Read the following article and participate in the class discussion. The overall class discussion is worth 50 points.

Can today’s IT shop satisfy business demands? – Brien, N. (2016). Can today's IT shop satisfy business demands? Concentric Business Solutions. 

Topics of Discussion
     1. Examine one core competency of Information Technology and analyze its importance.
     2. Describe the value that Management Information Systems (MIS) bring to an organization in achieving a competitive advantage. All discussion posts, initial and response, will include a minimum of two paragraphs with a minimum of five sentences each.

• Each discussion post will include two references (in addition to the hyperlinked article and the course text) with supporting in-text citations, one supporting each paragraph.
• Content and reference lists will be formatted according to the American Psychological Association (APA) standard.