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Yearly Archives: 2016

Paperless Offices: Celebrate Today that Paper Processes are on the Decline

By Dick Weisinger

Today is World Paper Free Day.  It’s a day AIIM says that businesses should use to think about “working smarter, decreasing the paper entry points, and how to improve your processes.” Bob Larrivee, chief analyst at AIIM, said that “the once…

Cloud Computing and SaaS: SaaS Takes on Ever Greater Percentages of IT Budgets

By Dick Weisinger

Ernst and Young Transaction Advisory Service recently performed a survey of nearly 200 IT managers and CIOs. The survey found that SaaS is increasingly being used by businesses and is expected to take a growing share of the IT budget.…

Artificial Intelligence: Mimicking the Brain: The Rise of Neuromorphic Computers

By Dick Weisinger

Recently Microsoft announced an internal reorganization of their business to put a greater focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI).  It’s not just Microsoft that’s interested in AI.  Google, Baidu, Amazon, and Facebook are all investing significantly in AI technology. Graphics Processing…

Cloud Computing: Still a Long Ways to Go to Before Cloud Used Heavily in Critical Production Environments

By Dick Weisinger

Most businesses now use the cloud, or at least won’t admit to anything otherwise.  A recent survey by CompTIA found that 90 percent of businesses say that they’re using the cloud. Another survey by RightScale found that of the businesses…

Artificial Intelligence: Tech Giants Team Up to Try to Ease People’s Anxiety Over AI

By Dick Weisinger

Tech leaders from Microsoft, Amazon.com, Facebook, IBM and alphabet’s DeepMind and Google divisions teamed up recently to create a group called the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society.  The group will be co-chaired by Microsoft Research chief Eric Horvitz…