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Cloud Storage: Cloud Becoming Primary Storage for Backup and Recovery

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud storage is threatening to overtake traditional on-premise storage spending.  Research from the Enterprise Storage Forum found that while nearly 40 percent of companies say that HDD storage continues to be their primary storage data media, the number of businesses…

Open Source: Does the Cloud Unduly Profit from Open Source Software?

By Dick Weisinger

This summer the popular Redis Labs Open Source software added a new clause to their existing BSD license called the Commons Clause. The reason?  Yiftach Shoolman, cofounder of Redis Labs, said that “Cloud providers have been taking advantage of the open…

Big Data: Problem Data Skews Predictions

By Dick Weisinger

Despite increasingly sophisticated algorithms, long-term and even short-term forecasting still often come up short and often miss the mark by wide margins.  Why is that?  Cleaning data and identifying which data is most important are key. Pew Research commented following…

Cloud Computing: Top Risk for Businesses

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud security is the top concern among executives, according to Gartner’s Emerging Risks Report.  Among the top five business risks, other risks cited that are related to security include cyber security disclosure and GDPR compliance. For Gartner’s latest quarterly Emerging…

Product Release: Formtek EDM Module 3.2 for Alfresco Enhances Integration with AutoCAD and Microstation

By Dick Weisinger

Formtek announces release of EDM Module 3.2  Available for Alfresco Content Services 5.2.x on Windows or Linux Formtek’s Engineering Data Management (EDM) Module is Alfresco Certified Technology that provides for flexible yet secure management of engineering documents and drawings. The…