Features Information Technologies

It’s not that the Florida Ice & Farm Co., or FIFCO as it’s commonly known, has not changed several times over in its long history. It began as an agricultural and ice making company, started producing beverages several years later and about 90 years after that morphed into a retailer that also owns a resort […]

Twenty years ago, independent restaurants that sourced their goods from large distributors (think Sysco and US Foods) didn’t have much clout when it came to cost savings. As prices for products fluctuated, restaurants had two choices: find savings elsewhere, or use a different vendor altogether. John Davie had a better idea. Bringing together several restaurants […]

Miguel Marin says the digital transformation underway at Corporación AG is not only good for the company, it’s good for Guatemala. Marin is the CIO for the Guatemala City steel producer and he says technological upgrades to the company, founded in 1953, are helping the business grow through cost savings and efficiencies. That, in turn, […]

Back in his Army days as a heavy vehicle operator, Ryan Miller was used to scanning his environment for hidden explosives and doing risk assessments to intercept threats. Out of uniform now as chief information security officer at Mission Search Staffing and Recruitment, an employment agency in Tampa, Miller sees a lot of parallels between […]

It’s not just about how much technical expertise you have, says Diego Maspero: It’s your ability to communicate your expectations, needs and goals around technology. These abilities are just as imperative as the infrastructure, hardware and software, says the CIO of Edesa, whose day revolves around budgeting, identifying imperative tech projects, and mapping out those […]

That salmon you had for dinner last week—or that you have in your fridge or freezer? Odds are it wasn’t just plucked out of the ocean or freshwater stream. State-of-the-art technologies were involved in every aspect of its life cycle—from hatching to the final packaging as a food product. As Rodrigo Ignacio Rodríguez explains, during […]

Say you’re the CIO at a fast-growing company. There are a few hundred employees, earnings solidly in the eight figures, with operations in a handful of states—and more on the way. With a number of your competitors falling victim to data breaches, it’s time to redouble your cybersecurity efforts. But with so many options available […]

When two companies merge, it can take years before their operations are harmonized—and even longer before the acquiring company recoups its investment. Together with the leadership team of Diana Corporación, Martha Cecilia Eraso accomplished everything in less than four months—a feat she says wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of other company stakeholders, including […]

Imagine this: Roughly 1,000 nurses converging for a multi-day training event. To make it happen, there are the logistics of flights and other transportation, as well as hotel rooms, meals, arranging speakers, programming and workshops. For the employer, it’s a whole lot of money and effort. For the worker, it takes a physical toll, not […]

Imagine you’re a farmer in the Midwest with a significant corn-growing operation. It’s early in the calendar year, time to prep for the upcoming growing season. So, what do you do? Hint: it’s not fire up the tractor. If you’re a member of Landmark Services Cooperative, a likely first step is to log into your […]