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- Retail Group to Improve Remote Location IT Maintenance With New Solution
- METRO Group has offices and stores in 32 countries throughout the world. Branch environments present business challenges including limited network connectivity, little IT expertise at individual stores, and limited physical security. The company needs a solution that it can use to remotely deploy Windows operating systems and to maintain its...
- Tags: Information Technology, METRO Group, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- METRO Group Saves Time and Reduces Operating Costs With Global Portal Solution
- The METRO Group, an international retailing company with 270,000 employees, wanted to create METRO Group Networking - the "Workspace of the future." METRO Group Networking is the standardised work and information platform for all METRO employees in all sales lines and cross-divisional service companies. The process entailed integrating various technical...
- Tags: METRO Group, Sales Strategy, Portals, Networking, Groupware, Sales, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- Photos: Store of the future
- The intelligent dressing room is part of the Metro Group's vision of tomorrow's store.
- Tags: METRO Group, photograph, vision
- Image galleries 2006-03-10
- METRO Group Looks to Meet Customer Demand and Maximise Revenue Using RFID Technology in the Supply Chain
- In the fiercely competitive high-risk retail industry, success depends on constantly increasing the availability of goods to meet consumer demand and maximise revenue streams. METRO Group is one of the largest worldwide retail groups and is strongly committed to using the potential of innovative new technologies to meet customer demands...
- Tags: Revenue, Supply Chain, METRO Group, Intel Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), RFID, Enterprise Software, Software, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
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- METRO Group's Future Store Takes German Public by Storm - Thanks to Wireless Technology
- With a vision in place to become a 'Store of the future', METRO Group set about creating the Future Store initiative. Business partners including IBM, SAP and Intel and other IT and consumer companies worked with the METRO Group on the project. In harnessing IBM Business Consulting and Wireless e-business...
- Tags: Wireless Technology, METRO Group, IBM Corp., RFID, Business Services, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
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- METRO Group Pioneers RFID, Reducing Losses Arising From Inaccurate Stock Replenishment in Retail Stores
- METRO Group is one of the most important international retailing companies. The company wanted to reduce the amount of money lost through goods in stores being out of stock or not on shelf but in stock. The challenge was to improve efficiency of inventory management and stock replenishment and enable...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Stock, METRO Group, Tagging, Replenishment, RFID, Investment, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Finance
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- Metro Ethernet Standards: Cisco's Commitment to Innovation and Interoperability
- Join several industry experts for a live, interactive discussion about the latest developments within the Metro Ethernet standards bodies. Review the importance of interoperability and Cisco's commitment to carrier-class solutions that are based on Metro Ethernet technologies. Learn why Metro Ethernet standards are vital to service provider success, and how...
- Tags: Innovation, Interoperability, Metro Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Standards, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
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- Metro Ethernet Gives Danish Service Provider the Power to Deliver Triple Play
- To enable EnergiMidt to offer broadband, TV and telephony services for both residential and business customers. A carrier-grade Ethernet infrastructure covering the whole of the region, based on Nortel Optical Metro 5200 in the core and Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s in all core and aggregation sites. The Nortel...
- Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Metro Ethernet, Ethernet, VOIP, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking
- Case studies 2007-09-19
- Metro Cash & Carry Cuts Labour Costs, Boosts Customer Service
- In 2002, Metro Cash & Carry, with a ?25 billion turnover and 77,000 employees, began taking a hard look at its employee scheduling and forecasting methodology. In 2002, Metro Cash & Carry, with a ?25 billion turnover and 77,000 employees, began taking a hard look at its employee scheduling and...
- Tags: Customer Service, Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales
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- Metro Health Gets a Better Prognosis With HP Server Blades, Integrity Servers, and StorageWorks
- For Metropolitan Hospital Metro Health of Grand Rapids, Michigan, it all began with a rather ordinary requirement for additional space. Seizing the moment as an opportunity for change, the hospital's key stakeholders developed a vision for the future, thus giving birth to the concept of Metro Health Village - a...
