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Yearly Archives: 2017

Digital Transformation: A Defining Challenge that Will Determine the Future for Business

By Dick Weisinger

“Digital is the defining challenge for today’s generation of CEOs. And the decisions they make will determine whether their businesses thrive or fade,” according to a recent online whitepaper by McKinsey. Here are some of the results from a recent…

Machine Learning: Solving Complex Problems Without Clear Rules or Algorithms

By Dick Weisinger

Machine learning (ML) is a kind of artificial intelligence (AI) that enables computers to be able to observe and recognize patterns in processes and events and to then to be able to apply that information in a way that enables them…

3D Printing: Preparing to Print the Cars of the Future

By Dick Weisinger

The world of automotive engineering is undergoing major disruption.  There are vehicles powered with alternative and hybrid energy sources, like electric, hydrogen, and to a certain extent solar. Artificial Intelligence is driving some of these cars, the autonomous vehicles, and…

Business Intelligence: Small Businesses Leapfrog Bigger Ones in Move to BI in the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

Business prefer to use the cloud when running Business Intelligence (BI) apps, according to a study by the BARC Research and Eckerson Group, and among cloud alternatives, the public cloud is preferred. Findings from the BARC and Eckerson report include: 78…

Innovation: Small Businesses that Adopt Digital are More Likely to Succeed

By Dick Weisinger

Small businesses that have adopted digital technologies are seeing improved growth and business success. A study by IDC and commissioned by Sage, found the following: 56 percent of small businesses have adopted digital technologies, but the remaining businesses still work in…