Project Success Championing Project Management to Launch Campuswide Initiatives What makes a great project plan? Each day at the university, copious projects are simultaneously operating and kept on track through the PMO. The PMO manages more than 80 technology-related projects annually and provides customized project management services for departments needing dedicated project support. This year the PMO selected a PMO director to lead performance management development, and launched a project management professional development and mentoring program to fulfill the growing demand for qualified project managers throughout the university. On-Demand Expertise, Reaching Milestones When Georgia State’s Human Resources’ (HR) in-house project manager changed employment while a major project was still underway, HR called on IS&T for project management services. Project Manager Wendy Darsey stepped in to facilitate implementation of Taleo, HR’s new talent management system, and entellitrak, their new case-management and business-process tracking system. “When my internal manager announced she was leaving, I kind of freaked out…after my first meeting with Wendy, I knew she had it under control,” said Linda Nelson, assistant vice president for Human Resources. University project managers are responsible for keeping projects on schedule, in scope and within budget. The project manager also provides detailed follow-up reports and helps to ensure the vendors fulfill their obligations to the university. “They [the vendor] really respect what she brings to the table and she’s being doing a major job even managing them for us. She’s been extremely helpful,” said Nelson. For HR’s Taleo project, IS&T is facilitating the rollouts for applicant tracking, performances evaluations, goals management and succession planning. Additionally, Darsey will continue to work with HR throughout implementation of entellitrak, which tracks actions that come to the university’s Affirmative Action, Employee Relations and Classification/Compensation offices. An added benefit of project management services is comprehensive project consultation. Darsey provides the team with an overall evaluation of the project related to other campus initiatives. “It made me realize that on any projects that I do down the road, having a person from you all’s position connected in that project management slot is key,” said Nelson. “The links that she’s made for me with regard to the projects I have and some other institutional on-going projects, I think those links are crucial because I know it’s gonna save me time and it’s going to help me plan better into the future, so I’m not doing it all in a vacuum, ”she added. Honing the Right Skills Through Mentoring Time is a valuable commodity. When someone gives of her time to help others, the ‘value bar’ is indubitably raised. Raising the bar is exactly what PMO Assistant Director Janice Maxwell is doing for the university through mentoring. But don’t take her kindness forgranted. She’ll tell you in a tactful way – ‘don’t waste my time, your time or your team member’s time.’ Her straightforward approach to mentoring has helped her to exceed expectations. Maxwell’s creative drive to find a solution for additional project managers was the catalyst for developing a project management mentoring and training program for aspiring projects managers and for those who wanted to improve their skills. Launched as a pilot program within IS&T in January, the program requires mentees spend approximately four hours each week immersed in project management theory. Maxwell created the curriculum which tasks participants with obtaining hands-on experience as a project leader for a project in their respective areas. After the pilot phase, the long-term plan is to offer a formal project management training program within IS&T, and also offer the training classes to the entire Georgia State campus. Once staff has completed the training program, they can sit for the CAPM 9 Certified Associate in Project Management, and earn professional development unit (PDU) grants if already holding a Project Management Institute (PMI) certification. Overall, the program cultivates greater accountability, provides a conduit for communication and helps departments manage risk explained Maxwell. “Successful project management offers important benefits to ensure goals are effectively accomplished for the benefit of the organization.” The initiative will also aid in ensuring a department’s project maintains its scope. This level of structured accountability is essential, according to Maxwell. Whether managing small or large projects, campus units can benefit from having staff undergo training, as effective project management controls the progression of a project and keeps team members attentive to achieving results. 
