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Yearly Archives: 2016

Technology: Worker Productivity Trapped by Outdated Technology

By Dick Weisinger

Nearly $2 trillion dollars are wasted by US companies using outdated technology which hampers employee productivity, according to a survey by Samanage. More than a third of businesses say they are using technology that they feel is “outdated”.  But when pressed…

Internet of Things (IoT): Top Ten Technologies Most Impacting IoT in the Next Two Years

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner says that over the next two years that the following technologies will have the broadest impact on the Internet of Things (IoT): Security – Beyond issues like data security and encryption and secure transmissions, IoT will introduce security issues like…

Health Care: Providers Up Their Investment in Security, Analytics and the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

IT budgets for health care providers are showing healthy growth, according to the IDC Healthcare provider Technology report.  Three-quarters of the providers that are spending more say that some part of that extra spend is due to setting up electronic…

Business Intelligence: Gartner Demotes Former Market Leaders, Now Seen as Laggards, and Oracle is Dropped Completely

By Dick Weisinger

Out with the old and in with the new.  And with that, Gartner totally restructured their signature Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence. Gartner said that “the market share leaders SAP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, MicroStrategy, and SAS have amassed large customer…

Mobile Content Management (mCM): Mobile is Major Enabler of Digital Transformation

By Dick Weisinger

The global mobile Content Management (CM) market is expected to grow at a rate of nearly 22 percent annually over the next five years, according to research by analyst firm Technavio.  The report identifies mobile applications as a major enabler…