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Yearly Archives: 2017

SaaS: Conversion of On-Premise Software to the Cloud Fuel Rapid Growth of SaaS Revenues

By Dick Weisinger

Global SaaS sales reached $15 billion in the second quarter of 2017, a 31 percent increase over the same period in 2016, according to a study by Synergy Research Group.  Microsoft is the biggest leader in this market, followed by…

Big Data: Big Success on Big Data Projects Elude Many Organizations

By Dick Weisinger

Big Data and Analytics when done right have shown to have tremendous benefits.  But “doing it right” isn’t something that comes easy. Big Data and Analytics is expected by IDC to grow into a $203 billion business by 2020 from…

Business Process Management (BPM): Enabler of Batter Collaboration and Digital Transformation

By Dick Weisinger

Better collaboration and digital transformation rather than cost cutting.  Those are the priorities now for the use of BPM at most organizations, according to Forrester, and that’s a shift from the traditional way that BPM has been used. The Forrester report…

Edge Computing and IoT: IoT Vendors (Sometimes) Unite to Define Standard Operating

By Dick Weisinger

In April, the Linux Foundation launched the EdgeX Foundry, a vendor-neutral open-source project aimed at building interoperable devices that can work within an Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. The EdgeX Foundry defines Edge Computing as an IoT architecture that defines…

Intelligent Automation (IA): AI Drives IA, Bringing Efficiencies and Eliminating Repetitive Tasks

By Dick Weisinger

Intelligent Automation (IA) is the use of computers and robotics to replace repetitive tasks.  Technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI) are driving rapid advancements in automation.  IA is expected to bring with it dramatic changes in the near future.  For example:…