{"id":6749,"date":"2013-08-23T09:26:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T14:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=6749"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:57:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:57:01","slug":"weekly-recap-10-hottest-it-jobs-applications-are-money-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/weekly-recap-10-hottest-it-jobs-applications-are-money-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: 10 hottest IT jobs, applications are money, 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 hottest IT jobs, how to bridge the Business\/IT communication gap, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130823_10HottestITJobs_AppsAreMoney']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/global-cio\/interviews\/it-cause-and-effect-applications-are-mon\/240159941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">IT Cause And Effect: Applications Are Money<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWhile CIOs get inundated with experts telling them which trends to watch and which priorities deserve their attention, it really all boils down to one area: Application development. How quickly can your development team create business solutions? Fix that issue, and many other problems will instantly fix themselves.<br \/>\n<a name=\"20130820\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">10 hottest IT jobs: Developers, developers, developers<\/span><br \/>\nAs the push towards mobile increases in the enterprise, and business apps steadily move to the web, developers have become a hot commodity. Now, what happens if your company can\u2019t afford to bring in new talent? Are you stuck with outdated features and applications? That\u2019s one of the issues covered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/lp\/low-code\/low-code-cio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">this recent paper<\/span><\/a>, which outlines 8 problems facing CIOs right now, and one way to fix them all of them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">4 Ways to Bridge the Communication Gap Between IT and Business<\/span><br \/>\nIn a follow-up to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/5-major-itbusiness-alignment-stumbling-blocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">5 major IT\/business alignment stumbling blocks<\/span><\/a>,\u201d Carlos Pardo of CaApex expands on perhaps the biggest stumbling block of all: Miscommunication. Most alignment issues boil down to a communication gap between the business and IT, and this article explains four ways to bridge that gap.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130823_10HottestITJobs_SelfServiceBI']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.information-management.com\/news\/five-ways-to-bring-self-service-bi-to-your-small-or-midsized-business-10024780-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">How to bring self-service BI to your small\/mid-sized business<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWhile self-service BI is a growing trend among large companies, the topic is rarely viewed through the lens of small to mid-sized businesses. It\u2019s a shame too, as those are the companies who stand to gain the most from self-service BI.<\/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 hottest IT jobs, how to bridge the Business\/IT communication gap, and more. 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