{"id":6429,"date":"2013-07-12T15:02:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T20:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=6429"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:46:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:46:46","slug":"weekly-recap-how-mobility-can-change-the-economics-of-it-free-bi-guide-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/weekly-recap-how-mobility-can-change-the-economics-of-it-free-bi-guide-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: How mobility can change the economics of IT, free BI guide, 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 how mobility will change the economics of IT, a free BI guide that will help you cut through the confusion surrounding the topic, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130712_MobilityChangeEconomicsOfIT_BIConfusion']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.itjungle.com\/fhs\/fhs070913-story08.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Confused about BI? Get this Feature Guide<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nHere\u2019s a nice write-up about&#8230;us! Okay, so the article isn\u2019t technically about us&#8211;it\u2019s about our recently released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/research\/BIPaper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">Business Intelligence Guide<\/span><\/a>. The free BI guide helps you cut through the confusion surrounding the topic, and pick the right option for your business.<a name=\"20130709\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130712_MobilityChangeEconomicsOfIT_MobilityEconomics']); \" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forrester.com\/john_brand\/13-07-04-how_mobility_can_change_the_economics_of_it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">How mobility can change the economics of IT<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBesides the \u201calways-connected\u201d benefit of smartphones, they also give many companies a better, and cheaper way to operate. As explained in the article above, smartphones offer viable alternatives to expensive, proprietary business equipment. If you\u2019d like to see another example, <span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">this company<\/span> uses off-the-shelf smartphones and bluetooth scanners in place of expensive, industrial scanners.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130712_MobilityChangeEconomicsOfIT_ITBottleneck']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/infrastructure\/management\/to-break-the-it-bottleneck-stop-covering\/240157958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">To break up the IT bottleneck, stop covering your you-know-what<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nI frequently cover the topic of productivity, and ways the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/4-steps-to-create-a-more-agile-it-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">IT department can improve efficiency<\/span><\/a>. However, the article above covers an angle that I haven\u2019t touched on, but is all too real in many companies. <\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130712_MobilityChangeEconomicsOfIT_BusinessAnalytics']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.information-management.com\/blogs\/business-analytics-why-not-experiment-10024578-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Business analytics: Why not experiment?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nRather than simply using business analytics as a way to better understand your business, this article offers another idea: Use business analytics to drive innovation.<\/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 how mobility will change the economics of IT, a free BI guide that will help you cut through the confusion surrounding the topic, and more. I hope you find them useful: &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/weekly-recap-how-mobility-can-change-the-economics-of-it-free-bi-guide-and-more\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly recap: How mobility can change the economics of IT, free BI guide, and more&#8230;<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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: How mobility can change the economics of IT, free BI guide, 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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