Cloud computing helps transportation industry get flexible, evolve to meet shifting consumer demands

The internet has changed the way every industry – and every individual – functions on a fundamental level over the past two decades. Cloud computing has been a big part of that change, and it is easy to see why. Cloud adoption enables companies across all kinds of industries to improve data exchange, increase flexibility and utilize an abundance of modern technologies to gain greater connectivity to their customers.

The transportation industry has been slower to embrace cloud computing than many...

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Could Walmart become the next tech giant?

Walmart now selling e-commerce technology to small and medium sized businesses

Plenty of large brands have hopped on the e-commerce bandwagon, building out their own proprietary technologies to further monetize their products. But why stop there — why not monetize e-commerce itself?

That’s precisely what Walmart is doing. The world’s largest retailer announced Wednesday that it will now begin offering subscriptions to its proprietary e-commerce “technologies and capabilities” to small and midsized businesses, teaming with Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) to integrate its Marketplace,...

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Robust demand for high-tech shipping reveals COVID-19’s sticky influence

Woman standing outside server room holding laptop

As vaccine distribution spreads globally, the hope for pre-pandemic normalcy heightens. But FreightWaves’ exclusive conversation with Bill Fallon, AIT Worldwide Logistics’ vice president of global accounts, reveals that the changes spurred by the pandemic may permanently shift how the global community works and shops. 

“The flexibility that employers are providing to their associates to be able to work remotely, support their families and work in a safe environment will continue leading to...

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Career Tracks: Crane Worldwide and American Commercial Barge

Crane Worldwide Logistics has hired Brannon Kuykendall as chief information officer.

Headquartered in Houston, Crane Worldwide said the appointment was part of its strategy to focus on technology, service and people to drive business growth beyond 2020. Crane Worldwide, which celebrated 12 years of operations on Friday, said it provides clients with a predictive command center using a centralized dashboard to provide at-a-glance visibility.

Crane Worldwide said Kuykendall successfully led...

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SAL Heavy Lift sails on IT cloud

SAL Heavy Lift is an expert at transporting the largest cargoes across the world’s oceans, but its biggest lift in recent years has been to digitize complex administrative processes that have long weighed down the project cargo industry.

Claas Matthies, CIO of SAL Heavy Lift (Photo: Courtesy)

Maritime project cargoes are complex undertakings both in their uniqueness and physical handling, but they are equally complicated by the persistent documentation and different communication channels...

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