-based global infrastructure as part of a seven-year deal with BT estimated to be worth $100m. BT will manage data, LAN, security, conferencing, remote access and internet... [05 Oct 2006]
HP's Halo seeks to go post-videoconferencing
News Among Halo customers, which currently include chip-maker AMD and food and beverage company PepsiCo, this figure increases to 131 hours, HP's Crangle said. Dubbed the HP Halo Collaboration Studio (Halo), the e-conferencing package encompasses... [13 Dec 2005]
Ex-Safeway IT chief lands Post Office role
News Francis' previous roles include CIO and member of the executive board at TI Group/Smiths Group, international CIO at PepsiCo in New York and business systems director at Mars. The former CIO of supermarket chain Safeway has been appointed as the... [08 Feb 2005]
Safeway: RFID will become "ubiquitous"
News Read the full interview with the committed West Ham United fan and former international CIO of PepsiCo later this week on silicon.com. The controversial radio frequency ID (RFID) tracking tags will become ubiquitous in consumer goods but privacy... [20 Jan 2004]
McDonalds to give away Apple tunes?
News If true, the McDonald's deal would eclipse a pact that Apple announced with PepsiCo to give away 100 million songs early next year. PepsiCo and McDonald's, according to the Post, are paying full price for the songs. [07 Nov 2003]
Mobile promos drop off McDonald's menu
News Although many are sceptical about the idea, wireless marketing has been getting the attention of major companies such as Pepsico, Coca-Cola, Nike, Finlandia, Intel and Sun Microsystems. McDonald's has pulled the plug on a pioneering marketing push... [30 Apr 2003]
EMC recruits Heise as CIO
News Before joining EMC, Heise worked for, among other companies, Fruit of the Loom and PepsiCo. EMC, the global storage supplier, has appointed Robert Heise as vice president and chief information officer. [19 Nov 1998]
Silicon.com wins ebusiness innovation prize
News It won the award for innovation in the Media and IT sector, beating challenges from PepsiCo and Photodisc. Silicon.com picked up a prize at the annual BT Awards for innovation in ebusiness, held in London yesterday. [14 Oct 1998]
