There’s a cloudy forecast ahead for corporate IT shops, and it’s getting cloudier fast. Analysts at Gartner predict that Infrastructure-as-a-Service, or cloud-based computing, will reach a compound annual growth rate of 41 percent through 2016. As enterprises adopt cloud computing models, they’ll need to make other changes, too, say researchers at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

Companies have invested heavily in information technology known as Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems, which generate everything from basic budget and financial statements to complex forecasts of how to best meet consumer demand. But too few firms are using the systems to their full potential, according to Professor Robert St. Louis and doctoral student Jeremy Glassman.

Graduation season opens up opportunities to spotlight some of the accomplishments of Department of Information Systems faculty and students. Our feature photo, right, is a group of students, with faculty adviror Daniel Mazzola, at the Spring Avnet Tech Games. This month's news also includes a glimpse of graduation, including a group shot of the first class of our Online MSIM to complete the program.

Take a quick look at T.J. Wey’s schedule and the first question that comes to mind is “how does she do it?” Top students at ASU are fully engaged, but even by Barrett Honors College standards, T.J. is busy. This spring, T.J. was named the Outstanding Graduating Senior by the Department of Information Systems.