The trend is now clear - industry groups are realising it is in the interest of the whole industry to co-operate in creating a single marketplace, with all of the efficiencies that this will bring. On top of this framework we expect a whole series...
The tender is part of the pilot that will lead to the award of a contract to roll out TenderTrust across government departments. Search-engine company Verity suggests that by 2003 around 85 per cent of Global 2000 blue-chip firms will have an...
IBM's WebSphere application server platform is too full of proprietary technologies to allow real interoperability with other systems according to UK messaging technology firm SpiritSoft. The firm today criticised Big Blue for bundling together old...
The company's flagship product is a "rules engine" that automates decision-making. RulesPower decided to build its software specifically for IBM's WebSphere Java application server because it did not want to spend its limited budget on integrating...
But CIOs are still faced with having to do more with less and a continued budget squeeze means cost-cutting and improving operating efficiencies will remain a high priority for IT chiefs in 2006. Gartner's annual survey of 1,400 CIOs in 30...
It also gives store staff the ability to check what's actually on the shelves. It's also a boost for customer relationships, for the same reason. Virgin Retail hopes to save up to £550,000 by implementing an inventory management system.