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Software Fail: CDC Vaccination Tracking System Causes Woes

By Dick Weisinger

In early 2020, the CDC contracted with Deloitte to build a system to schedule and track the vaccinations of Americans. The system is called Vaccine Administration Management System, or VAMS. It is free for any US state to use it…

5G and the Edge: Compute and Communications Converging

By Dick Weisinger

The growth of Edge Computing will lead to a proliferation of devices connected to the internet that need to receive AI and machine learning model information and/or report back to the cloud sensor and status information. Edge and 5G technologies…

IT Spending 2021: Businesses Forced to Accelerate Digital Transformation. Spending to Reach $4 Trillion.

By Dick Weisinger

IT spending dropped 3.2 percent in 2020, but is expected to rebound this year by 6.2 percent, according to Gartner. In 2020, IT focused on ‘mission-critical’ technology and spending. Their spending perspective is expected to broaden this year. Gartner forecasts…

Artificial Intelligence: Open Source and Open Data Team Up

By Dick Weisinger

Late last year, two AI groups jointed forces to create an open source clearinghouse for projects related to AI, Machine Learning (ML), data, and analysis. LF AI Foundation and Open Data Platform Initiative (ODPi), previously separate Linux Foundation projects, merged…

Artificial Intelligence: Designing Accurate Benchmarks

By Dick Weisinger

As both startups and more established chip makers design and build computer chips that target the acceleration of the processing of AI algorithms, benchmarking becomes very important as a way to compare the capabilities of the different chips. Until recently…