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Storage: Sales Spike as Demand to Keep up with Data Growth Soars

By Dick Weisinger

One sure signal that huge amounts of data are being collected is the growth that’s being seen in the storage market.  IDC reports that revenues in the storage market increased by 34 percent to $13 billion during Q1 2018.  The…

Software: When Agile Methodology Goes Wrong

By Dick Weisinger

A recent article by Karin Ahlbäck, engagement manager at McKinsey, was titled “The Drawbacks of Agility.”  The article doesn’t really uncover problems with agility per se.  Instead it notes that when agility is “misused” or not correctly implemented, “it can trigger…

Analytics and Business Intelligence: BI Platforms Target Skills Gap with AI and Sophisticated Self-Serve Analytics

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner recommends businesses begin looking past just analytics dashboards and standard visualizations when using Business Intelligence (BI).  As the market matures, software is becomming smarter, more scalable, and able to support complex analysis and data models, but delivered in a…

Cryptocurrencies: Size and Transaction Speed Scalability Issues Threaten Viability

By Dick Weisinger

Bitcoin and Ethereum are two of the larged blockchain implementations.  Both have had problems addressing scalability, and these problems have threatened the long-term viability of the technologies.  Both of these cryptocurrencies have had issues with transaction speeds and overall data…

5G: Next Generation Mobile Rolls out to 11 US Cities in 2018

By Dick Weisinger

5G is coming soon to your city. Eleven cities in the US will have 5G options before the end of 2018.  The cities include Sacramento, Seattle, Atlanta and Washington D.C. Daniel Gleeson, analyst at Ovum, said that “5G is the…