Partnerships that Make a Difference The honors college is a microcosm. They have to handle alot, but like everyone have limited resources done they need to depend on the expertise of campus partners. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc vel enim eu nisi scelerisque bibendum. Maecenas scelerisque velit ipsum, eget laoreet turpis elementum id. Nam tristique mauris ut risus faucibus, ac porttitor nibh volutpat. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Nullam vulputate, risus et iaculis dignissim, urna velit hendrerit lorem, sit amet facilisis ex nulla sit amet purus. Nulla placerat nisl blandit ornare semper. Fusce eget dapibus massa, eget blandit ex. Phasellus posuere, turpis nec rhoncus scelerisque, mi ligula tristique dolor, sed interdum lectus sapien sit amet nunc. Maecenas at leo neque. Aliquam tempus, turpis ut bibendum rhoncus, lectus tellus sollicitudin nibh, id euismod metus orci quis nisl. Duis tristique est quam, in tincidunt tellus molestie eget. Aenean tempor eu orci quis elementum. Aenean porta in libero eget accumsan. Aliquam consectetur arcu nibh, vitae pulvinar ligula ultricies sed. Proin vitae commodo neque, pellentesque aliquam turpis. Nullam justo nisi, ultricies quis ipsum vitae, bibendum vehicula tortor. Phasellus massa nisl, fringilla ac dui id, luctus luctus velit. Ut auctor lacus sit amet pulvinar efficitur. Nam vehicula, sapien ut laoreet tincidunt, ante lacus aliquet diam, non rutrum dui nunc a mauris. Sed accumsan lectus sed metus maximus, in aliquet felis tristique. In molestie sit amet risus semper convallis. Vivamus sodales, nisi sed finibus dapibus, purus urna viverra justo, consequat tincidunt sem nulla a magna. Cras auctor efficitur justo, ac faucibus nisi pharetra sit amet. Nam vitae blandit leo. Vivamus eu dui ipsum. Vivamus elementum laoreet massa vel scelerisque. Duis at tristique arcu. Proin id facilisis odio. Suspendisse eu condimentum sapien. Phasellus ac pulvinar magna, quis lacinia metus. Nullam suscipit efficitur diam. Proin luctus blandit tortor vitae cursus. Nunc id ultrices massa, in fringilla nibh. Donec ipsum sem, convallis eget metus vel, suscipit tristique dolor. Mauris sed efficitur ligula, vel consequat ligula. Maecenas quis quam id dui porta laoreet.
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Message from the CIO Phil Ventimiglia Chief Innovation Officer, Georgia State University Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc vel enim eu nisi scelerisque bibendum. Maecenas scelerisque velit ipsum, eget laoreet turpis elementum id. Nam tristique mauris ut risus faucibus, ac porttitor nibh volutpat. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Nullam vulputate, risus et iaculis dignissim, urna velit hendrerit lorem, sit amet facilisis ex nulla sit amet purus. Nulla placerat nisl blandit ornare semper. Fusce eget dapibus massa, eget blandit ex. Phasellus posuere, turpis nec rhoncus scelerisque, mi ligula tristique dolor, sed interdum lectus sapien sit amet nunc. Maecenas at leo neque. Aliquam tempus, turpis ut bibendum rhoncus, lectus tellus sollicitudin nibh, id euismod metus orci quis nisl. Duis tristique est quam, in tincidunt tellus molestie eget. Aenean tempor eu orci quis elementum. Aenean porta in libero eget accumsan. Aliquam consectetur arcu nibh, vitae pulvinar ligula ultricies sed. Proin vitae commodo neque, pellentesque aliquam turpis. Nullam justo nisi, ultricies quis ipsum vitae, bibendum vehicula tortor. Phasellus massa nisl, fringilla ac dui id, luctus luctus velit. Ut auctor lacus sit amet pulvinar efficitur. Nam vehicula, sapien ut laoreet tincidunt, ante lacus aliquet diam, non rutrum dui nunc a mauris. Sed accumsan lectus sed metus maximus, in aliquet felis tristique. In molestie sit amet risus semper convallis. Vivamus sodales, nisi sed finibus dapibus, purus urna viverra justo, consequat tincidunt sem nulla a magna. Cras auctor efficitur justo, ac faucibus nisi pharetra sit amet. Nam vitae blandit leo. Vivamus eu dui ipsum. Vivamus elementum laoreet massa vel scelerisque. Duis at tristique arcu. Proin id facilisis odio. Suspendisse eu condimentum sapien. Phasellus ac pulvinar magna, quis lacinia metus. Nullam suscipit efficitur diam. Proin luctus blandit tortor vitae cursus. Nunc id ultrices massa, in fringilla nibh. Donec ipsum sem, convallis eget metus vel, suscipit tristique dolor. Mauris sed efficitur ligula, vel consequat ligula. Maecenas quis quam id dui porta laoreet.
