BizAnalyst Network: Would You Like Wi-Fi with That?; Rent-a-Center CIO Unwires Stores

Monday, August 22, 2005

Would You Like Wi-Fi with That?; Rent-a-Center CIO Unwires Stores

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In This Edition
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Evan Schuman: Fast Food CIO: Would You Like Wi-Fi with That?

1. News: Rent-a-Center CIO Opts for All-Wireless Store Systems
2. News: Stock Exchange CIO: Real-Time Means Real-Time
3. Opinion: People Who Don't Need People, Are the Luckiest
People at the Self-Checkout
4. News: Canadian Tire CIO Spends $40 Million for POS Sweep
5. News: Dell's Customer Satisfaction Drops, Survey Shows

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Evan Schuman
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Fast Food CIO: Would You Like Wi-Fi with That?

Krystal, the large Southeastern fast-food chain, now offers
free wireless connections to customers. By rolling out
wireless at the same time as broadband changes, the company
slashed costs.
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Retail Industry Update
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1. News: Rent-a-Center CIO Opts for All-Wireless Store Systems

In making all its stores wireless, the nationwide chain
prioritizes flexibility while maintaining security.
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2. News: Stock Exchange CIO: Real-Time Means Real-Time

At the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the systems have to
handle 120,000 messages per second and store 490 million
messages a day. And that's on a slow day.
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3. Opinion: People Who Don't Need People, Are the Luckiest
People at the Self-Checkout

The latest self-checkout survey suggests that Barbra
Streisand was wrong. People who don't need people are the
luckiest people in the world. Lucky, that is, for the
retailers they visit.
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4. News: Canadian Tire CIO Spends $40 Million for POS Sweep

The $8.4 billion conglomerate saw replacing the 15-year-old
payment system as essential.
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5. News: Dell's Customer Satisfaction Drops, Survey Shows

The latest University of Michigan ACSI (American Customer
Satisfaction Index) found that while overall customer
satisfaction ratings within the PC industry are unchanged
from a year ago, Dell suffered a sharp drop in customer
satisfaction, and top-ranked Apple maintained its position.
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