B&Q stories
Rithum reshapes leadership with new CRO and CFO appointments
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Commerce software group Rithum hires Gregory Banning as CRO and elevates Caitlin Hauser to CFO as it revamps its senior leadership team.
Social media drives Black Friday sales surge in UK
Thu, 18th Dec 2025
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Social media fuelled a Black Friday boom in the UK, as Rithum data showed global social sales soaring 152% and online spend up 27%.
Pennies celebrates 15 years & GBP £75 million raised for UK charities
Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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Pennies marks 15 years by raising GBP £75 million through micro-donations, aiding over 1,100 UK charities via digital checkouts.
Stockurday surge challenges UK logistics amid record BFCM sales
Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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UK retailers face a tense 'Stockurday' as record Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales push logistics to their limits amid rising AI shopping trends.
B&Q & GXO accelerate net-zero logistics with AI & clean fuels
Wed, 27th Aug 2025
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B&Q and GXO accelerate net-zero logistics, reducing emissions by 40% with AI and clean fuels, targeting carbon-neutral delivery by 2040.
Kingfisher adopts Fivetran to boost data operations
Fri, 11th Oct 2024
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Kingfisher has chosen Fivetran to optimise its data operations across eight countries, dramatically reducing manual tasks and enhancing customer experience.
B&Q teams up with Rithum to boost online sales strategy
Wed, 1st May 2024
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B&Q inks partnership with Rithum to improve its eCommerce strategy, bolster marketplace expansion, and reduce new product enlistment time by half.
Noblecom boosts network resilience with Paessler PRTG adoption
Thu, 25th Apr 2024
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Malaysian tech provider, Noblecom Technology, implements Paessler PRTG to strengthen network observability, reducing potential disruptions and improving network resource allocation.
EDB Names Former Microsoft Executive as New CEO
Wed, 2nd Aug 2023
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EnterpriseDB appoints Kevin Dallas, former Microsoft executive, as CEO to accelerate growth and innovation in Postgres in the enterprise.
IWD 2023: Women in Technology - A Perspective from the Academics
Wed, 8th Mar 2023
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Being a subset of STEM, the information systems and technology space has also been male-dominated and riddled with gender biases and stereotypes.
GitHub Universe: company unveils new enterprise products
Thu, 10th Nov 2022
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GitHub has announced a range of new products designed to accelerate the company's push into major enterprises at its San Francisco event.
ANZ vendors respond to Australian govt budget announcement
Wed, 12th May 2021
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IT vendors in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia Pacific welcome new investments in cyber skills and digital cadetship.
Marriott sets up call centres to answer questions on data breach
Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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Marriott has released an update on the breach of the Starwood guest reservation data breach which affected 500 million guests.
How today’s gaming community differs from stereotypes
Mon, 30th Apr 2018
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Survey results confirm that today’s gamer is not the stereotypical teen loner playing in his parents’ basement.
Hands-on Review: Play karaoke on PS4 with SingStar Celebration
Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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SingStar has been a favorite of mine ever since it debuted back on the PS2 in 2004. 13 years later and the franchise is still going strong.
Infortrend boosts data center efficiency with new storage system
Wed, 24th May 2017
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Infortrend unveils EonStor GS 3025B, enhancing data centres with superior storage efficiency and scalable cloud integration.
Noel Leeming to help bring the HTC Vive VR headset to New Zealand
Fri, 24th Jun 2016
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Noel Leeming is embracing the virtual reality (VR) realm as the retailer will bring the HTC Vive to its New Zealand stores later this year.
Hands-on Review: Beats Pill
Mon, 19th Jan 2015
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Getting outdoor music rigged up as the snarlers sizzled proved to be bit of a mission - at least until I got my hands on the Beats Pill.
Microsoft MVP: Being your own boss is difficult
Wed, 25th Sep 2013
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Keeping discipline is hardest part of being your own boss, says Stephen Forte, CSO of Telerik. #startups #entrepreneurship.
Megaupload suffers 'data massacre'
Thu, 20th Jun 2013
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After LeaseWeb deletes MegaUpload data from 690 servers without an apparent warning, Kim Dotcom has taken to Twitter to vent his fury.