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Webcast: In the Google Apps Cloud: How to Achieve Your Business Objectives
Dec 3rd, '09, 1 - 2 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council member Brent Hoag, Director, Global IT, at JohnsonDiversey, as he discusses the adoption of Google Apps which has helped meet four corporate goals; sustainability, simplification, increased employee productivity and global collaboration.
Webcast: Collaboration Initiatives: Benchmarks & Best Practices
Dec 15th, '09, 4 - 5 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council members Ruth Thorpe, VP & CIO at the U.S. Pharmaceutical Operations of Sanofi-Aventis, and Gary Kuyper, CIO at Bethany Christian Services, as they speak about their collaboration initiatives and experiences in how and why they chose the social networking and collaboration tools they are using and their business goals for collaboration, and facing culture change challenges.
Data Overview: Collaboration Initiatives Field Guide: Benchmarks & Best Practices
This appendix to the Council Field Guide provides an analysis which discusses benchmarks for collaboration IT implementation costs, adoption rates and payoffs. The overview identifies top IT and business goals and satisfaction rates for collaboration initiatives as well as best practices and lessons learned for implementing collaboration IT.
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Best Buy Buys Half of Carphone Warehouse for $2.1B
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Thursday said it will acquire 50 percent of The Carphone Warehouse for about £1.1 billion ($2.1 billion).
May 08, 2008 — IDG News Service —
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Thursday said it will acquire 50 percent of The Carphone Warehouse for about £1.1 billion ($2.1 billion).
Best Buy hopes to take advantage of The Carphone Warehouse's expertise in sourcing mobility products, bundling services and operating smaller stores, it said. The deal should also help The Carphone Warehouse grow in Europe.
The new company will comprise The Carphone Warehouse's existing retail business, including more than 2,400 stores in nine European countries under the Carphone Warehouse and Phone House brands. It will also introduce Best Buy stores and Web sites across Europe, starting next year.
Best Buy currently operates 1,314 stores in the United States, Canada and China.
The Carphone Warehouse will use the proceeds from Best Buy to pay down debt and make investments in broadband. The deal remains subject to Carphone Warehouse shareholder approval. It is expected to close by August 30, the end of Best Buy's fiscal second quarter.
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