IBIT News

Four new corporate scholarships available for high-performing Fox MIS students

Management Information Systems (MIS) majors at Temple University’s Fox School of Business now have four more opportunities to receive tuition scholarships thanks to donations from some of the world’s largest companies.

Merck, Lockheed Martin, Campbell Soup Co. and Walmart – all members of the Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT) – have each donated an annual $5,000 scholarship to be awarded to new and continuing high-performing MIS majors who demonstrate exceptional potential.

A call for applications, including letters of recommendation, will be made in late February or early March 2014. Recipients will be selected by the Institute for Business and Information Technology and MIS Department and recognized by school and corporate leaders at the annual IT Awards Reception in mid-April.

These companies recognize the caliber of our program and its students and recognize them for their dedication and achievement. We thank our partners for their continued collaboration and generosity in supporting our students.

Laurel Miller, Director

IBIT, a membership-driven organization that is closely tied to industry, provides cutting-edge knowledge and valuable connections to sustain excellence in information technology. IBIT integrates industry perspectives with academic research expertise to create forums for generating and exchanging best practices.

IBIT is affiliated with the Fox School’s Department of Management Information Systems – recently ranked No. 14 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report – and draws from participating MIS faculty and students as well as the expertise of the entire Fox and Temple University community.

We are pleased to be working with Temple and look forward to engaging with the next-generation workforce. Technology will continue to help revolutionize the rapidly changing business landscape, so it’s more important than ever to encourage high-performing students to pursue careers in IT.

Joseph Spagnoletti, Chief Information Officer, Campbell Soup Co.

Walmart joins IBIT

Walmart founded in 1962, is the newest member of the Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT). Walmart is No. 1 in the Fortune 500 for 2013, with sales of $443 billion in 2012 and more than 2.2 million employees worldwide. Walmart also employs more than 5000 IT professionals.

Ben-Saba Hasan, Senior Vice President – IT, and a Fox alum will represent Walmart in Fox IBIT activities. He will also join the Fox IT advisory board.

Thirteenth Annual IT Awards

The Thirteenth Annual Fox IT Awards were held on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 and featured the Fox IT leader Award for Suja Chandrasekaran, Vice President, Enterprise Information Management, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the Fox IT Innovator Award for Aleem Walji, Director, Innovation Labs, World Bank, and the Fox IT Award for Distinguished Alumni for Atish Banerjea, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, NBCUniversal, Inc.

The event also featured awards for students, faculty, and staff:

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD Ryan Oliveira	ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP AWARD Cynthia Smith
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Iris Kapo Elias Hessler	IBIT IT LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP Jennifer O’Malley
NIRAJ AND CARA PATEL SCHOLARSHIP Rachael Jill Voluck	ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS Outstanding Officer: Czarina Agravante Outstanding Member: Gabrielle Lopez
JOHN H. SHAIN SCHOLARSHIP Paula L. Kozak	TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD David Schuff
RESEARCHER OF THE YEAR AWARD Paul Pavlou	ADJUNCT OF THE YEAR AWARD Dina Lichtman
FACULTY LEADERSHIP AWARD Richard Flanagan	ADMINISTRATIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Joseph Allegra

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IT Awards 2013

The Business Value of Big Data: Insights from Temple University’s 2012 Big Data Conference

The Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT) is pleased to announce the release of The IBIT Report – The Business Value of Big Data: Insights from Temple University’s 2012 Big Data Conference authored by David Schuff, Temple University, Larry Dignan, ZDNet, Paul A. Pavlou, Temple University, Suja Chandrasekaren, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Clark Frogley, Chartis Global Investigative Services, Adrian Gardner, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, James Golden, Accenture, and William Stolte, Merck.

In this report, we discuss that while big data has received great attention, the question of how to create value remains open. What remains to be seen is whether companies will be able to navigate the never-ending flow of information to create real insight. This topic was directly addressed at Temple University’s first Big Data Conference, hosted by the Fox School of Business. Seventeen speakers from the retail, pharmaceutical, technology, aerospace, insurance, education, consulting, and public sectors shared stories, examples, and best practices on Big Data. This report summarizes their insights, highlighting several illustrative use cases from Chartis, Merck, and Accenture. The report also presents several key takeaways as well as a list of “Do’s and Don’ts” for organizations looking to get started with big data..

Global IDs joins IBIT

Global IDs, founded in 2001, is the newest member of the Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT). Global IDs mission is to develop agent-based integration solutions that can accomplish integration across hundreds of systems. The company created the world’s first data integration software that employs intelligent mobile agents for large-scale integration tasks. Their solutions make it possible for large global companies to address the integration tasks that are required to improve business performance analysis.

Dr. Arka Mukherjee, CEO will represent Global IDs in Fox IBIT activities.

Learn more about Global IDs at http://globalids.com/