'The key word is scale': Mars' Amit Apte on where IT can make a difference

Infrastructure scale is a ‘solved problem’, but software, people and applications still challenge IT leaders

Tom Allen
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'The key word is scale': Mars' Amit Apte on where IT can make a difference

Launching a digital product in a market or two is relatively easy; but scaling and expanding across brands and regions takes much more work, says Mars Pet Nutrition CIO Amitabh Apte.

I recently discussed the challenges of true digitisation for global, multi-brand, multi-regional businesses with Amitabh Apte, the CIO for the Pet Nutrition business division at Mars. He has been l...

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