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Innovation is an important adjunct of a competitive market position; indeed it could be seen as necessary to effective competition. If you compete merely by doing what has been done before, then almost...
View ArticleFonterra expands its SAP platform
Dairy co-operative Fonterra is about to kick off a $110 million project that will convert its consumer branded business, as well as manufacturing plants in Australia and New Zealand, to systems based...
View ArticleFonterra's Mason scoops CFO of the Year
Fonterra CFO Jonathan Mason has secured the 2011 CFO of the Year Award.
View ArticleMovers and shakers: New head of IS at Fonterra
Chris Barendregt leaves CIO role, and Carl Moore will head IS functions and the delivery of the global systems transformation at the dairy company.
View ArticleLatest tech merger: Microsoft acquires Kiwi cloud computing company GreenButton
GreenButton’s customers include Pixar, NASA and Boeing. But founder and CEO Scott Houston discloses his stint as Weta Digital CTO and the massive computing power required by the Lord of the Rings movie...
View ArticleFonterra standardises barcoding systems for its global operations
Signs agreement with SATO as supplier for the dairy cooperative’s factories and distribution centres worldwide
View ArticleFletcher Building tops CIO100 ranking
Annual report reveals key projects and top business and technology challenges for New Zealand’s biggest IT-using organisations
View ArticleMovers and shakers: Peter Fletcher, Miles Fordyce, Alan Clist and Scott Houston
A roundup of the latest business technology executive appointments in New Zealand and Australia
View ArticleMovers and shakers: Fonterra appoints interim CIO
Global search is on for replacement of Carl Moore
View ArticleCIO100 2015 reveals biggest ICT user in New Zealand
Annual report reveals key projects and top business and technology challenges for New Zealand’s biggest IT-using organisations.
View ArticleIn pictures: CIO100 event in Auckland: Preparing for the digital future
The speakers in this year’s CIO100 event - Carl Powell of Fletcher Building, Denildo Albuquerque and David Spaziani of Gartner, John-Paul Sikking of Cisco and Steve Griffin of Unisys – share pointers...
View ArticleFonterra works with startup Job Done to bring tech innovation to dairy farms
“It is part of our strategy to accelerate our digital start-up ecosystem for farm innovation,” says Simon Paparone, CIO, Fonterra.
View ArticleThe pathway to becoming CIO
University of Auckland launches programme for people who want to step into a more senior role, but with a focus on the IT function.
View ArticleMovers and shakers: Martin Catterall, Glen Willoughby and Ken Holley
Plus: Government's telco as a service panellists; inaugural Samsung Springboard winners; PwC Digital and Origin IT's design thinking workshop
View ArticleFonterra appoints new CIO
Gerben Otter, who came from the Dutch dairy co-operative Royal FrieslandCampina, will join Fonterra next week.
View ArticleFonterra farmers go digital
‘Farmers who previously swore they’d never need a smartphone now tell us they can’t imagine life without it.’
View ArticleKiwi dairy farmers to have their own analytics platform
Farm performance system developed jointly by Fonterra and Livestock Improvement Corporation
View ArticleBallance Agri-Nutrients takes critical steps towards digital transformation
“We want to be ready for the Internet of Things and not have to play catch up,” says David Scullin, CIO of the farmer owned co-operative.
View ArticleCIO upfront: In the cloud era, 'think opportunity, not impact'
As technology evolves and cloud becomes the new normal, the approach to change management must likewise evolve. Daniel Lund and Adam Sharman list key steps organisations can take.
View ArticleFonterra: No major damage to manufacturing sites
We will continue carrying out safety assessments over the course of the day, says Fonterra Chief Operating Officer for Global Operations Robert Spurway
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