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SAP to sell TomorrowNow
News Since its conception it has signed up some big clients - including Circuit City, Coors Brewing, Lockheed Martin, Petco and Safeway. German software giant SAP is to auction its subsidiary, TomorrowNow, only two years after acquiring the company. [16 Jan 2008]
CIOs vital in mergers and acquisitions
News Ric Francis, executive director of operations with the Post Office, was involved in both the Smith Industries merger and Safeway merger with Morrisons. I was less involved in the Safeway deal and think it was less successful as a result, I do not... [10 Jan 2008]
Post Office COO moves on
News Francis joined the Post Office in 2005 from Safeway, where he was CIO until it merged with Morrisons. The Post Office director of operations Ric Francis is leaving the organisation to embark on a career in independent consultancy. [05 Nov 2007]
The secret of making the CIO grade
News Ric Francis, operations director of The Post Office and former Safeway CIO said: "I found myself constantly being frustrating by the organisation I was in, and always believed I could do a bit more [by] going out to find that challenge in another... [17 Oct 2007]
CIOs: 'Wise up and the empire could be yours'
News And the idea that CIOs can develop the necessary skills to secure the top job is shared by Ric Francis, former CIO at Safeway, who is now COO at the Post Office. When companies have selected a new CEO in past years it has often been the CFO or COO... [07 Mar 2007]
CIO Jury: IT bosses can reach the boardroom
News David Yu has moved from CTO to COO at Betfair.com while Ric Francis, former CIO at supermarket chain Safeway, has recently become operations director at the Post Office. IT bosses have dismissed suggestions there is a glass ceiling preventing CIOs... [23 Jun 2005]
Portfolio management: Do it better and business will boom
News Founding members of the Portfolio Management Advisory Council include AAA, Boeing, Safeway, Visa and Washington Mutual along with participants from the analyst and academic communities. Several leading US companies are forming a new council to... [15 Mar 2005]
Ex-Safeway IT chief lands Post Office role
News The former CIO of supermarket chain Safeway has been appointed as the new operations director at the Post Office. Ric Francis was axed as Safeway CIO last March after the £3bn takeover of the company by Morrisons. [08 Feb 2005]
'Shoulder-surfing' chip and PIN fraud fear dismissed
News Major retailers already on board include Safeway, HMV, Shell and Selfridges. Fraud fears over the new chip and PIN credit and debit cards have been dismissed by APACS, the card payment body behind the programme. [08 Nov 2004]
5 years ago... Safeway takes the PC plunge
News 25.06.99: UK supermarket chain Safeway is to enter the PC market by selling cut-price Fujitsu computers at 25 of its stores. Safeway's move echoes that of rival retailer Tesco, which started selling Siemens PCs in October. [25 Jun 2004]
Government rewards anti-ageist employers...
News Other national winners included Safeway's 78-year-old Tom Killien from Scotland and 24-year-old David Adams of the Football Association of Wales, the youngest football coach in his country. Individuals and employers are proving ageism in the... [23 Jun 2004]
Safeway CIO first casualty of £3bn Morrisons merger
News The £3bn Morrisons takeover of supermarket chain Safeway has claimed its first IT victim, with the Safeway CIO set to leave the organisation. Morrisons only officially took control of the rival chain earlier this month, promising a quick... [17 Mar 2004]
Patching cycle is virus writers' dream come true
News When Microsoft was sending out a lot of critical vulnerabilities, it got to the point where it was like the boy crying wolf," said Phillip Harris, vice president of information security for supermarket chain Safeway. [25 Feb 2004]
£1.1bn anti-fraud card scheme still on track
News Safeway has completed its rollout and is accepting an average of 100,000 transactions per week across its 480 stores. The delivery of new anti-fraud 'Chip and PIN' credit and debit cards to bank customers in the UK is lagging behind schedule, but... [26 Jan 2004]
Heathrow Airport to get taxi-tracking RFID system
News Earlier this week in an interview with silicon.com, Ric Francis, CIO of supermarket chain Safeway said RFID will become ubiquitous and that privacy and standards issues will be overcome because the technology is too important. [22 Jan 2004]
