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Yearly Archives: 2017

Open Data and Research: Building a Culture that Encourages Sharing

By Dick Weisinger

More than ever, researchers are sharing their data with others. That’s good news, but sharing data is a tricky proposition. Many businesses that perform research consider their work proprietary and keep their data private in order to gain an edge

Cloud Computing Security: Multi-Cloud Infrastructure Provides Diversification but with Added Security Complexity

By Dick Weisinger

While currently 60 percent of businesses are using a single cloud provider, others see advantages to using more than a single provider to avoid having a single point of possible disruption. While diversification has advantages on paper, a multi-cloud infrastructure

Internet of Things (IoT): Integrating IoT Insights into Enterprise Software

By Dick Weisinger

By adopting the Internet of Things (IoT), businesses are able to monitor, track, schedule and control processes, sensors and devices in the field. Real-time monitoring provides a level of insight and control that previously wasn’t possible. These are still the

Artificial Intelligence: What Will Algorithms Teach Us?

By Dick Weisinger

Artificial Intelligence took a giant leap forward recently with new research announced by Google. The new algorithm is self-learning  and tries to solve problems by assigning rewards and penalties based no the results of each trial. AI algorithms typically work

Cloud Computing: Strong Growth. Alibaba Ranks as Third Largest IaaS Platform.

By Dick Weisinger

The top Cloud Services IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) lead comes as no surprise: Amazon AWS. Microsoft is in the second spot.  But third position isn’t occupied by Google — it’s China-based Alibaba. That’s according to a report by Gartner.