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Yearly Archives: 2010

Open Source: DoD Cites Open Source as 'Compelling'

By Dick Weisinger

The days of suspicion by government bodies of the security and robustness of Open Source seem to be over.  Over the last year various federal government bodies have voiced support of the Open Source approach. Last year, the DoD issued

Records Management: $ Millions More for NARA's Billions of Docs

By Dick Weisinger

Change is happening at NARA, the National Archives and Records Administration.  Finally — after struggling for nearly a year with no leader. In late December, David Ferriero became the 10th US archivist at NARA, after appointment by Obama and approval

Business Intelligence: Strategy RoadMap + Data-Driven Culture = Superior Results

By Dick Weisinger

It seems rather obvious, but sometimes it is easy to forget, that the quality of Business Intelligence (BI) is directly related to the quality of the data from which the intelligence is derived.  It’s basically the ‘garbage in — garbage

Technology: Paper Documents Become Smart

By Dick Weisinger

A major milestone in technology happened over Christmas — Amazon’s eBook sales surpassed the sales of their paper books for the first time ever. More of our lives continue to evolve around digitized and electronic data, and while many have

SaaS: IDC Questions Cost Effectiveness of SaaS

By Dick Weisinger

The delivery of applications via SaaS saw exceptional growth in 2009, and many analysts expect similar growth for SaaS in 2010. A recent survey by GlassHouse found that 60 percent of CIOs already have used or are planning SaaS/Cloud Computing