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Yearly Archives: 2017

Software Development in the Cloud: Making Developers More Efficient

By Dick Weisinger

The software development cycle is changing. The traditional cycle of software development ranged from tasks like requirements gathering, analysis, implementation, QA, build-fix-build iterations and then, finally, application deployment. From start to finish, software development typically took many months or even…

Big Data: Cars of the Future to become Portable Data Centers

By Dick Weisinger

In 1998, Microsoft boasted about the capabilities of their new TerraServer database of geo information. They called it the “world’s largest atlas” consisting of five terabytes of data. And, at the time, it seemed like a massive amount of data. While…

Digitalization: Building Digital Ecosystems to Interact with and Shared Data

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner defines a digital ecosystem as “an interdependent group of enterprises, people and/or things that share standardized digital platforms for a mutually beneficial purpose (such as commercial gain, innovation or common interest). Digital ecosystems enable you to interact with customers,…

Digital Signatures and E-signatures: Enabling Digital Processes

By Dick Weisinger

Malcolm McLeod, handwriting expert, said that “signatures are like your mark, your authority in the world, they represent you. They’re your corporate logo, they’re your branding.” But the increasing volume of electronic documents makes standard handwritten signatures time consuming and…

Artificial Intelligence: Creation of the GPU Open Analytics Initiative (GAOI)

By Dick Weisinger

GPU (Graphic Processing Units) are specialized computer chips that are revolutionizing the area of artificial intelligence (AI).  Their original purpose may have been for speeding up graphic displays on monitors, but applications of GPU chips have become far reaching.  GPU…