IOT problems hide in a billion places

Dec 1, 2014

The promise of the Internet of Things era is that all things can be connected and so all things can be efficiently tracked and controlled. But when billions of things are connected, there are also billions of points of contact to sift through to identify faults, says...

Advanced electronic signatures

Dec 1, 2014

Advanced electronic signatures (AdvESs) were provided for in the ECT Act (2002), which defines two types of signatures – electronic, and advanced electronic, says Maeson Maherry, LAWtrust. An electronic signature (ES) enables you to link an act of acceptance (signing)...

Luxottica rolls out JDA solution

Dec 1, 2014

The Luxottica Group has gone live with its implementation of JDA Supply Chain Planner, from the JDA Manufacturing Planning suite, as the company looks to improve its master and capacity management globally.

Five tips for successful ERP projects

Dec 1, 2014

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects are notoriously complex to implement successfully. Companies that start out with realistic expectations based on a sound business case, scoping, planning and execution can accelerate their return on investment (ROI) from ERP.

Gartner places Ricoh in Magic Quadrant

Dec 1, 2014

Ricoh has been placed in Gartner’s managed print and content services leader 2014 Magic Quadrant for the fifth consecutive year.  This year’s Magic Quadrant goes beyond Managed Print Services (MPS) to include Managed Content Services (MCS), which Gartner defines...

Integration should underpin organisations

Dec 1, 2014

With the explosion and exponential growth of marketing technology, businesses are spending billions to acquire the tools and capabilities to better connect with and service their customers, says Scott Cundill, founder of Majestic3.com. This has been confirmed by...