Budget to roll WAN solution

Budget is to roll out a full wide-area network (WAN) solution for its retail business to consolidate the disparate legacy systems inherited from its acquisitions. The solution, supplied by CDL, will be rolled out over a nine-month period from January 2004 to Budget's 85 branches. The project will be rolled out in three phases - development, go-live on a new platform, followed by refinement of the system, with plans for further developments and applications. Matthew Donaldson, Budget's retail