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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

CIO Business Intelligence

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,” writing that business analysis “is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.”

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Volkswagen drives the automotive industry cloud forward

CIO Business Intelligence

MHP, a subsidiary of Porsche, of which VW is a majority stakeholder, also developed the application Call Rocker, which automates the replenishment of supplies in SAP logistics systems, according to a VW representative. A big plus for VW is the ability to mobilize an internally owed IT engineering company for the effort.

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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

CIO Business Intelligence

We offer flexible work hours, reimbursement for college classes, and have a pretty good training budget, but if it’s all about money, people can make that elsewhere.” With a background as a CPA, Carroll started with BioMedRealty in accounting, eventually moving to financial reporting, then joining up with IT for an SAP ERP implementation. “It

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