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Does your business really need an office?
Comment If a worker actually makes something, it's a fair bet Starbucks isn't the ideal place to do it. In this age of mobile working, should businesses consider ditching their offices? Richard Leyland weighs up the pros and cons. [17 Nov 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should your business be on Twitter?
Comment Step forward Brad at Starbucks in Seattle with 485,000+ followers all lapping up those "freshly brewed tweets". Of course many companies - especially established brands in the retail and leisure space - are tweeting:... [16 Nov 2009]
10 Steps to Better Secure Your Mac Laptop From Physical Data Theft
White Paper Laptops are more prone to physical attack than desktop systems by their nature - being portable they are often taken out of the office to work from home, on the train or even in the local Starbucks. When one takes... [12 Nov 2009]
G and J Pepsi Satisfies Thirst for Data-Driven Decision Making With Microsoft
White Paper Pepper, Lipton, and Starbucks - throughout Ohio and Kentucky. G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers distributes over 300 products for leading beverage brands - including Pepsi, Dr. Rather than waiting days for month-end reports,... [25 Jul 2009]
O2 gets into bed with BT wi-fi
News Many of the new Openzone hotspots are in locations such as railway stations, airport lounges, conference centres and motorway service stations, as well as in Caffè Nero and Starbucks coffee shops, and Hilton hotels. [29 Jun 2009]
Salesforce.com has cloud in its Sites
News Prior to this week's launch, 85 companies including Starbucks and Dell were able to use Force.com as part of a customer preview programme, creating sites for a wide range of uses including ecommerce, recruitment,... [15 Jun 2009]
Starbucks drinkers get an extra shot at wi-fi
News BT has teamed up with ubiquitous coffee chain Starbucks to provide wi-fi connectivity in all its cafes in the UK and Ireland. Also customers of BT Openzone and BT FON will be able to go online at the... [21 Apr 2009]
Salesforce.com service on a cloud lifts off
News Users of Salesforce software for these purposes include Dell and Starbucks. Salesforce.com on Thursday announced Service Cloud, an extension to its software as a service (SaaS) model that is intended as a way for... [16 Jan 2009]
Salesforce.com teams up with web 2.0 titans
News One example of a Facebook app developed on Force.com is coffee-chain Starbucks' customer feedback application - MyStarbucks Ideas - which was announced at Dreamforce. As Facebook increasingly takes aim at business users,... [04 Nov 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment EMI recently lost Sir Paul McCartney to the nascent Starbucks music label, Hear Music. From free downloads to albums you can pay as much as you like for, the internet has put traditional record companies in a spin. [22 May 2008]
silicon.com Classics: A London pub crawl… with wi-fi on the side
News So you're out and about, need to get online but Starbucks is too busy. Why not try the more relaxing surroundings of a nearby pub - especially now they're all smoke-free? The latest in our weekly look back through some... [09 Apr 2008]
Workers, wi-fi and coffee shops: The perfect blend
News The survey of 1,000 business people found the main reasons for spending the day hunched over a laptop sipping skinny lattes at the local Starbucks include avoiding interruptions (24 per cent) and having more space to... [07 Apr 2008]
Starbucks Reduces Costs and Prepares for Growth With Server Upgrade
White Paper Starbucks Coffee Company is the leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffees in the world. In order to simplify its complex server environment, while still supporting its growth plans, Starbucks... [02 Apr 2008]
Location-based services set to boom
News When GPS fails the best fallback can have a range of 1km to 5km, he explained, hardly ideal for informing you where the nearest Starbucks is. Is 2008 the year mobile location-based services take off? Worldwide... [11 Feb 2008]
Top 10 retail IT stories of the year
News However, a spokesman for the company denied it was a response to the success of brands such as Starbucks, saying it was to provide an asset for the country - how generous. It hasn't exactly been a bumper year for... [19 Dec 2007]
