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Yearly Archives: 2016

Technology: Wearables as a Platform

By Dick Weisinger

Wearables are slowly beginning to challenge the capabilities of smartphones.  For example, researchers at the University of Alabama equipped a jacket with 10 Raspberry Pi computers and a small touch screen.  The jacket provides a hands-free access to the cloud that…

File Sharing: Most Enterprise Cloud Based Applications Lack Strong Security

By Dick Weisinger

Most enterprise cloud-based applications have weak security, according to a new report by  Blue Coat. The report looked at 15,000 different enterprise cloud applications and 108 million enterprise document.  The following are some of the findings from the study: Enterprises use…

Business Skill Gamification: Successes Enable Innovation and Greater Engagement

By Dick Weisinger

Business gamification — engaging employees in a way such that they learn or perform their jobs by playing games.  The idea is to turn a job into a game that can provide both engagement and motivation well beyond the incentives that…

Cloud Computing: Cloud On Track to Dominate Software Delivery

By Dick Weisinger

Public cloud services spending is expected to double over the next four years, according to analyst firm IDC.  By 2020, roughly one quarter of all software sales will be cloud-based and total cloud sales will reach $195 billion.  A major…

Robotic Process Automation (RPA): Re-imaging Both Humans and Robots in Business Processes

By Dick Weisinger

Automating the repeatable is the goal of robotic process automation (RPA).  RPA involves building and programming robots to do common repetitive tasks.  A report by Transparency Market Research estimates that the RPA market is growing at an annual rate of 60…