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Yearly Archives: 2017

Blockchain and Supply Chain: Creating an Un-Hackable and Transparent Record of the Flow of Goods

By Dick Weisinger

From finance to manufacturing, concepts pioneered by bitcoin are being applied to a wide range of applications.  One area that looks particularly promising is the application of blockchain technology towards managing the supply chain. The initial main benefit that blockchain…

Cloud Robotics: Robots to be Powered by Centralized Super Cloud-based Brains of Shared Intelligence

By Dick Weisinger

What happens when you combine robotics with cloud computing? You get smart robots powered by a super “brain” that resides in the cloud.  Robots can be built to be lightweight and low cost, but their cloud controller enables them to be backed…

CEO Values: Technology to Become More Important than Workers?

By Dick Weisinger

“Every company is a technology company, no matter what product or service it provides. The companies that embrace this fact are the ones that shape our world,” wrote Stephenie Stone for Forbes, CIO at M+W Group. CEOs are getting the message.…

Security: IoT and Mobile Challenge Cyber Security Professionals

By Dick Weisinger

A recent security report by  ISACA found security to be a top priority for many companies. The findings of the ISACA report include: 97 percent of organizations are seeing an increase in use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices 78 percent…

Innovation: R&D Spending Helps but Doesn’t Guarantee Innovation

By Dick Weisinger

Many of the most innovative companies, like Apple and Alphabet have enormous R&D budgets.  But, businesses are spending less on R&D. PwC estimates that R&D budgets in 2020 will be 19 percent lower than they were in 2010. What does that…