Students

Outstanding Graduating Senior fuses CIS, accounting and mathematics

It’s not every day that you meet a graduating college student who looks forward to graduation so he can go back and reread portions of his text books -- a student with a rare combination of steadfast focus and passion.

News: IS achievement and fun

The department of information systems played a leadership role in organizing the CIST 2012 information systems research conference that was held in conjunction with the annual meeting of INFORMS in Phoenix last month … Our student-led DISC club collected honors again this year from the Associatio

Snapshot: Internship results in a primer on monetizing free-to-play video games

The global market for video games is forecasted to grow to $81 billion by 2016 -- good news for Alex Konda, a dual Computer Information Systems/Marketing major who wants to make a career marketing games.

Thinking holistically about IT: The applied project

The signature of the MSIM program is the group project -- a year-long, highly detailed project that asks students to both identify and solve a real-world problem at a real-world company.

The move to mashups: How the millennials are redefining software development

The Millennial generation -- usually defined as people currently under age 30 -- is demanding major changes throughout the wired workplace.

Tips for techs: Keeping your livelihood alive despite IT offshoring

Information technology jobs rank high on the list of those most likely to be outsourced to other countries, and thousands of such jobs have been "offshored" in recent years.

Working on master data management? Smart strategists plan for convergence

Chances are, service-oriented architecture and an active data warehouse are coming to your IT shop, if they haven't already done so. According to Michael Goul, professor of information systems at the W. P.

The Internet grows up: What Web 2.0 means to business

When a big software company releases a new product it often comes with the now ubiquitous "version" number: 1.0, 2.0, etc. In the past few years, a second version of the Web has emerged with the moniker Web 2.0.

IT evolution, part two: Could REA analysis topple ERP systems?

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have a growing reputation for being big, slow, pricey and just about impossible to change once they're installed. Those aren't exactly promising survival traits in competitive environs that demand IT agility.

Wikinomics challenges old-economy business model

The premise of best-selling author Don Tapscott's new book, "Wikinomics," is a message that is either frightening or exhilarating, depending on your place in the business world and your willingness to embrace the inexorably rising tide of mass collaboration in a digitally-driven culture.