Big Data A New Way to View International Business Data Big Data on the Map: the Robinson Country Risk Index  Business leaders need to assess the risks and opportunities that come with doing business in any given country, but comparing the relative merits and weaknesses of business climates in other lands is far from simple. The Robinson Country Risk Index is a "big data" tool that formulates better comparisons among countries. Directed by Chris Brown, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Georgia State, the RCRI gives a business analyst more information to work with than comparable tools. The RCRI is unique, drawing on recent improvements in both computing power and the amount of data available. Many offer reports or tools that assess the business risks associated with doing business in a particular region, but the RCRI offers this as well as an interactive way to sort, filter and view all the data. Perhaps most crucially, RCRI provides the ability to change how much weight it gives to any of the variables being considered. Its strength is its flexibility. An analyst at the controls of the RCRI can increase the relative importance of some measures, decrease others, and see how his choice of data compare, country to country. Because this can be done, and because the RCRI works from so much data, from so many sources, our hypothetical analyst can make better-informed decisions about risk and opportunity. One of the RCRI's strengths is its scope: years of data, pertinent to over a hundred nations, collected and available for comparison, on demand. This massive data cache combines with a web-based, purpose-built interface that helps a business researcher compare nations along four broad dimensions -- government, economics, logistics, and social characteristics. All while RCRI accomplishes this, it can also easily drill down to specific data sources quickly, or assign different weights to an indicator and readily see how that affects risk rankings. Being able to see the RCRI's rankings is another strength of the Index. Because of its useful functionality, IS&T's Collaboration and Portal group boosted the RCRI's visual feature set substantially by building in interactive map viewing, allowing researchers to see not only tables and column charts, but also see data on the maps of the actual nations being compared. The point of the RCRI, ultimately, is spatial, and compares how different the business climate can be in one location versus another. The RCRI is a living, continually-evolving approach to risk assessment, as much as it is a powerful technological tool. On the technology side, IS&T's Enterprise Applications Support group, with Jaro Klc's Collaboration & Portals group at the forefront, provides the RCRI team with the kind of expertise and inventive programming they need to take the numbers from big data and place them, quite literally, "on the map."
Class, At the Learner’s Pace A classroom that meets the students wherever they are A Classroom the Size of the Internet Professors Elizabeth Sheehan and Marika Lamoreaux have leveraged online portions of their course to extend their classrooms and meet with students according to their own schedules and pace of learning. Sheehan and Lamoreaux, instructors of Psychology 1101: Introduction to General Psychology, have hybridized their courses by converting some of their class requirements to online portions. They've combined the physical classroom with the digital one, making attending class as easy as accessing the Internet. “Around campus, you will see students working on computers, on tablets, on their phones,” Sheehan said. “Technology is an important part of their lives, and online coursework is consistent with that.” Sheehan and Lamoreaux’s courses are designed to meet students wherever they are, whenever they have time. Course lectures are recorded and uploaded as podcasts, and all course assignments are made available online to the class at the beginning of the semester for students to access at their own pace. “Students can complete the content as early as they want,” Lamoreaux said, “But they have to meet deadlines for how late they can complete the work. Essentially there is material that is due every two weeks, but students could go through the whole class and get things completely done well before the semester is over. “ Online course content allows students to pace themselves as quickly, or as slowly, as they need. Lectures become tools rather than the main activity during class time. Instead, each student engages in adaptive learning activities that progress as the student works and learns. Whenever students feel prepared for a test they take it independent of their classmate's pace. Online quizzes can be taken according to broader deadlines than normal classroom time allows, and course exams are held in a testing lab on campus, allowing students to demonstrate mastery over course topics in a secure, proctored environment.  