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Cloud Computing: Cloud Sprawl Forces Businesses towards Governance

By Dick Weisinger

Enterprises have accepted the cloud. 94 percent of them are using cloud computing, according to a survey by Flexera. But, on average, five or more cloud providers are used. The typical cloud portfolio has become a sprawl of services, often…

GPS Spoofs: Core Infrastructure Vulnerable to Hacking

By Dick Weisinger

The Global Positions System (GPS) is based on 32 navigational satellites that transmit location and time information. GPS enables accurate navigation of planes, boats and vehicles, and an increasing amount of critcal infrastructure is dependent on it. At any time,…

PDF Exploits: Forging Electronic Signatures

By Dick Weisinger

Billions of electronic signatures are made every year. Adobe reports that they alone enabled 8 billion electronic signature transactions in their cloud product in 2017. A recent report by ResearchAndMarkets.com reports that the digital signature market size is expected to…

Wireless Standards: 5G and WiFi6 Rollouts to Promote new Round of Innovation

By Dick Weisinger

Wireless technologies will get an upgrade this year as 5G cellular and WiFi6 (802.11ax) next generation standards begin to be rolled out. Both new standards promise faster speeds, higher density support, and better power efficiency. 5G is a wide-area technology…

Natural User Interfaces: Responding to your Voice and Gestures

By Dick Weisinger

Human-computer interactions have been long dominated by keyboard, then mouse, and more recently voice. Much work has also been done recently to enable computers to recognize human gestures. The combination of voice and gesture recognition creates what is being called…