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Yearly Archives: 2017

Megatrends: AI, Augmented/Virtual Reality, and Digital Platform Technologies to Drive Digital Economy

By Dick Weisinger

Which of the many technologies that we see in headlines daily are likely to have the biggest impact on our business and our lives over the next five years?  Gartner says that there are three technologies or “megatrends” that are…

Data Migration: A Painful Necessity When Adopting a New System

By Dick Weisinger

Shiny new technology, particularly new SaaS cloud-based apps, is driving organizations to migrate their data from legacy software.  The road to the new application is proving to be bumpy though for many of those organizations. A report from Vision Solutions…

Logistics: Disruption and Streamlining of the Freight and Shipping Industry

By Dick Weisinger

The automation of transportation and logistics is dramatically reshaping how goods are moved.  It’s being called Freight as a Service (FaaS) or a sort of Logistics 2.0.  It is the result of using new technology and reimagining how logistic services…

Search and Insight Engines: Enterprise Search Assistants for Navigating Business Content

By Dick Weisinger

Next-generation enterprise search engines are being called ‘insight engines’ by Gartner.  Insight engines provide “more-natural access to information for knowledge workers and other constituents in ways that enterprise search has not.” What makes Insight Engines better than the way enterprise search…

Bank Digitization: Traditional Banks Targeted by Tech Giants

By Dick Weisinger

Compared to industries like Transportation and Manufacturing, digitization is having far less impact on today’s banks.  Banking applications using new technologies like 3D printing and the Internet of Things (IoT) seem to still be a long ways off.  While there…