Why Hybridize? “At GSU we have a diverse student body and the traditional class structures do not…always work best for them,” Sheehan said. By combining aspects of a physical classroom and a digital one, Sheehan and Lamoreaux can create a learning environment that adapts itself to the students’ needs; often, those needs can be as diverse as the student body itself. Although online class work can leave students feeling a bit isolated, Sheehan and Lamoreaux have leveraged the solitary aspect of online assignments to give students individualized feedback and support.. They've also created a way for students to get more involved and take responsibility for their learning progress by placing the impetus of coursework on the student’s shoulders. Online course environments call for students to exercise their own time management and independent work skills to complete course work. Another of these benefits is that Sheehan and Lamoreaux’s hybridized courses give students an opportunity to become familiar with the basic digital literacy of the professional workplace. “Not only are [students] already using technology, but they are living in a world where competency with technology is increasingly important. Online and hybrid classes have the potential to increase their technological savvy with the added component of encouraging professionalism online.” Sheehan said. To reinforce this, Sheehan includes a salutation and a closing in her emails to students to model how a professional email should look, and also has rules in place for proper discussion board etiquette.   Pioneering a Way Forward Hybridized courses can be demanding for both students and faculty. Much of a hybridized course’s materials need to be prepared before the class even begins, and communication between professor and students can be difficult. However, hybridizing a course can introduce more learning options to students, and can even foster an environment of collaboration between faculty as they explore new methods of teaching. “As with any other class, [you] don’t feel like you have to re-invent the wheel,” Lamoreaux said. “[Faculty can] see if colleagues have things they use, and talk to faculty in other departments who use digital learning tools. There’s no shame in using what’s already been tried and tested.” Increasingly, technologies that connect people, and help them share information become the landscape of everyday work and professional life. Using technology today in studies at Georgia State helps better prepare students for the demands of work, research and academic study. Moreover, ubiquitous networking and standard or commonly used online tools, like email and the web, can extend the reach and availability of students and teachers. “With the materials that are available now from publishers that incorporate adaptive learning techniques,” Sheehan said, “I think we can engage students online in new ways that are sometimes more effective on an individual level than what we can do in large classes, face-to-face.” 
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The Curve Behind the Screens The University Library’s Collaborative University Research and Visualization Environment, better known as the CURVE center, offers Georgia State users a range of high-tech collaboration and presentation technologies. The CURVE is equipped with several visualization stations, small conference rooms and a giant touch screen spanning the breadth of the common area, built to cater to the needs of researchers and speakers. CURVE’s impressive screens and powerful workstations need to process a lot of data quickly. IS&T’s Data Center helps to support the CURVE’s collaboration stations by connecting it with fast, encompassing connections to the network and the server room below the CURVE, giving the center’s technology the high-powered processing and stability that rivals Georgia State’s supercomputer research clusters.  t. Aenean tempor eu orci quis elementum. Aenean porta in libero eget accumsan. Aliquam consectetur arcu nibh, vitae pulvinar ligula ultricies sed. Proin vitae commodo neque, pellentesque aliquam turpis. Nullam justo nisi, ultricies quis ipsum vitae, bibendum vehicula tortor. Phasellus massa nisl, fringilla ac dui id, luctus luctus velit. Ut auctor lacus sit amet pulvinar efficitur. Nam vehicula, sapien ut laoreet tincidunt, ante lacus aliquet diam, non rutrum dui nunc a mauris. Sed accumsan lectus sed metus maximus, in aliquet felis tristique. In molestie sit amet risus semper convallis. Vivamus sodales, nisi sed finibus dapibus, purus urna viverra justo, consequat tincidunt sem nulla a magna. Cras auctor efficitur justo, ac faucibus nisi pharetra sit amet. Nam vitae blandit leo. Vivamus eu dui ipsum. Vivamus elementum laoreet massa vel scelerisque. Duis at tristique arcu. Proin id facilisis odio. Suspendisse eu condimentum sapien. Phasellus ac pulvinar magna, quis lacinia metus. Nullam suscipit efficitur diam. Proin luctus blandit tortor vitae cursus. Nunc id ultrices massa, in fringilla nibh. Donec ipsum sem, convallis eget metus vel, suscipit tristique dolor. Mauris sed efficitur ligula, vel consequat ligula. Maecenas quis quam id dui porta laoreet.
