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Enterprise Software: Business Technologists Adopt Low Code

By Dick Weisinger

Non-IT employees are becoming increasingly tech savvy. While not trained as developers, low-code and no-code platforms are enabling employees across the business to be able to create and run new applications. More than half of business technologists create technology capabilities…

Log4j Vulnerability: Minimal Damage to Date, but Risks Classified as Long-Term Endemic

By Dick Weisinger

The Cyber Safety Review Board last week Thursday released a report on the effect of the Log4j vulnerability on US government agencies. The report found that agencies spent tens of thousands of hours patching the problem since it was first…

IT Spending: Gartner Reassesses Global IT Spending for 2022

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner has recently released a summer estimate for Global IT spending in 2022. Total 2022 IT spending is expected to exceed $4.5 trillion. Compared to the 2022 spending estimates released in April, the new numbers are relatively flat or slightly…

Energy: Electricity Production from Renewables Hits an All-Time High

By Dick Weisinger

Renewable energy used in electricity production hit an all-time high in April this year. The percentage of renewables has risen from 8.6% in April 2001 to reach 28% in April 2022. Most of the renewable energies were produced from hydropower,…

Technology: James Webb Telescope Releases First Images

By Dick Weisinger

Over the last few days, NASA has begun to release photos taken by the recently launched $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope is a next-generation telescope following the Hubble Space Telescope. JWST is about half the weight…