Logistics & Supply Chain Technology, Transportation & Distribution

By Iain Ramage, VP channel, Rocket Software.

The retail sector has long been ahead of the game in the technology race. Loyalty cards were collecting customer data several years before Facebook came into existence and the first highly publicised examples of “business intelligence” related to the discovery that shops could sell more beer by locating it near the nappy isle.

ABBYY, the provider of content intelligence solutions and services, has entered into a partnership with Inpute, the Ireland-based intelligent data capture solutions provider. Inpute is the Irish reseller for ABBYY, providing an enhanced offering to a range of customers by integrating ABBYY products, including FlexiCapture and FineReader, to solve growing business problems.

NetApp celebrated the first-year anniversary of its “NetApp HCI” hyperconverged infrastructure solution at VMworld Barcelona 2018.

As consumers expect more of their shopping experiences, companies are challenged with providing the best customer experiences across multiple platforms.

Brother UK is running an end user campaign on its P-touch range of labelling machines, to help resellers drive sales in the run up to Christmas. The campaign marks 30 years of Brother’s labelling solutions.

Morpheus Data has rolled out enhancements to its next-gen multi-cloud management platform (CMP) in support of hybrid IT projects at large enterprises and service providers.

Nutanix, Inc has announced new updates to Beam which extend its cost visibility and optimisation capabilities into on-prem deployments. With these new updates, Nutanix customers can get full visibility and insight into the entirety of their infrastructure environment, including public and private clouds, so they can choose the right cloud for every application.

Workers can spend more time collaborating and creating colourful marketing materials with two new Xerox workplace assistant printers that personalise work experiences and support mobility with secure, wireless printing.

Columbus, the global digital business services provider, has today announced the launch of a fully connected and mobile Field Service solution. Columbus has created an end-to-end intelligent Field Service solution that utilises the full Dynamics 365 platform.

The Retail climate is proving increasingly challenging for bricks-and-mortar stores of all sizes, with many major brands and familiar high-street names announcing profit warnings, job cuts and even store closures.