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Clemson Grant Collaborative Grant to Assist Growing Research Networks Georgia State joined Clemson University, South Carolina University and the University of Georgia to create the Southern Partnership in Advanced Networking (SPAN). SPAN, in collaboration with leading research-support organizations such as Southern Crossroads, Internet2 and the Energy Sciences Network, offers workshops, presentations and training to promote and support next-generation computing across the South. As a community, SPAN’s goal is to help build and design advanced networks among smaller universities to help them attain the computing support their researchers need. 
Message from the CIO Phil VentimigliaChief Innovation Officer, Georgia State University Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc vel enim eu nisi scelerisque bibendum. Maecenas scelerisque velit ipsum, eget laoreet turpis elementum id. Nam tristique mauris ut risus faucibus, ac porttitor nibh volutpat. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Nullam vulputate, risus et iaculis dignissim, urna velit hendrerit lorem, sit amet facilisis ex nulla sit amet purus. Nulla placerat nisl blandit ornare semper. Fusce eget dapibus massa, eget blandit ex. Phasellus posuere, turpis nec rhoncus scelerisque, mi ligula tristique dolor, sed interdum lectus sapien sit amet nunc. Maecenas at leo neque. Aliquam tempus, turpis ut bibendum rhoncus, lectus tellus sollicitudin nibh, id euismod metus orci quis nisl. Duis tristique est quam, in tincidunt tellus molestie eget. Aenean tempor eu orci quis elementum. Aenean porta in libero eget accumsan. Aliquam consectetur arcu nibh, vitae pulvinar ligula ultricies sed. Proin vitae commodo neque, pellentesque aliquam turpis. Nullam justo nisi, ultricies quis ipsum vitae, bibendum vehicula tortor. Phasellus massa nisl, fringilla ac dui id, luctus luctus velit. Ut auctor lacus sit amet pulvinar efficitur. Nam vehicula, sapien ut laoreet tincidunt, ante lacus aliquet diam, non rutrum dui nunc a mauris. Sed accumsan lectus sed metus maximus, in aliquet felis tristique. In molestie sit amet risus semper convallis. Vivamus sodales, nisi sed finibus dapibus, purus urna viverra justo, consequat tincidunt sem nulla a magna. Cras auctor efficitur justo, ac faucibus nisi pharetra sit amet. Nam vitae blandit leo. Vivamus eu dui ipsum. Vivamus elementum laoreet massa vel scelerisque. Duis at tristique arcu. Proin id facilisis odio. Suspendisse eu condimentum sapien. Phasellus ac pulvinar magna, quis lacinia metus. Nullam suscipit efficitur diam. Proin luctus blandit tortor vitae cursus. Nunc id ultrices massa, in fringilla nibh. Donec ipsum sem, convallis eget metus vel, suscipit tristique dolor. Mauris sed efficitur ligula, vel consequat ligula. Maecenas quis quam id dui porta laoreet.
The Curve Behind the Screens The University Library’s Collaborative University Research and Visualization Environment, better known as the CURVE center, offers Georgia State users a range of high-tech collaboration and presentation technologies. The CURVE is equipped with several visualization stations, small conference rooms and a giant touch screen spanning the breadth of the common area, built to cater to the needs of researchers and speakers. CURVE’s impressive screens and powerful workstations need to process a lot of data quickly. IS&T’s Data Center helps to support the CURVE’s collaboration stations by connecting it with fast, encompassing connections to the network and the server room below the CURVE, giving the center’s technology the high-powered processing and stability that rivals Georgia State’s supercomputer research clusters. 
Clemson Grant Collaborative Grant to Assist Growing Research Networks Georgia State joined Clemson University, South Carolina University and the University of Georgia to create the Southern Partnership in Advanced Networking (SPAN). SPAN, in collaboration with leading research-support organizations such as Southern Crossroads, Internet2 and the Energy Sciences Network, offers workshops, presentations and training to promote and support next-generation computing across the South. As a community, SPAN’s goal is to help build and design advanced networks among smaller universities to help them attain the computing support their researchers need. 
Clemson Grant Collaborative Grant to Assist Growing Research Networks Georgia State joined Clemson University, South Carolina University and the University of Georgia to create the Southern Partnership in Advanced Networking (SPAN). SPAN, in collaboration with leading research-support organizations such as Southern Crossroads, Internet2 and the Energy Sciences Network, offers workshops, presentations and training to promote and support next-generation computing across the South. As a community, SPAN’s goal is to help build and design advanced networks among smaller universities to help them attain the computing support their researchers need. 
