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Yearly Archives: 2017

Predictive Engineering Technology: Turning Product Designs into Photo-Realistic Images and Video

By Dick Weisinger

Ever-improving technology to support fast computations and visualizations is having an impact on the engineering design process.  Simulation, Finite Elements, Analytics, Intelligent Reporting, Team Collaboration and other software-based technologies are increasingly being used to improve product engineering. The integration of these…

Mobile: Users Increasingly Slim their App usage and Focus on Just a Handful of Capable Apps

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner says that we are slowly moving into a “post-apps” world. Gartner found that consumers are using fewer and more capable mobile apps.  They’re also increasing their use of messaging apps in favor of social media and video. One third…

Serverless Computing: Saving Money by Removing Hardware Resources from the Equation

By Dick Weisinger

In the early days of cloud computing people described it like a utility: you can scale it up or down at a moments notice and are billed  foronly as many compute cycles that you actually use.  But in reality, what often happens is that…

Robotic Security: Hacked Robots Pose Safety Issues, especially for Humans Working Side by Side

By Dick Weisinger

Recent cyberattacks originating from IoT devices have caused many to be alarmed at the massive number of devices that are being hooked up to the internet with low to no security. The number of IoT-based attacks tripled in 2016.  But an…

Enterprise Mobile: Big Promise but Growth Still Slow

By Dick Weisinger

The mobile market is poised to grow a little more strongly in 2017 compared to the fairly lackluster 2016. For example, Apple’s iPhone shipments declined 7 percent in 2016.  IDC is forecasting shipments of smartphones to grow to 4.2 percent…