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Yearly Archives: 2016

Computer Memory: Researchers Work to Develop Fast, Dense, Nonvolatile MRAM

By Dick Weisinger

The goal of memory chip makers is to be able to fabricate a memory product that is nonvolatile, fast, dense, and cheap.  Current SRAM memory is fast.  Flash memory is dense.  And read-only memory (ROM) is cheap.  But creating memory…

Mobile Content Management: Mobile Devices Increase Demand for Mobile Content

By Dick Weisinger

Content Management systems are evolving to meet the needs of organizations with large numbers of connected mobile devices.  A report by Technavio estimates that within one year that more than one-third of workers will use mobile devices.  A parallel report…

Security and Encryption: The Government Versus Technology?

By Dick Weisinger

The battle between the government/FBI/Department of Justice (DoJ) and tech firms like Apple over being able to secure access to encrypted data stored on personal devices continues to simmer.  The government is requesting “back door” access stored data from tech…

Internet of Things (IoT): More Than 50 Percent of Heavy Industry Businesses to Use IoT Before End of Year

By Dick Weisinger

Heavy industries like utilities, oil, and gas are some of the biggest users of the Internet of Things (IoT), according to a recent survey by Gartner.  “Light industries”, like service-oriented businesses are experimenting with IoT technologies but on a much smaller…

ERP Failures: Failure is Inevitable When Businesses Attempt to Cobble ERP Systems From Components

By Dick Weisinger

25 years after the introduction of ERP, ERP systems remain a center of contention and a sinkhole for money. Gartner describes it saying that “The traditional ERP world no longer exists, it has been replaced by postmodern ERP. ” What is postmodern…