Computer hacking is a major problem in these days of electronic file systems and Internet commerce, prompting many companies to hire information technology security experts to help protect their sensitive information assets. A budding partnership between the W. P.

Henry David Thoreau may have penned more than 9,300 words urging people to fight unjust governments in his essay on civil disobedience, but today's political dissidents have brought throngs to the streets with 140 characters or less. Such is the power of social media.

High-profile computer security breaches -- involving exposure of sensitive consumer information, uncovering of classified documents or disruption of corporate and government websites and systems – hit the news with alarming frequency.

A psychological contract  is an individual’s beliefs about the informal obligations that exist between employer and employee. What happens when an employer fails to come through on these perceived promises?

Five years ago, the best-selling book "Competing on Analytics" made a case for the use of data to inform decision making.

The officer in charge of the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 would have had early warning of the Japanese attack that day had he asked his radar watchers how many planes they had spotted. This story is sometimes told to students in the W. P.

Call them a special breed: the scholars who work at the intersection of accounting and information systems. They target corporate risk by studying security, IT controls, IT processes, governance and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.

QR codes -- those intricate square graphics -- are showing up on signs, posters, print ads, business cards. They’ve even been painted on sides of buildings. When scanned by your smart phone, QR codes are supposed to take you to something more – more information, music, video.

Raghu Santanam will be on sabbatical next year at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. The topic he is exploring could not be timelier.

IT professionals bring specialized knowledge to companies, but it's a mistake if they think of themselves as separate from the business, warns Avnet senior vice president and chief information officer Steve Phillips.