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Home » Technology » Business Intelligence & Analytics Seems to Be Growth Area in Supply Chain Management - and in IT Careers

Business Intelligence & Analytics Seems to Be Growth Area in Supply Chain Management - and in IT Careers

January 28, 2011
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IT careers are heating up again -- at least in some sectors. So what are the best IT careers for 2011? Is it the mobile market? Enterprise security? Business analytics? The good news is, experts say there is plenty of action across the board for technologists with specialized skill sets.

IBM is betting on business analytics. Tim Powers, a spokesperson for Big Blue's business-analytics division, said businesses and governments alike are grappling with the challenge of making sense of this data deluge to turn it into new opportunities, increased performance, and faster, better decision-making. Gartner reports business analytics is a top 10 priority for companies in 2011.

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