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Yearly Archives: 2015

Big Data and Data Analysis: Data Quality Can Be the Most Difficult Challenge When Developing Big Data Apps

By Dick Weisinger

Evans Data Corporation recently released an extensive study on Big Data and Advanced Analytics.  The results were summarized on Forbes by Louis Columbus. Which industries are using big data and data analytics? 18 percent – Software industry 11.6 percent – Manufacturing…

Big Data: Gartner: Half of Ethics Violations Will be From Improper use of Analytics by 2018

By Dick Weisinger

Algorithmic-based decision making is increasingly being deployed, but at least at this point in time, the decision to roll out and rely primarily on data analytic results may not be the right one.  A second point is that improper interpretation…

Enterprise Cloud Spending: IDC: Cloud Spending is Eroding On-Premise Spending

By Dick Weisinger

IDC reports cloud technology has totally captured the focus for most enterprises.  Spending on the cloud is rising dramatically.  IDC forecasts that one-third of enterpriseIT spending will be on the cloud, which includes both public and private cloud.  Cloud spending…

Algorithmic Economy: Powering the Machine-to-Machine Age Economic Revolution

By Dick Weisinger

As technology advances, we are becoming increasingly dependent on algorithms for everything in our lives.  Algorithms that can solve our daily problems and tasks will do things like drive vehicles, control drone flight, and order supplies when they run low.  Algorithms…

Enterprise Mobility: Gartner Cites Top Concerns of Security, Integration, and Rapid Change

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner recently reported at their Symposium that among IT decision makers the top concerns with enterprise mobility are: Security – More than two-thirds say that security, hacking, and malware is number one Integration – 46 percent say that they’re concerned…