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Microservices: Huge Potential, but getting it Right Requires Discipline, Organization and Maturity

By Dick Weisinger

Microservices is a type of software architecture that decomposes applications and projects into independent modules that perform well-defined and discrete tasks.  Microservices are self-contained and are accessed via a well-defined API interface. Promoters of microservices note that scalability and granularity…

Cybersecurity: Users Stressed by Constant News of Data Hacks and Breaches

By Dick Weisinger

People are getting stressed out by worries of hacking and cyber threats. A Kaspersky Lab report found that 81 percent of Americans feel stressed every time they see news about data breaches. Heidi Hanna, executive director of the American Institute of…

Artificial Intelligence: AI Business Value to Exceed $1.2 Trillion Annually

By Dick Weisinger

Artificial Intelligence is on a streak.  Gartner expects the AI market to exceed $1.2 trillion dollars this year and to reach nearly $4 billion by 2022.  The market is currently growing at about 70 percent.  Businesses are applying AI technology…

Augmented Reality: AR and VR to Improve Engineering and Product Development

By Dick Weisinger

20 percent of enterprises will be using Augmented Reality within their operations by 2019, according to a forecast by Gartner. Lumus Vision predicts that by 2025 the use of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality market within the engineering sector will…

Security: Antivirus Software Can’t Keep Up with Next-Generation Malware

By Dick Weisinger

Malware is becoming more sophisticated and capable of evading standard antivirus software.  A survey from Minerva Labs found that antivirus software can protect only against about 70 percent of newer types of malware.  While the suggestion here is not to…