Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on HTML5, monetizing data, and more. I hope you find them useful:

Monetizing data to drive a competitive advantage
As companies gather more and more data, they must answer one big question: What are we doing with this data? If your company isn’t using your customer data as a competitive advantage, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity.

6 ways IT still fails the business
As technology plays an increasingly important role in the business, companies will look to their IT departments to drive innovation. This article touches on a few ways that IT must improve in order to reach this level. It also ties in nicely with this recent article that outlines some strategic IT priorities going into 2013.

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Is HTML5 really going to make a difference in updating your site?
The Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) recently finalized the HTML5 specifications. The big question: What does this mean for web developers and designers? This article touches on a few ways HTML5 will change the web.

BYOD struggle continues for IT admins in 2013
IT departments have struggled to get a handle on BYOD since the iPhone first entered the marketplace over 5 years ago. This article examines how this struggle will change in 2013.