Back in 2012, an article was written in Business Week prompting business schools to adapt business analytics as a standalone concentration within their curriculums. At the time, there were a few universities that offered full-fledged degree programs such as DePaul, Fordham, and North Carolina State. On the undergrad level, there were only three programs that came from Augusta State University, St. Joseph’s University, and Stuttgart Media University.
Fast forward to today, and we’ve seen some progress. According to an article in the Huffington Post, the role of “business analyst” became one of the fastest growing jobs in 2013. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed this phenomenon, predicting a 22% increase in jobs by 2020.
However, the demand for BA work still doesn’t match up with the manpower that’s presently available. McKinsey & Company revealed that by 2018, we could see a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 professionals with deep analytical skills.
Did you ever lose your train of thought because you couldn’t stop thinking about an inevitable software implementation project? Don’t sweat it. The thought of a large-scale implementation puts even the most seasoned IT people on the edge of their seats. The immediate questions and comments that get tossed back and forth between both sides (client and vendor) sound something like this:
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As a technology professional, I think I love the Cloud, or perhaps I just love the idea of it. There are a ton of opinions and articles out on the web extolling its virtues. For example, who would not want 1.7 times greater ROI with the Cloud vs. an on-premise implementation?
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If you're recapping all of the noteworthy IT events and phenomena in 2013, you can certainly start with Big Data. Amidst cloud computing and mobile innovations, "Big Data" was a big deal to a lot of decision-makers. And they bought in. According to Gartner, Big Data drove upwards of $34 million of IT spending.
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