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Custom Chips: Technology Vendors Invest in Design of Custom Semiconductors and Chips

By Dick Weisinger

As technology behemoths like Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and Google grow massive investments in data centers, they are increasingly looking to build the chips and electronics that drive those centers themselves.  Companies like Intel and Qualcomm currently are two of the…

Artificial Intelligence: Best ROI Comes When AI is Applied to Existing Digital Use Cases

By Dick Weisinger

Your investment in artificial intelligence (AI) has the highest probability of paying off if you can select a use case to apply it that already exists and where the data involved is digital, according to a report by McKinsey. Michael…

Security: The Expensive Afterthought of not Designing for Security Up-Front

By Dick Weisinger

Security continues to be an afterthought in the development of new technologies. Ten years ago, Larry Dignan, editor in chief at ZDNet, had this observation about what the top priorities are for developer and customers: Software Developer Priorities Cook up applications…

AMPLEXOR to offer the Formtek Engineering Data Management Solution for Alfresco in Europe

By Dick Weisinger

June 12, 2018.   Walnut Creek, California USA — Formtek, