Grant Taylor of Acland Holdings: The route from CIO to COO-plus
“I don’t talk technology much these days, I talk outcomes for the business,” says Taylor who held a succession of ICT roles before moving into operations.
“I don’t talk technology much these days, I talk outcomes for the business,” says Taylor who held a succession of ICT roles before moving into operations.
"The customers get a great online experience; we only pay for servers when we need them,” says web development manager James Deane.
Plus: Microsoft NZ Imagine Cup winners, Charity-IT’s hackathon and the Ntec New Zealand Computer Museum.
More enterprises are shifting their less critical ICT off premises. We feature New Zealand organisations that have embraced the move with differing approaches -- from enthusiasm and confidence, to great caution.
Outdoor clothing retailer Kathmandu has implemented Intranet Dashboard (iD) across its 80 stores in New Zealand, Australia and the UK to improve internal communications through more timely and efficient information sharing.
Kathmandu selected the platform over SharePoint after the company discovered it offered most of the features it needed straight out of the box for a fraction of the price.