Everyone is trying to get a handle on costs, but an indiscriminate slash and burn of assets can reduce productivity and profitability. Cost cutting needs to be...
Author - Robert Fort
Robert Fort is the CIO for Virgin Entertainment Group's North America Megastores. At Virgin, Robert has implemented a real-time data warehouse, converged voice & data network, and a chain-wide POS system. He architected the company's highly regarded “digital preview stations”, including the world's largest single store implementation in Times Square. Robert is a member of the National Retail Federation CIO Council, RIS News Advisory Board, Kiosk.Com Advisory Board and Microsoft Retail Advisory Board. In 2005, he was selected one of the Top 15 Pacesetters by RIS News Magazine, in 2006, one of Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders, and in 2008 one of RIS News Magazine's Top 10 Influential's. Prior to Virgin, Robert has held senior management roles at MGM/UA, Nestle, Polygram/A&M Records, and Koo Koo Roo.
Business transformations are inevitable in order to stay competitive. They bring along complexity and IT has to deal with that complexity after the game plan...