Project Success Championing Project Management to Launch Campuswide Initiatives What makes a great project plan? Each day at the university, copious projects are simultaneously operating and kept on track through the PMO. The PMO manages more than 80 technology-related projects annually and provides customized project management services for departments needing dedicated project support. This year the PMO selected a PMO director to lead performance management development, and launched a project management professional development and mentoring program to fulfill the growing demand for qualified project managers throughout the university. On-Demand Expertise, Reaching Milestones When Georgia State’s Human Resources’ (HR) in-house project manager changed employment while a major project was still underway, HR called on IS&T for project management services. Project Manager Wendy Darsey stepped in to facilitate implementation of Taleo, HR’s new talent management system, and entellitrak, their new case-management and business-process tracking system. “When my internal manager announced she was leaving, I kind of freaked out…after my first meeting with Wendy, I knew she had it under control,” said Linda Nelson, assistant vice president for Human Resources. University project managers are responsible for keeping projects on schedule, in scope and within budget. The project manager also provides detailed follow-up reports and helps to ensure the vendors fulfill their obligations to the university. “They [the vendor] really respect what she brings to the table and she’s being doing a major job even managing them for us. She’s been extremely helpful,” said Nelson. For HR’s Taleo project, IS&T is facilitating the rollouts for applicant tracking, performances evaluations, goals management and succession planning. Additionally, Darsey will continue to work with HR throughout implementation of entellitrak, which tracks actions that come to the university’s Affirmative Action, Employee Relations and Classification/Compensation offices. An added benefit of project management services is comprehensive project consultation. Darsey provides the team with an overall evaluation of the project related to other campus initiatives. “It made me realize that on any projects that I do down the road, having a person from you all’s position connected in that project management slot is key,” said Nelson. “The links that she’s made for me with regard to the projects I have and some other institutional on-going projects, I think those links are crucial because I know it’s gonna save me time and it’s going to help me plan better into the future, so I’m not doing it all in a vacuum, ”she added. Honing the Right Skills Through Mentoring Time is a valuable commodity. When someone gives of her time to help others, the ‘value bar’ is indubitably raised. Raising the bar is exactly what PMO Assistant Director Janice Maxwell is doing for the university through mentoring. But don’t take her kindness forgranted. She’ll tell you in a tactful way – ‘don’t waste my time, your time or your team member’s time.’ Her straightforward approach to mentoring has helped her to exceed expectations. Maxwell’s creative drive to find a solution for additional project managers was the catalyst for developing a project management mentoring and training program for aspiring projects managers and for those who wanted to improve their skills. Launched as a pilot program within IS&T in January, the program requires mentees spend approximately four hours each week immersed in project management theory. Maxwell created the curriculum which tasks participants with obtaining hands-on experience as a project leader for a project in their respective areas. After the pilot phase, the long-term plan is to offer a formal project management training program within IS&T, and also offer the training classes to the entire Georgia State campus. Once staff has completed the training program, they can sit for the CAPM 9 Certified Associate in Project Management, and earn professional development unit (PDU) grants if already holding a Project Management Institute (PMI) certification. Overall, the program cultivates greater accountability, provides a conduit for communication and helps departments manage risk explained Maxwell. “Successful project management offers important benefits to ensure goals are effectively accomplished for the benefit of the organization.” The initiative will also aid in ensuring a department’s project maintains its scope. This level of structured accountability is essential, according to Maxwell. Whether managing small or large projects, campus units can benefit from having staff undergo training, as effective project management controls the progression of a project and keeps team members attentive to achieving results. 
