Vice president came to NZ after hearing reports about Viibe
Solution lets farmers plan and record production details and financial transactions
Company gets out of computer distribution
Downtime for national database only five days at quiet time of year
Tender was posted before Shell made first bid in late August
Core team of at least 12 will staff each data centre
Firm expects to quadruple interactive learning work in next 18 months
Company expects to take on "mentoring" role for the other businesses
Staff numbers have doubled and Slab plans to open offices in US and Europe
Company would need more staff without EDI package
Company already runs programme in US universities
Move purely a "venture capital" investment
Audit paves way for decisions on major IT suppliers
Intranet includes trading reports, news, product bulletins, manuals
Software provides information on performance of each slot machine