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Sainsbury's tech shopping spree revealed
News As a result, trading director Mike Coupe told silicon.com that stock availability has come on significantly. Coupe said the new system, which is currently being rolled out, will give the chain a "much more accurate... [09 Oct 2009]
Diageo drinks to $35m outsourcing deals
News The four-and-a-half year long deal is designed to give the Smirnoff maker a clearer picture of its stock levels and help cut supply chain costs. Drinks giant Diageo has signed two outsourcing contracts worth... [18 Jun 2009]
Kiddicare ends shouting and paper chase
News Baby and children's equipment retailer Kiddicare has gone live with a warehouse management system to automate stock control in its £16m distribution centre (DC).silicon.com Retail & Leisure The new system has eliminated... [01 Oct 2008]
David Yu
AS Profile His next challenge will be getting the timing right for Betfair's much-rumoured and hotly awaited stock market flotation. The man at the heart of the unfolding Betfair success story, David Yu is the techie who made good,... [12 Oct 2007]
Sainsbury's on track for £40m-per-year IT savings
News Sainsbury's has already taken a £290m hit writing-off automated equipment, redundant IT assets and stock losses related to that project. Supermarket Sainsbury's is ahead of schedule to achieve £40m-a-year cost savings... [21 Nov 2006]
Salesforce IPO to raise $85m
News Salesforce.com plans to raise as much as $85m in the initial public offering of its stock, according to a regulatory filing issued Tuesday. IPOs usually occur about four weeks after the stock's price... [21 Apr 2004]
IP telephony gets a boost as Vonage raises $35m
News Vonage's largest individual investor remains Jeffrey Citron, founder of computerised stock traders The Island ECN, which Instinet ultimately bought for $500m. Internet telephone service provider Vonage on Monday is... [24 Nov 2003]
Amazon: Squint a bit and the results look like a profit
News On a pro forma basis, which excludes the amortisation of goodwill, stock-based compensation and restructuring expenses, Amazon posted a profit of $400,000 - or one cent per share. Amazon.com has announced third quarter... [25 Oct 2002]
Serialisation: eBoys - Part 2
Comment Benchmark partner] Dunlevie had finally succeeded in getting Louis Borders to pare the stock-keeping units [SKUs] down to one million, but even that number struck [fellow VC] Beirne as being essentially infinite. [09 Apr 2002]
Orchestream shares hit new highs
News Traders on the London Stock Exchange also responded well to news that the company has signed new deals with Cable and Wireless and Saudi Telecom as well as renewing some existing contracts with customers such as Kingston... [26 Feb 2002]
Final chapter in Lernout & Hauspie tale ends
News If the agreement receives the green light in the courts, digital imaging software ScanSoft will hand over $10m cash, a $3.5m note and 7.4 million share of stock - valued at $26m. Bankrupt speech... [28 Nov 2001]
J2C brought to a close
News In a statement to the London Stock Exchange today the company said it had not been able "to find a transaction which [it] they felt appropriate to recommend to shareholders". UK B2B start-up J2C has finally and said it... [29 Jun 2001]
Axa splashes out on £35m IT contract
News The IT company has around 900 staff, a turnover of £50m, and went public on the London Stock Exchange last April. Financial service specialist Marlborough Stirling has won a £35m four-year contract from... [11 Jun 2001]
Fake Microsoft Office CDs flood UK market
News Microsoft first discovered the fake software while investigating the stock of one of its resellers, in an unconnected incident. Microsoft has put out a desperate plea to stop a wave of counterfeit Office 97 software from... [17 Dec 1998]
Acquisition boosts Informix datawarehousing range
News Informix is to buy datawarehousing vendor, Red Brick Systems, for $35m in stock. Informix will exchange 0.6 shares of common stock for each Redbrick share. The deal will add to the... [08 Oct 1998]