Preventative medicine: PMI teams up to teach next generation

Project management uses a series of processes to execute projects efficiently and effectively. Its benefits have recently become widely understood and its use has spread to all industries, with construction and IT being two of the primary drivers.

Can a rock star CIO from business fix government IT?

Last year’s botched roll out of the federal government’s Affordable Care Act website focused a spotlight on the public sector CIO. Those who believe government should be run like a business might conclude that a “rock star” CIO from the private sector would have done it better.

Forecast for the cloud

The cloud is changing the way businesses operate, spend their money and make decisions, leading many managers to reconsider their current and future operations. Microsoft, IBM, Amazon and others are competing to control the cloud service sector.

Fighting software piracy: Market determines weapon

With improperly licensed software costing producers some $63 billion a year what can companies do to get paid for their products? W. P. Carey researchers found strong interplay between piracy controls, product extensions and consumer willingness to pay — for software and piracy.

How social media changes the playing field

Professor Bin Gu knew that social media would change business and society 20 years ago – 10 years before most businesses caught on. He began studying the technology and its impacts in 1996 when Amazon decided to allow customers to post product reviews and comments online.

Can your BI live long and prosper? Not without proper governance

For every CIO, Michael Goul has this question: Is your role like the original Star Trek’s Mr. Spock or Scotty? How you answer depends in part on how your company approaches the governance of predictive analytics, data modeling and business intelligence activities.

Google self-driving cars coming to Phoenix area

With Google testing its self-driving cars on Phoenix streets, reporter Ryan Randazzo interviewed Professor of Information Systems Robert St Louis about the impact of the new technology.

On-demand work: choosing inclusivity over exclusivity

The increase of on-demand work has created the necessity for websites tailored to connect freelancers with employment. Information Systems professor Kevin Hong's research shows that the current model for advertising potential jobs can be better designed to increase employment.

Are employee devices an unlocked window to your data?

Think again if you believe that those complex, eight-characters-or-more, upper case, lower case and special character-filled passwords you require do a great job of protecting your corporate IT systems.

ASU team first to prove Uber eases traffic congestion

ASU Information Systems Department researchers find ride-sharing service saves travel time and gas.