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Partnerships that Make a Difference The honors college is a microcosm.  They have to handle alot, but like everyone have limited resources done they need to depend on the expertise of campus partners. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc vel enim eu nisi scelerisque bibendum. Maecenas scelerisque velit ipsum, eget laoreet turpis elementum id. Nam tristique mauris ut risus faucibus, ac porttitor nibh volutpat. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Nullam vulputate, risus et iaculis dignissim, urna velit hendrerit lorem, sit amet facilisis ex nulla sit amet purus. Nulla placerat nisl blandit ornare semper. Fusce eget dapibus massa, eget blandit ex. Phasellus posuere, turpis nec rhoncus scelerisque, mi ligula tristique dolor, sed interdum lectus sapien sit amet nunc. Maecenas at leo neque. Aliquam tempus, turpis ut bibendum rhoncus, lectus tellus sollicitudin nibh, id euismod metus orci quis nisl. Duis tristique est quam, in tincidunt tellus molestie eget. Aenean tempor eu orci quis elementum. Aenean porta in libero eget accumsan. Aliquam consectetur arcu nibh, vitae pulvinar ligula ultricies sed. Proin vitae commodo neque, pellentesque aliquam turpis. Nullam justo nisi, ultricies quis ipsum vitae, bibendum vehicula tortor. Phasellus massa nisl, fringilla ac dui id, luctus luctus velit. Ut auctor lacus sit amet pulvinar efficitur. Nam vehicula, sapien ut laoreet tincidunt, ante lacus aliquet diam, non rutrum dui nunc a mauris. Sed accumsan lectus sed metus maximus, in aliquet felis tristique. In molestie sit amet risus semper convallis. Vivamus sodales, nisi sed finibus dapibus, purus urna viverra justo, consequat tincidunt sem nulla a magna. Cras auctor efficitur justo, ac faucibus nisi pharetra sit amet. Nam vitae blandit leo. Vivamus eu dui ipsum. Vivamus elementum laoreet massa vel scelerisque. Duis at tristique arcu. Proin id facilisis odio. Suspendisse eu condimentum sapien. Phasellus ac pulvinar magna, quis lacinia metus. Nullam suscipit efficitur diam. Proin luctus blandit tortor vitae cursus. Nunc id ultrices massa, in fringilla nibh. Donec ipsum sem, convallis eget metus vel, suscipit tristique dolor. Mauris sed efficitur ligula, vel consequat ligula. Maecenas quis quam id dui porta laoreet.
A New Way to View International Business Data Big Data on the Map: the Robinson Country Risk Index  Business leaders need to assess the risks and opportunities that come with doing business in any given country, but comparing the relative merits and weaknesses of business climates in other lands is far from simple. The Robinson Country Risk Index is a "big data" tool that formulates better comparisons among countries. Directed by Chris Brown, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Georgia State, the RCRI gives a business analyst more information to work with than comparable tools. The RCRI is unique, drawing on recent improvements in both computing power and the amount of data available. Many offer reports or tools that assess the business risks associated with doing business in a particular region, but the RCRI offers this as well as an interactive way to sort, filter and view all the data. Perhaps most crucially, RCRI provides the ability to change how much weight it gives to any of the variables being considered. Its strength is its flexibility. An analyst at the controls of the RCRI can increase the relative importance of some measures, decrease others, and see how his choice of data compare, country to country. Because this can be done, and because the RCRI works from so much data, from so many sources, our hypothetical analyst can make better-informed decisions about risk and opportunity. One of the RCRI's strengths is its scope: years of data, pertinent to over a hundred nations, collected and available for comparison, on demand. This massive data cache combines with a web-based, purpose-built interface that helps a business researcher compare nations along four broad dimensions -- government, economics, logistics, and social characteristics. All while RCRI accomplishes this, it can also easily drill down to specific data sources quickly, or assign different weights to an indicator and readily see how that affects risk rankings. Being able to see the RCRI's rankings is another strength of the Index. Because of its useful functionality, IS&T's Collaboration and Portal group boosted the RCRI's visual feature set substantially by building in interactive map viewing, allowing researchers to see not only tables and column charts, but also see data on the maps of the actual nations being compared. The point of the RCRI, ultimately, is spatial, and compares how different the business climate can be in one location versus another. The RCRI is a living, continually-evolving approach to risk assessment, as much as it is a powerful technological tool. On the technology side, IS&T's Enterprise Applications Support group, with Jaro Klc's Collaboration & Portals group at the forefront, provides the RCRI team with the kind of expertise and inventive programming they need to take the numbers from big data and place them, quite literally, "on the map."
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