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Yearly Archives: 2016

Business Intelligence: Industry Predictions for 2016

By Dick Weisinger

An annual report from Tableau Software lists the top ten trends of business intelligence for 2016. Listed below are the predictions for 2016 and a summary of predictions from 2014 and 2015. Predictions for 2014 Trends Predictions for 2015 Trends Predictions…

Healthcare Analytics: Market Growth Charges Forward Despite Adoption Challenges

By Dick Weisinger

The global healthcare analytics market is expected to grow 26.5 percent annually over the next five years, reaching $18.7 billion in 2020, according to market research company MarketsandMarkets.  A competing report by BCC Research has similar findings, estimating that the…

Enterprise Software: Enterprise Software no longer Just for Enterprises

By Dick Weisinger

It used to be that enterprises were the main users of enterprise software — that seems logical enough.  But no longer.  A recent survey of businesses by Tech Pro Research found that businesses too small to be classified as enterprises…

Cloud Continuity: Disaster Planning for Cloud Disruptions

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud computing elements are increasingly being architected as a key piece of business continuity plans.  With the cloud, even if office buildings burn down, data is still safe in the cloud. The problem is though, what if something happens to your…

Cloud Computing: The Average Company Will Have More Than Half of their IT Operations in the Cloud in 2016

By Dick Weisinger

Another report, this time from IDG, finds that cloud computing technology is widespread in usage across companies.  In the survey, 72 percent of companies say that they have at least one application in the cloud.  56 percent of businesses say…