SuperValu expands it’s data center in Boise
Eddie Kovsky over at the IBR is reporting that SuperValu will be expanding it’s data center here in Boise. This is a good thing. How good, I don’t know. I wonder how many jobs it will create.
One thing that has consistently impressed me about Albertons/SuperValu IT employees is
a)how many of them there were and
b) how fricking smart they are.
Every programmer I’ve met that works there or used to work there have increadible resumes and are usually almost too smart to talk to. It amazes me the types of projects that Albertsons was working on before Larry the Lightbulb (that’s what insiders used to refer to him as because he came from GE. It was always said dripping in sarcasm.)drove it into the ground.
Hopefully SuperValu retains that legacy of hiring smart technical people and that this data center expansion will create a few more jobs.
As I understand it, Albertons/SuperValu maintains “Centers of Excellence” around the country. Boise is considered the company’s “Center of Excellence” and anything IT-related, now and in the future (for the most part), will come out of Boise.
I had some involvement in some of the projects you mentioned during the Larry era. Trouble was there existed a lot of overlap and redundancy in these projects. It amazed me how one group would not talk to another group. A lot of reinventing the wheel occurred. It wouldn’t surprise me if this was one of the less publicized reasons as to why Larry was shown the door.