Question: Can I get by with the 10th Edition or earlier? -- probably not -- however an old edition is still much better than no book at all.
Question: Can I get by with the 11th or 12th Edition? -- yes but the 13th Edition is better.
Answer: You can use the 11th or 12th Editions with some risk. Tests are Open Book and I will draw materials for questions from the 13th Edition without going back to the prior Editions to see if the same material is there. The chapter titles and subtitles are almost identical so the basic material should be very similar. The cases in the 13th Edition are better. They draw on material and examples that are more recent. The authors have picked cases that are very relevant to today's business. I think you will enjoy the reading more if you have the 13th Edition. However, if I already had a copy of the 11th or 12th Edition, I would probably use it (I am cheap). You could increase your enjoyment of the course if you borrowed someone else's 13th Edition to read the new cases and the new Management Checklists.
New topics in the 12th Edition include Cloud computing, cloud based software services and tools, Windows 7 and Mobile Operating Systems, Green computing, 4G networks, Network Neutrality, Identity Management, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Freemium pricing models in e-commerce, building an e-commerce web site, and security issues for cloud and mobile platforms.
According to the Publisher, new topics in the 13th Edition are:
Social Business: Extensive coverage of social business, introduced in Chapter 2 and discussed in throughout the text. Includes detailed discussion of enterprise (internal corporate) social networking as well as social networking in e-commerce.
Big Data: Chapter 6 on Databases and Information Management rewritten to provide in-depth coverage of Big Data and new data management technologies, including Hadoop, in-memory computing, non-relational databases, and analytic platforms.
Cloud Computing: Expanded and updated coverage of cloud computing in Chapter 5 (IT Infrastructure), with more detail on types of cloud services, private and public clouds, hybrid clouds, managing cloud services, and a new chapter-ending case on Amazon’s cloud services. Cloud computing also covered in Chapter 6 (databases in the cloud); Chapter 8 (cloud security); Chapter 9 (cloud-based CRM); and Chapter 13 (cloud-based systems development and component-based development).
Social e-commerce
Social graph
Social marketing
Social search
Social customer relationship management (CRM)
Transformation of business computing: mobile business platform
Apps ecosystem
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and mobile device management
Tablet computers
Android, iOS, and Chrome operating systems
Mobile application development
Microblogging
Office 2013
Windows 8
Cyberlockers
Cyberwarfare
Developing a Web presence
HTML5
IPv6
Responsive Web design
Siri
Software-defined networking
3-D printing