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Yearly Archives: 2016

Security: Security Experts Paired with Self-Learning AI Algorithms Battle Cyber Crimes

By Dick Weisinger

MIT AI Laboratory (CSAIL) scientists are using machine learning to help stop cybercrimes.  The MIT algorithm called AI2 (AI squared) reportedly is three times more effective in spotting cyber activities than other methods.  The algorithm boasts of being able to detect…

Internet of Things: How Can Businesses Monetize IoT Technologies?

By Dick Weisinger

IoT is expected to revolutionize the way many industries work, but it’s also expected to be a blockbuster in terms of the dollars of revenue it will generate for those businesses that use it.  Cisco estimates that IoT will generate…

Internet of Things: Spiraling Data Costs May Temper IoT Growth

By Dick Weisinger

IoT is coming, but are we ready?  The infrastructure needed to support the data generated by billions of IoT devices will be potentially staggering in size compared to today’s infrastructure.  Data network and communication costs can become expensive quickly. Tom Hunt,…

Federal Cloud Computing: Government Cloud-First Strategy Gains Momentum

By Dick Weisinger

It has been five years since federal CIO Vivek Kundra established a “cloud-first” strategy for government computing.  Initial progress was slow, but in 2015 some positive results from the effort began appearing.  Kundra’s original plan was to slash IT spending by reducing dependence…

Security: Number of Data Breaches Soar while Businesses Increasingly Hide Losses

By Dick Weisinger

The recent Symantec “Internet Security Threat Report” provides a disturbing overview of security threat trends.  The number of zer0-day threats is rising rapidly and today’s hackers are more increasingly sophisticated. The report estimates that more than half a billion records were compromised…