{"id":7434,"date":"2014-01-24T14:25:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=7434"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:59:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:59:28","slug":"weekly-recap-5-hybrid-it-roles-you-need-in-2014-how-to-control-shadow-it-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/weekly-recap-5-hybrid-it-roles-you-need-in-2014-how-to-control-shadow-it-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: 5 hybrid IT roles you need in 2014, how to control Shadow IT, 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 hybrid IT roles you&#8217;ll need in 2014, how to control Shadow IT, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140124_5HybridITRolesIn2014_BusinessNeedsAMobileApp']); \" href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/01\/20\/business-mobile-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">5 Ways to Decide If Your Business Needs a Mobile App<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nCan your company still capitalize on mobile devices without creating mobile apps? Of course! Very few companies actually require native mobile apps. Chances are, creating web apps that automatically <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Solutions Mobile']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/solutions\/mobile.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">adapt to mobile devices<\/span><\/a> is all most companies need.<br \/>\n<a name=\"20140121\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">5 hybrid IT roles your business needs to succeed in 2014<\/span><br \/>\nThis year, employers will aggressively pursue workers with multi-dimensional talent. I believe this will lead to a talent shortage, as the pool of IT pros with experience using multiple, modern technologies is shallow. What can companies do about this? Here\u2019s one option: <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Skills Gap']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/Strategy\/skills-gap.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">Bring modern skills to your current employees<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">How to bring Shadow IT under control<\/span><br \/>\nAs cloud services become even more widespread, business units are increasingly bypassing the IT department in favor of these third-party, cloud options. How can you control this trend? First, it starts with understanding <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Shadow IT']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/7-reasons-why-end-users-bypass-the-it-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">why users bypass IT in the first place<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140124_5HybridITRolesIn2014_ShadowIT']); \" href=\"http:\/\/businesssintelligence.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/dresners-point-ready-for-2014ization-of.html?m=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Dresner\u2019s Point: Ready for the \u201c2014ization\u201d of Business Intelligence?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nHow does your company plan on using Business Intelligence (BI) in the coming year? 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