Pit & Quarry, September 2016
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Pine Bluff updated the IT standards at its 30 locations across the United States be the more viable option Pine Bluff partnered with Kentucky based Kalleo Technologies in 2013 to help manage some of the IT workload Kalleo specializes in the healthcare marine mining and transportation markets making it a good fit for Pine Bluff Anna Berlekamp Kalleo Technologies director of sales and marketing says her company is unique in that it focuses on serving select industries We dont want to be an IT company for every industry she says We want to better understand particular industries so we can serve them better and understand their values It gives us a more holistic approach Through the new partnership Kalleo Technologies handles user concerns such as password and network glitches and it installs antivirus programs on computers that need it With Kalleo Technologies taking on the bulk of user issues Perry and his IT department began to tackle longterm projects to improve the companys computer systems overall Some of these larger scale projects have been on my list for 12 years Perry says And for the first time since I came on I feel Im actually seeing an end to my list of projects So in my mind thats why I feel like this partnership is such a grand slam for us Berlekamp adds that this kind of partnership can result in improved production levels It varies for everyone she says If there is good communication between IT and the operations side of things more production will come out ENHANCING IT Both Berlekamp and Perry acknowledge its not easy to implement new technologies and create an IT department at an aggregate operation especially because connectivity can be an issue at some sites THE NEXT LEVEL Watch your performance rise with the world leader in drilling at your side See you at Booth 2121 in the North Hall Surface crawlers Rotary blasthole 800 732 6762 www atlascopco us 40 PIT QUARRY September 2016 pitandquarry com
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