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Yearly Archives: 2017

Technology: Construction Companies Reluctant to Spend on IT

By Dick Weisinger

The US and other countries are increasingly pushing the need to invest in large infrastructure projects.  These big projects are expected to push forward the global economy. PwC predicts that global infrastructure projects will reach $9 trillion by 2025. But…

Data Centers: Growth of the Cloud Deflates On-Premise Data Centers

By Dick Weisinger

While growth of data centers at the large cloud vendors is growing dramatically, on-premise data centers are down-sizing, consolidating, hollowing out, or being completely shut down. 2015 was the peak for the number of global data centers, according to IDC.…

Repurposing Innovation: Turning Amazon’s Alexa into an Assistant in the Lab

By Dick Weisinger

Upcycle. Recycle. Reuse.  Inventors and businesses selling products for one purpose are often surprised when their products are used for purposes totally different from what they were originally designed. It happens frequently in the drug industry.  For example, drugs that have…

Shrinking IT: IT Must Transform from a Role of Support to one as Technology Advisor

By Dick Weisinger

IT is a department that is useful only to the extent that it supports the operations of other departments in the company. IT provides services and support for business projects in the organization.  Increasingly though, IT is viewed as an…

Business Technology: Best Performing Companies are Those Investing in Digitalization

By Dick Weisinger

CEOs are prioritizing digitalization as a top tool for helping them to gain advantage and efficiency, according to Gartner.  In fact, 42 percent of CEOs say that digitalization is helping them achieve business priorities of increased profit and growth. Andy Rowsell-Jones, research…