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Cloud Computing: From Idiocy to Indispensable

By Dick Weisinger

Over the last decade, cloud computing has gone from “idiocy” to “indispensable”. In 2008, Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, said that “the interesting thing about cloud computing is that we’ve redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do……

Computing: Creating Organic Chips from Silicon and Human Neurons

By Dick Weisinger

Wetware computing combines human biology with the silicon, plastic, and metals used by traditional semiconductors. A number of businesses and researchers are beginning to use synthetic biology to build computer chips. Neurons from mice and humans are being integrated into…

Automation: Workers Rethink Where They Work, How They Work, and What Skills They Can Offer

By Dick Weisinger

Automation. Artificial Intelligence. Robotics. Technology is changing our lives and the way that we work. Change is coming quickly and workers need to prepare. Technology can both create and destroy jobs. Overall, what balance between creation and destruction can we…

Artificial Intelligence: Turning Unstructured Data into Strategic Information

By Dick Weisinger

Unstructured data has long been the Achilles heel of data management. It’s the information stored in text documents, videos, audio, social media, and logs. Unlike the structure and easy searchability provided by data stored in databases, unstructured data follows no…

Composable Enterprises: A Flexible Framework for Adapting to a Changing World

By Dick Weisinger

A composable enterprise is “an organization that delivers business outcomes and rapidly adapts to business change. Think of it as building blocks made from applications to be assembled and rearranged as needed,” as defined by Gartner. Composable Enterprise design involves…