{"id":5406,"date":"2013-01-25T14:01:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T20:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=5406"},"modified":"2022-11-22T13:12:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T19:12:34","slug":"weekly-recap-the-future-of-it-omni-channel-mobile-development-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/weekly-recap-the-future-of-it-omni-channel-mobile-development-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: The future of IT, omni-channel mobile development, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" 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 future of IT, the need for &#8216;omni-channel&#8217; mobile development, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130125_TheFutureOfIT_OmniChannel']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/d\/application-development\/forrester-mobile-app-dev-needs-omni-channel-perspective-211312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Forrester: Mobile app dev needs \u2018omni-channel\u2019 perspective<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nRather than simply devising a mobile strategy, mobile apps must be part of a larger \u201comni-channel\u201d application architecture. Businesses must understand that mobile devices are just one method for accessing their applications. Applications must be accessible across all devices.<a name=\"20120122\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130125_TheFutureOfIT_FutureOfIT']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.cioinsight.com\/it-management\/innovation\/the-future-of-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">The future of IT<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nIT departments are undergoing radical transformations, driven in part by major trends like consumerization, mobile, cloud computing, and more.  What can IT departments do? As mentioned in this article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/3-new-realities-it-must-learn-to-accept\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">3 new realities IT must learn to accept<\/span><\/a>\u201d, IT has no choice but to adapt. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Feds turn to agile development as budget cuts loom<\/span><br \/>\nFaced with budget cuts, government agencies can no longer afford projects that drag on for years and cost millions of dollars.  What are they doing?  They\u2019re turning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/Strategy\/agility.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">agile development<\/span><\/a> to speed up projects, and better demonstrate their value.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">What businesses should know before heading to the cloud<\/span><br \/>\nIs your business considering a move towards cloud computing? While the cloud does offer significant benefits, it comes with its fair share of security risks. This article outlines a few security issues to consider before making the move.<\/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 future of IT, the need for &#8216;omni-channel&#8217; mobile development, and more. I hope you find them useful: Forrester: Mobile app dev needs \u2018omni-channel\u2019 perspective Rather than simply devising a mobile &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/weekly-recap-the-future-of-it-omni-channel-mobile-development-and-more\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly recap: The future of IT, omni-channel mobile development, 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: The future of IT, omni-channel mobile development, 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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