Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Virgin Entertainment CIO aligns IT with rapid business changes
Virgin Entertainment CIO aligns IT with rapid business changes: "Fort has had his finger on the pulse of the IT market for some time. The company financials is run on a JD Edwards system so Fort has had to steer Virgin through the uncertainties that arose when Oracle acquired the software vendor and announced plans to integrate the technology into a new Fusion product line.
But the heart of the company has been sales at its retail locations, which is managed by a merchandizing system developed by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based JDA Software Group, Inc. Seeking greater flexibility, Virgin plans to add Triversity point of sale software, allowing stores to handle a more diverse product line.
Fort said his company had been considering Triversity before it was acquired by SAP last September. SAP plans to wrap Triversity's technology into the SAP for Retail suite. But don't look for Virgin to standardize its systems on SAP anytime soon, he said. Management has to finish realigning its business processes before even considering standardizing, he said. "
But the heart of the company has been sales at its retail locations, which is managed by a merchandizing system developed by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based JDA Software Group, Inc. Seeking greater flexibility, Virgin plans to add Triversity point of sale software, allowing stores to handle a more diverse product line.
Fort said his company had been considering Triversity before it was acquired by SAP last September. SAP plans to wrap Triversity's technology into the SAP for Retail suite. But don't look for Virgin to standardize its systems on SAP anytime soon, he said. Management has to finish realigning its business processes before even considering standardizing, he said. "
