Collaborative Project Brings IT Skills to MBA Students; Smart Parking Reduces Traffic and Carbon Emissions

View newsletter in a browser window. Collaborative Project Brings IT Skills to MBA Students Rebecca Kutzer-Rice recently wrote about a collaborative effort between Yale Business School and IBM to bring analytics skills to MBA students. She noted that the goal is to give the students the skills needed to measure brand and customer opinions about businesses. Check it out. READ MORE >> Smart Parking Reduces Traffic and Carbon Emissions High-tech parking solutions, including road sensors and mobile phone apps, help drivers to find vacant spaces more quickly and cities to enforce parking regulations more easily. Such systems are now being installed in major cities including Los Angeles and Fort Worth, Texas. READ MORE >> Cyber-Threats Spike, but IT Lagging The number and severity of cyber-attacks are on a swift uptick, but IT's response is lagging and the problem is only getting worse. READ MORE >> Smarter Pollution Detection Uses Trees Instead of using complicated soil and water sampling techniques, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology claim phytoforensics is smarter, since it uses trees to detect soil and groundwater contamination without turning a shovel. READ MORE >> Steps to get a Business Analytics Effort off the Ground Companies that use data analytics typically have more revenue growth and a higher return on capital investment. With such significant benefits, it is not surprising that there is increased interest in business analytics today. However, a study by the IBM Institute for Business Value and MIT Sloan Management Review found that most companies do not know how to use analytics to improve their business. To overcome the obstacles to widespread analytics adoption, the IBM and MIT study offers up some insightful steps organizations can take to get such a valuable IT-business focus up and running. This video highlights the steps to start a business analytics effort. WATCH NOW >> Smarter Billionaire Buddhist Reveals Key to Success READ MORE >> Smarter Data Transfers: Point and Paste READ MORE >> Smarter Cities and Smarter Buildings (Brought to you by IBM) READ MORE >> ADVERTISEMENT eNewsletter Information You are subscribed to Smarter Technology with the email address dwyld.kwu.wyldside@blogger.com. Update Account Information | Unsubscribe Get the week's most important channel news, analysis and information in your inbox each Saturday morning. Stay on top of the trends and what you need to know to be a success. Subscribe to the Best of Channel Insider today! Copyright © 2011 Ziff Davis Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Enterprise, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Privacy Policy