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Yearly Archives: 2016

Robotics: As Venture Funding Increases, Analysts Gear Up to Cover the Growing Industry

By Dick Weisinger

“The robots are among us.  A lot of people are going to come in contact with robots in the next two to five years,” said Steve Jurvetson, director at Tesla and SpaceX, as reported by the Financial Times.  Jurvetson is just…

EHR Record Systems: New Electronic Systems Have Yet to Provide Expected Value

By Dick Weisinger

A few years ago physicians were scrambling to comply with new regulations that mandated the use of electronic health records (EHR).  Now that 80 percent of physicians have adopted EHRs we might expect to see some of the expected benefits…

IoT and Security: Mobile, Wearable and BYOD Policies Challenge Business IT Security

By Dick Weisinger

IT departments are worried, worried that they can’t keep up with the dynamics of the IT environments that they support.  For example, 90 percent of IT professionals are worried about the security and privacy issues that the flood of new…

Open Source: Speeding Development and Driving Business Innovation

By Dick Weisinger

Open source provides the benefits of enabling developers  to work more quickly and for businesses to accelerate the time it takes them to go to market.  The quality of open source software, the features, and the technical capabilities often make…

Robotics: Manufacturers Deploy Robots to Automate their Supply Chains

By Dick Weisinger

Improved robotic technology and decreasing costs are making the use of robotics in the supply chain a very attractive option. A survey from Deloitte of manufacturers found that just over half thought that robotics and automation would provide them future competitive…