Banner Health System saved $5 million and saw misdiagnosis claims from patient lawsuits drop 58 percent in just a year thanks to an insightful collaboration between hospitals and doctors determined to change the status quo.

The Millennial generation -- usually defined as people currently under age 30 -- is demanding major changes throughout the wired workplace.

With about one billion computers currently in use, information technology rightfully owns some of the blame for the world's sustainability ills. The lifetime toll for a computer includes substantial resources for manufacture and delivery, then more energy consumed in home offices and companies.

Increasingly companies are viewing technology not just as a way to get things done but also as a way to move forward.

Outsourcing, offshoring and the dot-com meltdown have taken their toll: Students are avoiding information-systems careers. However, companies still need high-tech talent, and are facing increasing difficulty in filling positions. Experts at the W. P.

Social media, including blogs, discussion boards and networking sites like Facebook have changed the laws of nature for communications and marketing. Kevin Dooley, a professor of supply chain management at the W. P.

Asim Roy, an information systems professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business, was on sabbatical at Stanford University in 1991 when several years of thinking about the operation of the brain and artificial systems inspired him to act.

Videoconferencing has been touted as a practical, here-today technology that can save companies from having to fly employees all over. But despite its practicality, adoption of this technology has been minimal.

Google, a bellwether of online computing, recently announced OpenSocial -- its next generation answer to Facebook, which had previously opened up its platform.

Tools to facilitate the full range of business processes proliferated over the past decade. Some firms base entire business models or product lines on such tools, while other traditional companies are looking for tools as a means to improve operational efficiency or processes.