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Open Data: Microsoft Bing Contributes Building Footprint Data to OpenStreetMap

By Dick Weisinger

OpenStreetMap recently released 125 million US building footprints, contributed by Microsoft,  as part of their open available geo-data set.  The work at Microsoft was done as part of the Bing search engine.  OpenStreetMap is a free and editable map of…

Security: Zero Trust Model for Cybersecurity

By Dick Weisinger

The Zero Trust model is just that, no matter where access to a particular system is coming from, whether it is from inside or outside the perimeter of an organization, it should not be automatically trusted until it is verified. …

Privacy: Has Google Moved to the Dark Side?

By Dick Weisinger

Google, during its scrappy early days, Microsoft was often targeted as an ‘evil’company, primarily because of their near monopoly on the PC market.  In contrast to Microsoft, Google tried to differentiate themselves as a company that does good. In 2000,…

Chatbots: Growing Demand for Conversational User Interfaces

By Dick Weisinger

Chatbots, the sometimes amusing, sometimes annoying, and sometimes helpful software that tries to simulate conversations with users.  The potential is big, and businesses are wagering a lot of money that chatbots can help their business.  Global Markets Insights estimates that…

Alfresco CAD Rendering Available from Formtek

By Dick Weisinger

CAD Rendering now available for Alfresco New Extension is compatible with both Enterprise and Community The newly released Formtek CAD Rendering Extension provides custom transformers that render AutoCAD and MicroStation files for viewing within Alfresco Share. The CAD Rendering Extension…