Stories about: Unilever

+

Apple, Dell, IBM among top global supply chains 30 May, 2009 03:30

AMR Research released its annual "Supply Chain Top 25" list, and the top dog leading the supply chain pack this year -as it did last year - is Apple.
+

The art of the no-bid contract 16 July, 2008 12:01

Major deals struck without competitive bidding raise eyebrows, whether they take place at a public company or a government agency. But "sole sourcing," as it is called in the enterprise, can often be the best way to go, especially for multi-year deals well upwards of $10 million.
+

HP lands $675 million outsourcing contract with Unilever 14 February, 2008 08:04

HP yesterday announced a seven-year, US$675 million deal to provide Unilever with outsourcing services to manage the consumer goods giant's technology infrastructure in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Turkey and the Middle East.
+

Aztec discovery leads to data protection in real-time 11 February, 2008 12:41

Charged with managing over 54 servers and 12 terabytes of data daily, scan data services firm Synovate Aztec needed a solution to assist it to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) set by its clients for its backup and recovery technology.
+

Unilever tames global HR upgrade, creates single source of truth 25 September, 2006 08:07

On its path to having some 200,000 global staff on the same HR system, manufacturing giant Unilever has completed an upgrade that covers 17 countries across Asia.
+

Gen 2 tags boost RFID, but uncertainties linger 15 August, 2006 07:41

Proponents of radio frequency identification technology have a lot riding on the success of a new generation of systems now being deployed. Although their initial findings look promising in terms of accuracy, cost and compatibility, questions remain among some users about RFID's maturity and business value.
+

Oracle snaps up supply chain management vendor 02 June, 2006 08:27

Oracle is to acquire yet another business applications vendor, this time scooping up supply chain management company Demantra for an undisclosed sum, Oracle announced Thursday.
+

Missionaries spreading the CIO gospel 27 January, 2006 13:10

They may not be missionaries of the religious kind actively spreading the word of God, but a number of prominent CIOs have left their positions at some of Australia's largest companies to be full-time industry advocates.
+

Blue chips reel from Siebel takeover 13 September, 2005 11:20

Australia's biggest companies are today reeling from shock overnight news that billions of dollars collectively invested into their Siebel CRM platforms now face an uncertain future after a lightening raid by Larry Ellison's Oracle Corporation snared the ailing CRM vendor for $US5.85 billion.
+

Linux 40 per cent cheaper than Windows, exclaims IBM 05 September, 2005 08:02

Linux's total cost of operation (TCO) is typically 40 percent lower than Windows, according to an IBM-sponsored report from the Robert Frances Group (RFG), publicized by IBM last week.
+

Open-source e-mail vendor Scalix joins OSDL 23 November, 2004 11:00

Linux e-mail and calendaring vendor Scalix has joined the nonprofit Open Source Development Labs to help push the implementation of desktop Linux.