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A GIS degree from American Sentinel University can help you on your path to starting your own geospatial business. Lee Mitchell, owner of G.A.I.A. Professionals, says American Sentinel University teaches what many universities neglect. Read More

The GIS technology profession is unique for entrepreneurs. Because of the down economy, municipalities and companies frequently cannot afford to maintain a GIS staff. Instead of falling behind or losing spatial data, they are outsourcing much of their work to GIS consultants or small GIS technology Read More

The days when people went to the same office to work, day in and day out, are over. Business has become mobile and, as any GIS degree program can tell you, that makes management difficult. Forget such basics as access to resources and communications. Read More

Inspiration for business innovation can come from anywhere. For Matt Griffin, it came from a batch of brownies he made a few years ago. While enjoying the treat, he realized that his favorite parts were the corners. So he designed the $35 Baker's Edge's Edge Brownie Pan that hit the million dollar Read More

There is no way for someone with an information systems management degree to ignore cloud computing. During the summer, market analyst firm Ovum found 61 percent year-over-year growth among multinationals, and this coming year should see a flood of adoption. Read More

Finding new variations on vulnerabilities in operating systems and applications, hackers and criminals continue to find brand new approaches to getting the data and identities they want. In response, security experts will have to adopt a new approach to manage risk and address threats. Read More

Current needs of corporate development, particularly in mobile, could lean more companies toward exploring agile development. The practice has an inherent weakness because it depends on people skills. Learn to work effectively with others, and you could add a new powerful set of tools to your devel Read More

As you quickly learn after you get your information systems degree and get experience in the day-to-day world of IT, one of the most frequently tested areas of corporate technology is security. But maybe passing information security tests isn't all it's cracked up to be. Read More

Microsoft has announced one licensing deal with a hardware vendor after another. Hardly unusual for a company that has provided operating system software to manufacturers for years. Just one difference: in these recent licensing deals, Microsoft didn't wasn't the software vendor. Read More

If you're in IT and not looking at the new concept called big data, you're missing a critical development in technology, according to market research firm Forrester. Big data is the practice of manipulating, analyzing, and using data in such large volumes that typical tools cannot cope. Read More