retail
RSS retailBT kicks off London fibre pilot
News Service providers participating in the pilot include BT's retail arm and other ISPs such as TalkTalk, Sky and O2. BT began a fibre broadband pilot on Monday in the north London suburb of Muswell Hill and the Cardiff... [06 Jul 2009]
On a new Voyager, tackling fraud and the intellectual challenge
Comment Stafford has had a varied career which has included roles in IT as well as general management in both retail and financial services. Nationwide IT director Peter Stafford talks to silicon.com about business... [06 Jul 2009]
Visa to Monitise mobile with £13m deal
News Monitise said Visa International, the world's largest retail electronic payments network, would also subscribe to a rights issue of 73.2 million new shares to raise £5.1m, giving it 14.4 per cent of the company. [01 Jul 2009]
Protecting Stored Cardholder Data for PCI Compliance: Check Point Solutions Enable PCI Compliance for Data Stored on All Retail Endpoints
White Paper Verification of compliance and related audit procedures are tailored to the number of card transactions processed by retail businesses and all other organizations involved in card transactions. The Payment Card Industry... [01 Jul 2009]
Securing Business Workflows and Networks for Partners
White Paper For example, Microsoft uses vendors to fulfill hardware manufacturing, retail software production, and code creation for products. Outsourcing and using third-party resources to deliver solutions has been a mainstay of... [01 Jul 2009]
The Need for Wireless Intrusion Prevention in Retail Networks
White Paper Many recently publicized data breaches in the retail industry have exploited wireless vulnerabilities. Firewalls and VPNs are well-established perimeter security solutions. The introduction of wireless technologies has... [30 Jun 2009]
BSkyB threatens legal action over Ofcom rate-lowering plans
News The proposal to force Sky to wholesale its content is welcome but we now need Ofcom to step up the pace and to enforce this rigorously," said Gavin Patterson, chief executive of BT Retail. The UK's dominant pay-TV firm... [29 Jun 2009]
PC makers learn the price they'll pay for Windows 7
News For Windows 7 Professional, as Microsoft did on the retail side, the software maker will charge PC makers essentially the same as it did for Windows Vista Business. Microsoft plans to charge PC makers the same for the... [26 Jun 2009]
METRO Group Pioneers RFID, Reducing Losses Arising From Inaccurate Stock Replenishment in Retail Stores
White Paper METRO Group is one of the most important international retailing companies. The company wanted to reduce the amount of money lost through goods in stores being out of stock or not on shelf but in stock. [26 Jun 2009]
Microsoft hangs price tags on Windows 7
News Microsoft has set the UK retail pricing for Windows 7, which is due to launch worldwide on 22 October. The company has also said that, due to the European Commission antitrust ruling on Internet Explorer bundling, it... [25 Jun 2009]
UCS Solutions Buys Into on Demand Business With IBM and SAP
White Paper UCS Solutions provides SAP software solutions primarily for retail clients throughout South Africa. The company had reached a point where it wanted to create a scalable and leveragable platform on which it would be able... [25 Jun 2009]
Trans World Entertainment Performs as an on Demand Business
White Paper A specialty retailer of music, video and gaming products, Trans World Entertainment Corporation operates more than 800 retail locations in North America, with leading brands such as Coconuts Music & Movies, FYE and... [25 Jun 2009]
Responsive Retailing: Simple Solutions in a Complex World
White Paper While IT has traditionally been used to provide point solutions to support the business strategy, the growing complexity and inter-dependence of today's retail value chain demands a much broader and more integrated... [25 Jun 2009]
Xerox Case Study: Foxfire Printing
White Paper Foxfire has been a leader in providing Variable-Data Printing (VDP) of personalized documents since developing its own variable-data software in 1989 to feed monochrome printers for such applications as personalized... [25 Jun 2009]
Hewlett-Packard (HP) Case Study: Sunshine Village Ski & Snowboard Resort
White Paper With an all Internet Protocol (IP) network that facilitates voice, video and data, the resort is able to support its diverse operations, including retail sales, hotel operations, telecommunications and video surveillance. [25 Jun 2009]
