Using data collected about bikes stolen on campus, students in the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MS-BA) program created a map for ASU Police showing where to patrol — on what days and what specific times — to prevent thefts.

Raghu Santanam, chair of the Department of Information Systems provides his readers with insight into the developments that have taken place in the IS field since the 1990s. Santanam also gives his readers some information on the direction of the future of IS.

Department of Information Systems Chairman Michal Goul provides insight into future program rankings.

Scottsdale-based Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has been making the famed Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars since the 1950s. But IT plays a major role in the day-to-day operations and its success as the world's leading guitar maker.

The numbers are compelling enough: 6,000 IT job opportunities posted on the Microsoft website alone, and another 11,063 from a quick search for “systems analyst” positions on Dice.com, a career site for the technology industry.

As the year comes to an end, we recognize computer information systems professionals, professors, and students for their success in business, contributions to others, and hard work.

Given the salience of artificial intelligence for business and society, I have developed a one-day workshop for business leaders to get up to speed on these concepts. “The Future of Work and Digital Innovation” workshop will be held on Feb. 21, 2018, at ASU’s Tempe campus.

With any luck at all, there isn't a giant asteroid headed our way soon, but in the world of information technology, an extinction event may be on the horizon.

Telecom giant Sprint-Nextel recently decided about a thousand of its customers were just a little bit too demanding, so it went ahead and fired them. The remarkable move made headlines nationwide and since has left business analysts to ponder two questions. First, was Sprint justified?

Hurricane Katrina delivered an excruciating lesson on "information integration in action, not theory," according to Steve Cooper, chief information officer at the American Red Cross.