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Blockchain: What Do Businesses Hope to Gain by Using it?

By Dick Weisinger

Blockchain is still a mystery to many.  Many know that it’s the algorithm behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but why is there so much hype around it and what do people plan to do with it? There are a lot…

Security: Data is the Best Weapon to Defend Against Data Breaches

By Dick Weisinger

“Companies are LOSING the cyberwar.  And it gets worse every year. Equifax is now in the news where records for 143 million Americans—that’s about half of us—were stolen,” said Larry Ellison, executive chairman of Oracle, in October 2017. Hackers have…

Cloud Analytics: Analytics will be Primarily Cloud Based within Five Years

By Dick Weisinger

As businesses migrate their data and applications to the cloud that it’s also logical for them to include analytics.  Cloud analytics refers to cloud-based data analytics or business intelligence.  A survey by Teradata found that as many as 83 percent…

Digital Transformation: Businesses Slow to Accept Transformation

By Dick Weisinger

Digital Transformation?  Analysts and consultants like Gartner, EY and PwC say that to compete and succeed, businesses need to adopt new technologies. A new survey by Forrester though found that digital transformation is happening very slowly.  They characterize the progress…

Artificial Intelligence Chips: Google ‘s TPU 3.0 Offers 8x Performance Boost

By Dick Weisinger

In May, Google announced the third generation release of a new chip called a TPU (Tensor Processing Unit).  The first generation of TPUs was release in 2016, followed up shortly afterward with a speed-enhanced TPU version 2.0.  The newest TPU…