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Quantum Computing: A Revolution in Computing

By Dick Weisinger

Encryption as we know it is destined for obsolescence over the next decade. The World Economic Forum said that “the sheer calculating ability of a sufficiently powerful and error-corrected quantum computer means that public-key cryptography is ‘destined to fail,’ and…

Artificial Intelligence: The Worry of Second-Order Consequences

By Dick Weisinger

Adoption of AI has been very rapid, and while there are many benefits to AI, it does have a flip side of potential issues, especially in the areas of ethics, AI misuse, and invasion of privacy. A recent study by…

IoT Investments: More than Half of Businesses to Spend More on IoT

By Dick Weisinger

2021 is shaping up to be a big year for IoT. Nearly half of businesses are forecast to increase their investment in IoT, according to Gartner. IoT sensors are being deployed to gather information to monitor, prevent and enhance operations.…

Security: Feds to Toughen Cybersecurity Measures in Response to Recent Hacks

By Dick Weisinger

Last week Wednesday, President Biden signed into law a sweeping order that attempts to combat cyber hacking. The order comes in the wake of numerous hacking cases, like the Colonial Pipeline, Microsoft Exchange, and SolarWinds. In all cases, infrastructure, federal…

Computing Architecture: Client-Serverless

By Dick Weisinger

The Client-Server computing architecture was developed during the 1970’s. The arrival of personal computers (PCs) popularized this model of distributed computing and distinguished it from centralized computing with mainframes. Client-serverless is a more modern variation on the client-server model. Advantages…