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Yearly Archives: 2017

Digital Transformation: It Should be an Investment and not a Cost Center

By Dick Weisinger

Digital transformation is the recent buzzword among analysts, like Gartner and IDC. It’s about the adoption of technology to bring innovation into business strategy, operations and customer experience.  Enterprise Content Management (ECM) has been subsumed into the sector now being…

Security and Data Privacy: GDPR is only Months Away, Yet Businesses (and Regulators) are not Prepared

By Dick Weisinger

If you wonder what GDPR is, you aren’t alone. A survey of US businesses found that 98 percent aren’t sure of the specifics of GDPR. That’s partly understandable since GDPR is an EU regulation that is due to go into…

Top 10 Strategic Technologies: Intelligence / Digital / Mesh Lead Top Technologies for 2018

By Dick Weisinger

It’s that time of year when analysts begin to reflect and summarize the technologies that will have the biggest impact over the next 12 months. Gartner recently released their list of the top ten strategic technologies for 2018. The technologies…

IT Spending: 4.3 Percent Growth Forecast for 2017

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner predicts that global IT spending will hit $3.7 trillion in 2018, a 4.3 percent increase over spending in 2017.  Software spending is expected to increase by 8.5 percent and IT services will rise 4 percent. The top markets that…

Digital Twins: Simulating Products and Processes to Improve Quality and Design

By Dick Weisinger

A digital twin is the virtual representation of a real life product, object or process. The digital twin is used for test and simulation.  It makes it possible to track and simulate different conditions, dynamics and environment changes. The accuracy…