Not only do they have a fully trained sales force of 25,000, but 94 per cent of their stores - which have over one million visitors per day - are located within five minutes of all US homes and business.
The system has already been piloted in several stores and the next stage of mass usage will decide whether the fast food chain will implement the system nationally and eventually internationally. In the Chicago area of the US more than 400...
Tiny Computers is pressing ahead with plans to open 140 extra retail stores despite the downturn and a dismissive response from its arch-rival Time Computers. Instead of moving into concession stores - dedicated sales areas within larger outlets...
With the collapse of the internet mania, server sales have been shrinking for the past two years, but researchers at Gartner Group expect the market to return to growth in 2003. The program includes WebSphere ecommerce software, the DB2 database...
IBM said the package is based on non-proprietary standards and is built on its WebSphere Business Integration, WebSphere Application Server, DB2 Information Integrator, Tivoli Access Manager and WebSphere Portal Server products.
Code-named Pyxis, the next edition of WebSphere will add support for the latest Web services communications protocols and build on the machine-to-machine messaging software the company recently introduced, said Robert LeBlanc, general manager of...