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Yearly Archives: 2011

Technology: Kundra Resignation Blow to Government

By Dick Weisinger

One bright spot in the Obama administration has been the handling of IT in the Federal Government.   Federal IT is in the midst of a turnaround, and much of the success has been due to Obama’s creation the new…

Cloud Computing: Top Priority for CIOs

By Dick Weisinger

Over the last two years, the number of CIO’s that said that they are ready to begin active use of the cloud has jumped from about 30 percent to now more than 60 percent.  These CIOs say that using the…

PLM: Companies Kick-Start Product Innovation with PLM

By Dick Weisinger

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is no longer a technology for engineers only.  PLM has undergone a transformation over the last decade, and with that transformation, has been able to cross many industry boundaries.   A new study by Harvard Business Review…

Cloud Computing: Big Benefits, But not Without Risks

By Dick Weisinger

After declining by 5.1 percent in 2009, the IT service market grew 3.1 percent in 2010.  Total IT Service sales for 2010 came in at $793 billion.  It is a huge market, and one that Gartner predicts will undergo big…

Cloud Computing: Like-Minded Organizations Band Together to Create Semi-Private Clouds — Community Clouds

By Dick Weisinger

While public cloud offerings from companies like Amazon and Google have become symbols of cloud computing technology, many organizations worry about the risks involved in storing data in the public cloud.  The alternative for many companies is a private cloud.…