Networking

The companies are partnering to set up WiFi on Coca-Cola machines and provide free internet access to impoverished communities in South Africa.

A new study from Harvard Business Review shows that IT Pioneers are more likely to lead in both revenue growth and market position than their peers. This is more than twice the growth experienced by companies identified as technology Followers and three times the growth experienced by Cautious technology adopters. Where does your company fall?

John Rossi, general manager for Consumer Goods Consulting at Wipro and CGT Executive Council member, provides key considerations that a consumer goods manufacturer must figure out -- from specific selling models and distribution networks to technology infrastructure -- before calling an emerging market home.

The Carlsberg Group introduces a vision for business it calls GloCal, which aims for global efficiency while staying true to its local roots.

With the help of AT&T, Shell employees will be able to connect to one another using a wide range of connected devices such as PCs, tablets and smartphones.

The CNG conversion comes as the 2014 football season kicks off one of the companys busiest shipping periods of the year with 17 million cases of beer shipped by the Houston fleet during third quarter.

A recent IDC study unveils that 52.5 percent of Canadian CIOs are open to employees bringing their own devices to work. Of those respondents, 50.8 percent said that it was to appeal to young workers, which will make up 75 percent of the workforce by 2028. Find out what other trends are impacting the changing role of the CIO, and their biggest IT priorities for 2014.

Who will sell consumer product five years from now? And where? The decline of shopping malls, the rise of online shopping and changing consumer habits require consumer goods manufacturers to rethink their approach to moving goods.