{"id":7697,"date":"2014-03-14T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=7697"},"modified":"2022-11-22T11:01:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:01:08","slug":"weekly-recap-data-visualization-is-the-future-how-to-measure-mobile-app-roi-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/weekly-recap-data-visualization-is-the-future-how-to-measure-mobile-app-roi-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: Data visualization is the future, how to measure mobile app ROI, 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&#8217;ve found over the past week. This week&#8217;s top articles focus on data visualization, measuring mobile app ROI, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Application modernization a top federal priority<\/span><br \/>\nOver the past five years, <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Rejuvenate Legacy Apps']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/5-ways-to-rejuvenate-your-legacy-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">legacy modernization<\/span><\/a> has been a hot topic in federal government IT discussions. Modernization makes application environments more efficient and responsive, and puts them in a stronger position to address new requirements and technology.<br \/>\n<a name=\"20140311\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140314_DataVisualizationIsTheFuture_DataViz']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dorieclark\/2014\/03\/10\/data-visualization-is-the-future-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Data visualization is the future: Here\u2019s why<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAs we produce ever increasing amounts of data, companies can now glean insights never before possible. However, without the right framework for understanding it, much of that knowledge may go unrecognized. Oftentimes, it\u2019s data visualization that allows companies to unleash data\u2019s true impact.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140314_DataVisualizationIsTheFuture_MainframeMobile']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2014\/03\/12\/whats-the-key-to-providing-mainframe-access-for-web-and-mobile-initiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">What\u2019s The Key to Providing Mainframe Access for Web and Mobile?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nOver the past few years, <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'MobileAppsImproveBusiness']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/4-great-examples-of-mobile-apps-improving-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">mobility has had a huge impact<\/span><\/a> on the way businesses interface with customers, business partners and employees. Empowered consumers are demanding access to information and applications from anywhere at any time, regardless of the device they happen to be using.  Business partners and employees are also demanding more convenient access to real-time data and information. For many companies this involves providing mainframe access to mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140314_DataVisualizationIsTheFuture_MobileROI']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.appstechnews.com\/blog-hub\/2014\/mar\/07\/want-to-measure-the-roi-of-your-enterprise-mobile-app-take-a-good-hard-look-at-analytics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">The best way to measure the ROI of your mobile app<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nDespite the increasing interest in mobile apps at the enterprise level, we\u2019ve realized something interesting in our time within the industry: many companies have no idea what it <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Mobile App Cost']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/8-hidden-costs-of-mobile-application-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">costs to create and support an app<\/span><\/a> (for the record, from development, to testing, to support, an app could cost in the ballpark of $50,000 -100,000 over its lifetime).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I&#8217;ve found over the past week. This week&#8217;s top articles focus on data visualization, measuring mobile app ROI, and more. I hope you find them useful: Application modernization a top federal priority Over the past five years, legacy modernization has been a hot &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/weekly-recap-data-visualization-is-the-future-how-to-measure-mobile-app-roi-and-more\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly Recap: Data visualization is the future, how to measure mobile app ROI, 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: Data visualization is the future, how to measure mobile app ROI, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I've found over the past week. 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