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Yearly Archives: 2016

Business Process Management: Businesses Report High Levels of Satisfaction

By Dick Weisinger

Business Process Management (BPM) software has high levels of satisfaction among users.  A recent report authored by Jorge Garcia, principal analyst at TEC, found that 44 percent of users were highly satisfied and another 40 percent were “somewhat” satisfied. The…

Cloud Computing: Cloud Spending Outpaces Traditional On-Premise Spending

By Dick Weisinger

The cloud is growing at the expense of traditional on-premise environments, according to a new report from IDC.  Spending on cloud infrastructure is expected to jump 18.9 percent in 2016, compared to a 4 percent decline in spending on traditional…

IT Spending: Weak Global Economy and Strong Dollar Push IT Spending into Negative Territory

By Dick Weisinger

Global IT spending is huge.  In 2015 $3.5 trillion was spent.  At the end of 2015 Gartner was predicting very modest increased growth in spending of .5 percent, but after the end of the first quarter in 2016, Gartner has…

3D Printing: Printer Technology Advances Speed and Simplicity

By Dick Weisinger

Newly released 3D printer models boast gains in speed and ability in being able to manufacture very complex objects.  The capabilities of 3D printers are definitely becoming interesting. One example is printing technology from Redwood-City based Carbon.  Carbon has developed a technology called…

Big Data: Data Cleansing and Data Training Remain Big Challenges

By Dick Weisinger

The universe of 4.4 zetabytes of data in size, according to a 2014 IDC estimate.  But who’s managing that data and how?  Forrester says now that the 4.4 zettabytes of data are currently being managed and will grow to 44 zettabytes.…