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Old 09-13-2012, 07:24 PM
 
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Results of the 24th Annual InformationWeek's top 500 list of the nation's best business technology innovators of 2012 rank John Deere of Moline, Illinois #2 in America.

InformationWeek | 2012 InformationWeek 500
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Old 09-17-2012, 11:13 AM
 
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Farming and Ranching is big business in North America. If makes not difference where a family has 300,000 head of cattle or 2,000 in corn it is an expensive business. Loss of crop is no less expensive than theft of cattle or farm equipment. Theft in rural North America is a very big problem as these producers often live miles apart in very isolated areas. Corn has been mainstay in America since 1850s when the plains were opened for settlers. Thankfully the days of walking behind a team of horses with a plow are long gone for most. It was forsaken for the tractor.

John Deere is most likely the #1 farm implement company in the world. Few could have guessed the first computer mainframe would be the father of GPS that been used for a few years to designate fields for certain crops. Deere took GPS one step farther when their IT department married diagnostics and farming. Today the tractor down in the field does not always need to be hauled to the dealer for repair. Deere as can usually diagnose he problem via GPS.

I believe US medical providers and implement manufacturers will remain in the top as the race for best global technology use continues.
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