{"id":6790,"date":"2013-08-30T13:43:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T18:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=6790"},"modified":"2013-09-03T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T20:41:22","slug":"weekly-recap-6-technologies-you-should-learn-this-year-the-roi-of-bi-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/weekly-recap-6-technologies-you-should-learn-this-year-the-roi-of-bi-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: 6 technologies you should learn this year, the ROI of BI, 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 ROI of BI, technology you should learn, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130830_6TechnologiesToLearn_MobileApps']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/centurylink\/2013\/08\/27\/more-mobile-more-apps-is-your-business-ready\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">More mobile, more apps: Is your business ready?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThis article asks an important question: Is your business ready for mobile? It\u2019s becoming more and more important for businesses to invest in a long-term mobile strategy. Not sure where to start? Here\u2019s a short <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/research\/mobile-guide.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">white paper<\/span><\/a> that outlines some key considerations for businesses approaching mobile apps.<br \/>\n<a name=\"20130827\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130830_6TechnologiesToLearn_TechToLearn']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/d\/application-development\/6-technologies-you-should-learn-year-225344?page=0,0\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">6 technologies you should learn this year<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nDoesn\u2019t it feel like technology moves faster than ever before? It\u2019s becoming harder for CIOs and IT leaders to bring in employees with modern tech skills, and even more important that IT pros constantly learn new technology. What skills should you be learning? The article above lists some of the most important general technologies IT pros should learn in the near future. If you\u2019d like more of a developer focus, this article lists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/6-must-have-skills-of-modern-web-application-developers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">6 must-have skills of modern web app developers<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130830_6TechnologiesToLearn_PainAndGain']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.information-management.com\/news\/pain-and-gain-the-roi-of-bi-10024793-1.html?pg=1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Pain and gain&#8211;the ROI of BI<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThe problem many companies run into when trying to calculate the ROI of a Business Intelligence investment: the BI tool itself will not produce revenue. It will however, facilitate revenue-producing activities&#8211;which are often hard to measure in an ROI analysis.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130830_6TechnologiesToLearn_ShadowIT']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/insights\/2013\/07\/a-little-rebellion-is-a-good-thing-the-rise-of-shadow-it\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">A little rebellion is a good thing: The rise of Shadow IT<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nHere\u2019s an interesting take on Shadow IT that highlights how more and more purchasing decisions fall on the developer. Developers are bypassing traditional purchasing methods and opting for cloud based software they can get up and running quickly.<\/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 ROI of BI, technology you should learn, and more. I hope you find them useful: More mobile, more apps: Is your business ready? 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