Had to stop and look at the view
Auckland City from The Warehouse Store Support Office.
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How much for an 8KB file?
Our Retail Design application subscriptions are actually funded from an IT budget. Its owner just happened to be near my desk as I was dealing with the 2011 license file today. It’s amazing that writing quite a large cheque results in the delivery in a few lines of text
Pacific Fibre, a new pipe for those big downloads?
I wonder if Stephen knew I’ll need to download GB of cad software in the future? Pacific Fibre – It Had to Happen at diversity.net.nz “Anyone that follows the New Zealand domestic web space will have noticed a crescendo about international bandwidth…” “Announced this morning is Pacific Fibre,
That is Architecture, what is Retail + BIM?
If you take Building Information Model principles from Site down to Shelf/Product level the "Building" part seems limiting. I've used the term Retail Building Information Model in the past but wonder how appropriate it really is. BIM technology is the core physical data model but
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Twitter, social networks and the corporation
I'm not a corporate blogger, or Tweeter, but thought this post has sensible advice for anyone who uses these services. Confessions of a corporate tweeter There are lots of articles about how...
Stephen Tindall at the NZ Job Summit
The New Zealand Job Summit was a government sponsored event which combined the private and public sector to generate a variety of employment related initiatives. Time will tell what the outcome...
Another blogger at work, Owen the CIO, and work related blogging
I didn't know about Owen's blog until I saw an article about it in CIO NZ, found using a blog search feed. His posts cover a wide variety of topics both personal and professional. His " IS Hierarchy o...
The Warehouse saga heading to Supreme Court
This started way back in 2006 and it’s not finished yet… Warehouse saga heading to Supreme Court - Stuff.co.nz Australian supermarket retailer Woolworths is taking its fight with the New Zealand...
The court says no to The Warehouse takeover bid
Today the Court of Appeal upheld the original Commerce Commission decision to block Woolworths Foodstuffs takeover bid. This started way back in 2006 and it’s probably not finished yet… Warehous...
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The CIO who can't write an Excel macro...
CIO NZ have a interview with Warehouse CIO Owen McCall. In his time the IS systems have grown to cope with a growing General Merchandise business and the new “Extra” Supermarket offer. It’s not unt...
Warehouse ruling appeal bid cleared
The latest round of the The Warehouse “takeover” has the Commerce Commission getting right to appeal, the appeal, with a few conditions… Warehouse ruling appeal bid cleared - Stuff.co.nz The Comm...
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The Warehouse ditch mainframes
So that’s what they’ve been doing in the server room Jade helps The Warehouse ditch mainframes - New Zealand's source for technology news on Stuff.co.nz The retailer's mainframes, which were...