article thumbnail

Ford’s high-tech business transformation, fueled by cloud

CIO

s wholesale pivot to technology has transformed not only the automaker’s business operations but its corporate identity. “We We have become much more of a software company than we were 10 to 20 years ago,” says John Musser, director of engineering for Ford’s commercial division, Ford Pro. Ford Motor Co.’s

article thumbnail

How 3 Digital Champions Tackle Real-Time Data Challenges

CIO

To the chief technology officer of SupPlant, which supplies farmers with critical agronomic insights, the more real-time weather, plant, soil, and water data the company’s solution can gather, the bigger the improvements in crop yield and productivity for customers. Digital Transformation, IT Leadership

Data 233
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

CDH Users: If you have done impactful things with data please share how what and why

CTOvision

The 2014 Data Impact Awards highlight achievements in the following areas: BUSINESS IMPACT. Driving tangible results to an organization, company or industry by empowering new capabilities that generate top-line growth and/or increased competitive advantage, or improving operational efficiencies that result in quantifiable bottom-line savings.

article thumbnail

Which Government, Non-Profit and NGO Have Big Data/CDH Lessons Learned To Share?

CTOvision

The 2014 Data Impact Awards highlight achievements in the following areas: BUSINESS IMPACT. Driving tangible results to an organization, company or industry by empowering new capabilities that generate top-line growth and/or increased competitive advantage, or improving operational efficiencies that result in quantifiable bottom-line savings.

Big Data 105
article thumbnail

What it takes to succeed as a CIO today

CIO

It’s a fascinating time for functional technology practitioners. Whether you’re a CIO, CTO, chief digital officer, a data leader, cyber — the opportunity for these leaders is unparalleled when you consider the impact that they can make on their enterprises and on their industries. It’s a logical path.

article thumbnail

Micro transformation: Driving big business benefit through quick IT wins

CIO

The CIO of transportation and logistics company Werner Enterprises has spent the bulk of his career doing full-blown transformation projects that often took two or three years to complete and ended up being a “massive, monolithic platform.” But by then, the business requirements had changed, “and frankly, it doesn’t work,’’ Mahon says.

article thumbnail

How Canadian Tire CIO & CTO balances lessons learned and leading with purpose

CIO

And with his dual titles at the company—CIO and CTO—Rex Lee is in the driver’s seat to support digital transformation and implement shared knowledge across teams and management. We didn’t have to compete with priorities of getting money into the company to keep it running. There was no real IT in business.

Retail 255