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Yearly Archives: 2017

Bitcoin: Some Contrarians Dare to Question BlockChain

By Dick Weisinger

A couple of weeks back I posted the article “Bitcoin: The Economics are Unsustainable.”  Maybe now that a single Bitcoin trades in the range of $15-20,000 that argument holds less water.  But by all measures, Bitcoin still seems like an incredible

3D Printing: Smarter Software Improves Quality and Speeds Up Printing

By Dick Weisinger

While 3D printing is growing in popularity, creating printed objects takes time. Because of that 3D printing is a long ways from being able to replace much of the large-scale mass productions that are manufactured using traditional technologies. Part of

Security: Worst Year Ever for Data Losses Caused by Poor Security

By Dick Weisinger

2017 has turned out to be a year of wake up for companies about the effectiveness of their data security policies. Data breaches skyrocketed in 2017 by 305 percent over the same period in 2016, according to the Q3 2017 Data

Innovation via Digital Transformation: Being Innovative Takes More than Just Money

By Dick Weisinger

Almost all financial institutions are spending money to digitize and innovate, according to a report by Infosys Finacle. The problem is that small institutions are not able to keep up, not just with bigger financial institutions, but with technology companies.

Public Cloud Computing: 30 Percent Growth in 2017

By Dick Weisinger

Worldwide public cloud computing grew at a phenomenal annual rate of nearly 28.6 percent during the first half of 2017, according to IDC. Frank Gens, senior vice-president and chief analyst at IDC, said that “public cloud adoption is accelerating in