Information Technology Blog
Tablets May Have a Rough Ride
Apple’s iPad has made a big hit, particularly the newest version. According to a survey from ChangeWave Research, 82 percent of owners are very satisfied with the devices, while an additional 16 percent are somewhat satisfied. That’s even better than the 74 percent very satisfied and 23 percent somewhat satisfied a year ago.
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Tagged Apple, information systems degree, ipad, tablet
Big Data: Important and Tricky
One of the areas of so-called big data that is heating up this year is sales analytics. According to Ventana Research, more than 60 percent of the organizations it polled plan to invest in the technology this year. But the predictability that companies want in forecasts may never come.
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Tagged big data, computer information systems degree
IT Is a Profit-Making Machine
It doesn’t take long after getting a management information systems degree and working in the field to see that many companies consider IT nothing more than a cost of doing business.
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Stay-at-Home-Mom Turns to American Sentinel to Relaunch Her Career
Sudha Krishnan started her college education in India in the 1990s, taking computer programming courses through the National Institute of Information Technology. “I’ve always been curious about technology,” says Sudha, whose mother was a math teacher and father was a mechanical engineer in the automobile industry.
Posted in Success Stories
Tagged bachelor of science information systems, success stories
Farm Media Taking Interest in GIS Technology and American Sentinel
After American Sentinel University published Farmers Use GIS Technology for a Growing World, several agriculture publications ran similar stories about how the geography technology will help feed tomorrow’s population.
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Tagged agriculture and GIS, ESRI, Farm talk, GIS degree, radio interview