- Tags: HP Server, Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Blade, Health Care, Utility Computing, Blade Servers, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
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- Performance Management of Metro Ethernet Services
- As more and more forms of communication are migrated to Enterprise and consumer networks (voice, video, database access, data storage, imagery, real-time applications) the demand for bandwidth is accelerating. Metro Ethernet offers the highest speed and lowest price-per-bit to date, making it a great opportunity to service providers and their...
- Tags: Performance, Metro Ethernet, Performance Management, Ethernet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking
- White papers 2006-07-06
- Managed Metro Ethernet Services: Business Advantages for the Enterprise
- This white paper summarizes the advantages of Metro Ethernet for enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses SMBs and explains the advantages of out-tasking to a managed service provider. The paper concludes with case studies of companies that currently take advantage of a managed Metro Ethernet service from a member of...
- Tags: Metro Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Ethernet, Smb/Sme, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Metro Ethernet as a Wide Area Technology and Why It Must Be Secured
- Metropolitan Area Networks MANs have emerged as a key network infrastructure among enterprises looking to connect their users across vast networking topologies. A MAN sits between a Local Area Network LAN and a Wide Area Network WAN to enable sharing of resources across a region. As networks expand, both geographically...
- Tags: Metropolitan Area Network, Network, Metro Ethernet, Metro Ethernet Network, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology
- White papers 2006-04-20
- Switching Carriers Without Changing Phones
- Ok. I just got my razr v3 the other day and well my bill has been a little high so i want to go to metro pcs but want to keep my razr. I know i will need to unlock my phone but how do i know it will work...
- Tags: Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, doggyz12@..., phone
- Discussion threads 2007-11-04
- Nortel Network Case Study: TeleCable
- TeleCable wanted to empower a leading regional service provider to deliver flexible, resilient, high-bandwidth connectivity to an important regional savings bank. Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networking portfolio, comprising the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 and the Metro Ethernet Services Units 1800 and 1850. Provider Backbone Bridges (IEEE 802.1ah) deliver massive scalability,...
- Tags: Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Metro Ethernet, Networking
- Case studies 2007-03-07
- Metro 95.1 FM Radio Player (widget)
- Plays the Metro 95.1 FM Radio Live Stream from Buenos Aires - Argentina. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: FM-radio, Argentina, Pablo Canonico
- Software downloads 2007-08-01
- Ethernet and India - Growing Together
- The telecommunications needs of the rapidly growing BFSI, IT, ITeS and the SME segments are bound to put a lot a strain on existing infrastructure, and Service providers will have to rapidly scale their operations to service these sectors. While Metro Ethernet services are the ideal solution to meet the...
- Tags: Industry, Metro Ethernet, Tejas Networks, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-03-12
- The Value of Subscribing to Managed Metro Ethernet Services From Service Providers With Cisco QoS Certification
- The paper begins by describing how Ethernet has evolved from a technology exclusive to LANs to one equally at home in WANs - the "Metropolitan area." By extending Ethernet to the WAN, one can better control the communications; take advantage of converged voice, data, and video services; and save money,...
- Tags: Certification, QoS, Metro Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Metro Puts IBM Academic Initiative at the Top of the Class
- For more than 10 years, Metropolitan Community College Metro in Omaha, Nebraska, has ranked in the top 10 community colleges nationwide for number of IT graduates, and the college's computer classes are the mainstay of its offerings. Metro needed an IT environment that enabled the teaching of a wide range...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Productivity, Strategy, Management
- Case studies
- Metro Health and HP: Replacing PCs to Boost Efficiency
- When it came time to equip their new hospital with PCs, Metro Health chose an innovative alternative - HP BladeSystem Blade PCs - to improve patient care.
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Health Care, Desktops, Blade Servers, Hardware, Servers
- Webcasts 2007-12-01
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