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Yearly Archives: 2017

Analytics: Businesses Struggle to Harness Value from Data Analytics

By Dick Weisinger

Many organizations are trying to apply analytics technologies to their businesses but failing, according to a report by McKinsey. The McKinsey report found that “organizations that are able to harness new models and tools effectively will be able to create…

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Does the Cost Justify the Results?

By Dick Weisinger

Imagine the amount of money that a large bank could save if they could improve their rate of fraud protection by just 1 percent.  For a large bank that could equate to millions of dollars.  Then consider a small business of…

IT Security: Businesses that Spend Big on Security Aren’t Always the Most Secure

By Dick Weisinger

Do you know how much your business spends on IT security?  A lot of businesses don’t have any idea. And when they do know that number they often use it as an estimate for the security of their organization —…

3D Printing: Kurzweil’s Law of Accelerating Returns Predicts Big Change

By Dick Weisinger

Ray Kurzweil, long-time inventor and futurist, is predicting that 3D printing is on the edge of revolutionizing manufacturing and industries. Kurzweil said that “I’ve been thinking about thinking for 50 years.” One example of a recent prediction is with the…

Hyped Technology: Internet of Things (IoT) Living up to Hype

By Dick Weisinger

Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing, Virtual Reality and more. New technologies that are getting hyped daily. Which of these technologies are businesses really adopting? A survey by Spiceworks of 566 global businesses asked which technologies are being adopted…