{"id":4720,"date":"2012-10-12T07:33:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T12:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:55:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:55:57","slug":"weekly-recap-will-the-cloud-end-the-it-department-css-tricks-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/weekly-recap-will-the-cloud-end-the-it-department-css-tricks-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: Will the cloud end the IT department, CSS tricks, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" alt=\"Education\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on the cloud, BI, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">10 reasons why your users won\u2019t use your BI solution<\/span><br \/>\nDid you know that half of all BI projects fail?  Why is that?  The biggest cause of BI failure is user adoption.  Specifically, it\u2019s difficult to make users start using a new BI solution.  How can you fix this problem?  While this article gives some good tips, there&#8217;s another great solution mentioned in this article: <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', '20121012_CloudEndITDepartment_UsersDontUseBI']);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/why-users-don%E2%80%99t-use-business-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">Why users don\u2019t use business intelligence<\/span><\/a>.<a name=\"20121009\"><\/a> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20121012_CloudEndITDepartment_Cloud']);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/blog\/datacenter\/will-the-cloud-be-the-end-of-the-it-department\/5825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Will the cloud be the end of the IT department?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nOne of the biggest fears associated with cloud computing is the idea that it could diminish the role of the IT department.  But, is that fear even accurate?  This article explains why IT professionals shouldn&#8217;t worry about the cloud.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20121012_CloudEndITDepartment_CheaperBetter']);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/blog\/tech-manager\/are-we-allowed-to-mention-cheaper-is-not-always-better\/7979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Are we allowed to mention that cheaper isn&#8217;t always better?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWhat\u2019s more important: A cheap up-front price or long-term value?  While the answer may seem obvious, many companies get blinded by the cheap up-front price when buying software, without considering long-term value. <\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20121012_CloudEndITDepartment_9CSSTricks']);\" href=\"http:\/\/smashinghub.com\/9-valuable-css-tricks-for-responsive-design.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">9 valuable CSS tricks for responsive design<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBuilding a web app with responsive design means that the application adapts to the device on which it\u2019s being viewed.  This article outlines a few tricks for building great responsive web apps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on the cloud, BI, and more. I hope you find them useful: 10 reasons why your users won\u2019t use your BI solution Did you know that half of all BI projects fail? &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/weekly-recap-will-the-cloud-end-the-it-department-css-tricks-and-more\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly recap: Will the cloud end the IT department, CSS tricks, and more&#8230;<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Weekly recap: Will the cloud end the IT department, CSS tricks, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. 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