IT departments have had to pay attention to smartphones and tablets. The major forces behind BYOD, or "bring your own device" to work, have forced anyone with an information technology degree to reconsider how businesses work with technology and the way applications must provide access to employees
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Here Come the New PC Form Factors – Hot Topics – Business – American Sentinel University Blog
Posted by AmericanSentinel under TechnologyFrom http://www.americansentinel.edu 4511 days ago
Geographic information systems (GIS) -- technology that allows people to associate data with locations and then manipulate and analyze it -- offer new types of tools that can give managers even more insight into supply chains and how they can take better control.
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The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend – Hot Topics – Business – American Sentinel University Blog
Posted by AmericanSentinel under TechnologyFrom http://www.americansentinel.edu 4520 days ago
In the competitive battles in mobile, the announcement that Microsoft would take a stake in Barnes & Noble -- specifically, the Nook e-reader and tablet decision -- must have sounded strange. After all, the Nook doesn't run Windows.
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Facebook IPO Shows Communication Is Tougher than You Think – American Sentinel University Blog
Posted by AmericanSentinel under SugarToneFrom http://www.americansentinel.edu 4527 days ago
It's being called the worst-performing IPO of the decade based on its first five days of trading, and that was without the Nasdaq glitches that kept many investors from knowing if their trades successfully completed.
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There’s Value in Your Old IP – Hot Topics – Business – American Sentinel University Blog
Posted by AmericanSentinel under NewsFrom http://www.americansentinel.edu 4540 days ago
Michael Jackson is going on tour with Pepsi. Yes, Jackson died in 2009. No, Pepsi isn’t a performer but, rather, a soft drink brand. Your point?
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Tablets May Have a Rough Ride – Hot Topics – It – American Sentinel University Blog
Posted by AmericanSentinel under TechnologyFrom http://www.americansentinel.edu 4540 days ago
Apple's iPad has made a big hit, particularly the newest version. According to a survey from ChangeWave Research, 82 percent of owners are very satisfied with the devices, while an additional 16 percent are somewhat satisfied. That's even better than the 74 percent very satisfied and 23 percent som
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Big Data: Important and Tricky – Hot Topics – It – American Sentinel University Blog
Posted by AmericanSentinel under TechnologyFrom http://www.americansentinel.edu 4552 days ago
One of the areas of so-called big data that is heating up this year is sales analytics. According to Ventana Research, more than 60 percent of the organizations it polled plan to invest in the technology this year. But the predictability that companies want in forecasts may never come.
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Businesses crave certainty. The more you can know what will happen, the more you can reduce risk and effectively plan to increase profits. While a business degree helps, what most executives would love to have is a soothsayer to foretell the future.
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IT Is a Profit-Making Machine – Hot Topics – It – American Sentinel University Blog
Posted by AmericanSentinel under TechnologyFrom http://www.americansentinel.edu 4553 days ago
It doesn't take long after getting a management information systems degree and working in the field to see that many companies consider IT nothing more than a cost of doing business.
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As you quickly learn when earning a computer information systems degree, the ability to accomplish more work doesn't magically appear because someone wants it. Unfortunately, the current load of duties in many companies often prevents an IT department from effectively undertaking additional project
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