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We continue our migration
to the cloud, with a goal
of being 100 there
%
within the next few years.
Our goal is to have all our

proprietary applications
cloud-based.

security group to implement their What trends do you see having the Logistically, it will allow shippers
Threat Manager Log Analysis (TMLA) most impact on the industry over to optimize the handling of all the
tools that deliver near real-time log the next three years and why? associated paperwork that has to be
monitoring, correlation and expert dealt with, like bills of lading and bills
analysis of security activity across There are three things that are grab- of sale, and then there’s the poten-
our enterprise. TMLA monitors mul- bing my attention right now. For the tial impact on property titles and
tiple system logs as well as external industrial real estate industry, which things of that nature. It will create
data sources to more actively and centers around transportation and permanent, immutable records that
accurately search for threats. Using logistics, autonomous driverless vehi- everyone can monitor and act upon.
AI and Machine Learning, seemingly cles—whether that be boats, trains, I believe this will change our world in
unrelated events and risks can be trucks and even cars to an extent–is interesting ways.
identified and linked together much something I’m watching carefully.
more quickly, resulting in actionable I believe the bigger the vehicle, the Lastly, AI’s thumbprint on our world is
alerts that help us protect our net- sooner you’ll see it automated; I going to be really, really, big. Whether
work against malicious intruders and think we’ll see trucks before we see it be the security technology we’re
unauthorized activities. driverless cars. A shortage of long- implementing now, or how AI sys-
haul truck drivers makes this a much tems will interact with other business
We continue our migration to the bigger economic imperative. processes, like lease administration
cloud, with a goal of being 100% and asset management that are part
there within the next few years. Our This new technology will change the of our daily lives; in the future many
goal is to have all our proprietary industrial world appreciably. Do we of these things will be done without
applications cloud-based. We’re need that ‘last mile’ fulfillment center human intervention. This is going to
exploring Microsoft ‘teams and tasks’ in a densely populated urban area have an impact on us as a company
to leverage some of the new things if you can load your goods directly and the individuals who work for us.
in Office 365. We’ve been putting on an autonomously driven truck We’ll need to find opportunities to
together pilot programs with explor- and send it right on its way to the optimize their skillsets; to retool and
atory teams from different business final destination? It’s a ‘just in time’, use our people in other capacities.
units, which has effectively created 2.0 version of the process that will Can they be trained to analyze data
an ad-hoc corporate R&D department; change our world as an industrial as opposed to simply gathering and
we’re involving our internal business company. inputting it? We are a very family ori-
partners so it’s not just an IT project. ented, employee-centric company, so
This way we can divide and conquer From a technologist perspective, figuring this out is one of the things
across the enterprise. Blockchain is intriguing to me. I’ll be focused on in the future.

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