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Weekly recap: The future of IT, omni-channel mobile development, and more…

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EducationEvery week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the future of IT, the need for ‘omni-channel’ mobile development, and more. I hope you find them useful:

Forrester: Mobile app dev needs ‘omni-channel’ perspective
Rather than simply devising a mobile strategy, mobile apps must be part of a larger “omni-channel” application architecture. Businesses must understand that mobile devices are just one method for accessing their applications. Applications must be accessible across all devices. …

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Weekly recap: Top 10 cloud jobs, mobile BI, and more…

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EducationEvery week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the mobile BI, HTML5, and more. I hope you find them useful:

Mobile BI: Exciting but intimidating
Mobile BI is about more than just accessing BI apps on your smartphone or tablet. It’s about harnessing the new data we can now access thanks to mobile. This article goes into more detail about this emerging trend. …

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Weekly recap: Will the cloud end the IT department, CSS tricks, and more…

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EducationEvery week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the cloud, BI, and more. I hope you find them useful:

10 reasons why your users won’t use your BI solution
Did you know that half of all BI projects fail? Why is that? The biggest cause of BI failure is user adoption. Specifically, it’s difficult to make users start using a new BI solution. How can you fix this problem? While this article gives some good tips, there’s another great solution mentioned in this article: Why users don’t use business intelligence. …

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5 big questions to ask before moving to the cloud

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EducationHas there ever been a more confusingly vague term than “cloud computing?” To get an idea of just how confused people are, take a look at the numerous cloud adoption rate surveys. Depending on which survey you read, anywhere from 37% – 91% of companies are using the cloud. That’s quite a range.

Why the discrepancy in the numbers? I doubt all of the survey respondents have the same definition of “the cloud.” While it may mean one thing to some people, it may have a completely different meaning to others. So, what exactly does cloud computing mean? The “cloud computing” umbrella covers many different areas, such as… …

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Weekly recap: 10 BYOD concerns, design tips, and more…

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EducationEvery week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on BYOD concerns, application design tips, and more. I hope you find them useful:

iPad: Shiny new object, or new enterprise computing platform?
How does your business view tablets? Like it or not, tablets are making their way into the business world, with many experts predicting that tablets will even replace the PC. That means it’s time to start adapting your current apps for use on a touch-based interface. How can you do that? …

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Weekly recap: 10 things I’ve learned from working in IT, how big data became so big, and more…

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EducationEvery week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on lessons learned from working in IT, big data, and more. I hope you find them useful:

What we mean when we talk about cloud computing
The term “cloud computing” might just be one of the most overused buzzwords in recent history, but…do you really know what it means? This article gives a great overview of cloud computing, and even explains important terminology related to the cloud. …

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Weekly recap: 5 ways cloud computing will change IT, the key to great web software, and more…

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EducationEvery week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on how cloud computing will change IT, embeddable BI, and more. I hope you find them useful:

Nine unheralded technology innovations
Some technologies get all the press, while others go almost unnoticed. This article lists some of the most important, but often overlooked, tech innovations. …

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Weekly recap: 10 business apps for the iPhone, roadblocks to cloud computing, and more…

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EducationEvery week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the roadblocks to cloud computing, the best iPhone business apps, and more. I hope you find them useful:

Lessons from a big iPad Enterprise Adopter
Is your company thinking about adopting tablets? If so, here’s an article you’ll want to read. It’s an interview with the manager of mobility at one of the biggest corporate iPad adopters in the world. Find out what he learned in the process, as well as why their company has switched their focus from native apps to mobile web apps. …

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Weekly recap: 10 technologies shaping IT, BYOD best practices, and more…

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EducationEvery week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the BYOD best practices, IT tech skills, upcoming technologies, and more. I hope you find them useful:

For BYOD best practices, secure data not devices.
The key to BYOD success lies in the data, not the device. The companies that will struggle with BYOD are those that haven’t yet figured out how to control their data. …

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