Tongji University in China has teamed with local businesses in the development of a "real world" banking system that now enables students to master technical skills that are immediately transferrable to enterprises.
Some companies recognize this (IBM is an example) and offer free education to professors to bring them up to speed on the latest enterprise technology so they can teach it.
You are right about faculty resistance. There is certainly the need to foster collaborations between the academia and the enterprise. But how easy can that be? Some faculties spend their sabbatical year in the industry, but not many have that opportunity.
This is an exciting model, Mary. And, as you and Mary point out, it moves beyond the traditional technical teaching that has not been as relevant.
The example of educating people to solve business problems makes great sense and should open the door to industry in recognizing the value of knowledge and knowledge workers. Hopefully, this will stimulate more business/education programs that will demonstrate positive results.
Good point, Mary. Academics tend to gravitate to an ivory tower, don't they, where they appear most concerned with how their colleagues perceive them. Not the best place for innovative thinking relative to the real markets.
Faculty resistance can also be a challenge, Mary--especially when many professors have never worked outside of academia and don't understand the requirements.
Thanks for this informative video, Mary. A big complaint about technical education stateside has been its lack of relevance to the real world of IT work. That's a bit puzzling, since most technical universities have large and profitable research arms. Getting students involved in the real work of technology can pay off enormously all around. It seems to be a matter of taking advantage of what's already there.
Multi-tenant clouds assure security for clients, but not necessarily for their ideas. Here's one thing you should discuss with your cloud provider before you sign on.
Project management and marketing don't generally work well together, but now the cloud delivers PM software that is more compatible with marketing's creative and spontaneous nature.
Now apparently the mobile platform of choice, the Apple iPhone has benefited from its sound understanding of human factors and ergonomics – but is this reputation threatened by a looming avalanche of advertising?
The bring-your-own-device approach isn’t suited to monitoring of enterprise equipment and processes. In these cases, it is up to IT to come forward with gear suited to the task.
Enterprises are discovering that using social networking within the secure setting of a SaaS provider's network gives them an unusual opportunity to freely collaborate with partners, suppliers, and even competitors.
Recently, Amazon was recognized for its customer satisfaction excellence. It has made no secret that being customer-centric is a primary goal. This should be the goal of every e-tailer that wants to build market share.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
New tools like laptops, tablets, smartphone, and wireless connectivity let us work from San Diego to Katmandu, and anywhere in between. But time management remains a problem.
Showing results is the best way to win over social business doubters, according to Mary Maida, Medtronic lead information solutions manager. Internet Evolution's Mitch Wagner interviewed Maida at the E2 Innovate conference.
Companies need to take advantage of new technologies to simplify interfaces, improve capabilities, and enhance back-office processes. But they can't upgrade their Websites too often.
A recent survey by Endace found that 23% of companies experience some type of network problem daily and another 25% have a serious problem each month. Enterprise networks are still very unreliable and probably will continue to be in the near term.
Wells Fargo uses social software to replace email chains and help its sales team collaborate more effectively to land deals, according to Kelli Carlson-Jagersma, VP Collaboration Strategy for Wells Fargo. Mitch Wagner spoke with Carlson-Jagersma at the E2Innovate conference
The medical instruments manufacturer looks to metrics to quantify its social business engagement, according to Mary Maida, Medtronic lead information solutions manager. Internet Evolution editor in chief Mitch Wagner interviewed Maida at the E2 Innovate conference.
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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