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As makers of shoes for almost 130 years, Bata knows one size doesn’t fit all, let alone one style. Osvaldo Mège knows the same is true for the initiatives and solutions he leads as IT director for the company’s operations in six Latin American countries—even as he wants to standardize the systems and infrastructure as […]

So why does Oak Harbor Freight Lines depend upon DDC FPO for both front and back-office solutions? Even under the best of conditions, moving products from point A to point B isn’t without its obstacles: port backlogs, manufacturing bottlenecks, weather hazards, accidents, fuel inflation, government mandates and so on. Technology is essential to ensuring the smoothest […]

Dicen que es mejor tener un seguro y no necesitarlo. En este sector impera la respuesta por lo que es vital contar con una capacidad de maniobra rápida y eficiente en virtud de brindar tranquilidad y confianza a la hora de resolver un suceso inesperado. Partiendo de esta idea y debido a la transformación digital, […]

Across the vast expanse of Latin America, roughly 30 percent of the population lacks access to health care due to financial reasons, while another 21 percent face geographic barriers. These statistics come from the World Economic Forum which also reports that few countries in the region meet any kind of international standards when it comes […]

The simple idea of situational awareness—literally being aware of our surroundings and using that information to help make decisions and calculated predictions—has been around for nearly as long as human life itself; historians and scientists point to it as one of our most enduring survival advantages. In today’s technology-driven world, the concept has been amped-up […]

Throughout his 20-plus-year career, Eshwar Pastapur has operated on a sort of special ops basis: Parachuting in, so to speak, to a company, and helping to solve a technological challenge. It keeps him interested in and dedicated to his work as a respected IT leader, and it landed him at his current position as CIO […]

One in five. That’s how many young Nebraskans are said to be the beneficiaries of vast technological improvements sweeping through the state’s largest school district, courtesy of a partnership with Microsoft and the creative input from an executive director of IMS who has brought connections to Microsoft and district-wide changes to Omaha Public Schools (OPS), […]

Not to be deterred by its size, Orange County Public Schools—one of the largest districts in the country—has the ambitious goal of putting a device in the hands of each of its 203,000 students. Perhaps more notable, though, is the district’s awareness of the security risks presented by such a flood of technology. Or so […]

To understand what makes OSO Grande different from other data center technology providers, think about going to a restaurant. “When you go to some of our competitors, you get a menu and you choose from that menu,” says Richard Vasquez, director of sales and business development. “So, for example, they may only provide a full […]