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Why entrepreneurs claim there’s no better place to do business than Puerto Rico

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There was a large gap between the capabilities of the software solutions that businesses could buy and the unique requirements that they had for automating key business processes. Business was good, and the company grew, mostly serving businesses located in Puerto Rico. The advantages of Puerto Rico were just too great.

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IT to thank for most of Radisson Hotel Group’s business initiatives

CIO

With stints at Procter & Gamble, HPE and DHL, Jaime González-Peralta landed at Radisson Hotel Group four years ago as CIO for EMEA and then became global CIO in April 2020 — a particularly complex moment due to the paralysis that the pandemic inflicted on the world of travel. How many people, then, make up Radisson’s IT area worldwide?

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5 pillars of a cloud-conscious culture

CIO

Most CIOs recognize the advantages of cloud, the global reach it provides, and the ease with which services can be scaled up and back down again. It enables us to free our people so they can innovate and create lasting competitive advantage.” But recognizing cloud advantages doesn’t always mean a smooth transition from on-prem.

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The steep cost of a poor data management strategy

CIO

Without it, businesses incur steep costs, but the downside, or costs, are often unclear because calculating data management’s return on investment (ROI), or upside, is a murky exercise. Unlike other business investments, the returns may not be immediately apparent because the benefits accrue over time. Consider wind turbine operation.

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Long and winding railroad – heading for the cloud

CIO

It’s no wonder that technology has long been at the center of Union Pacific success, achieving incredible efficiency that is at the backbone of business operations for all Americans. Business operations and technology are no different. This transformation with SAP lets us modernize our back office to get current and stay competitive.

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Mapping the progress of Air New Zealand’s digital rebuild

CIO

So meeting challenges to compete is nothing new, but business all but came to a halt during the pandemic in 2020. Of course, achieving this kind of goal in such a competitive and unpredictable industry requires not just companywide cohesion, but partnerships that help synergize digital and sustainable ambitions to become reality.

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The CIO as chief integration (and influence) officer

CIO

CIO Steve Zerby not only has a seat at the table, but he’s driving business strategy at the manufacturing company thanks to his panoptic view of the centralized yet global organization. Otherwise, tech will again be siloed and the business doesn’t know who to turn to first, Kark says. The CIO role has become much more strategic.

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