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Yearly Archives: 2016

Open Data: Government Continues to Expand Investment

By Dick Weisinger

Open data is data made openly available, often by an API, that allows others to use, republish and repurpose the information with no copyright or patent restrictions.  The term is often applied especially to data collected by all levels of…

Digital Transformation: Digital Transformation isn’t Coming Quickly Enough for Many Businesses

By Dick Weisinger

The question is how to get from here to there.  Businesses like Google and Amazon have set the bar high for what consumers expect from businesses in terms of digital interactions.  Many businesses realize that their current processes need to…

Server Virtualization: Competing Newer Technologies Challenge the Once Hot Market Segment

By Dick Weisinger

This year the server virtualization market is expected to reach $5.6 billion, according to Gartner.  Despite these large number of dollars, the Gartner report finds that the bulk of the money is being generated from maintenance of existing licenses, not…

Content Management: University CM Systems Suffer from ‘Controlled Chaos’

By Dick Weisinger

A report by Digital Clarity Group examines the state of Content Management Systems in Universities. Their findings may be equally applicable to areas outside of education and include: Lack of a champion or leader for content management projects can negatively…

Open Source: Unpatched Vulnerabilities Show a Dark Side to Open Source

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source has great benefits, as we reported a couple of weeks back on the results of Black Duck’s Open Source survey.  Benefits like stability, quality, flexibility, no vendor lockin, and speed of development were frequently cited as reasons why…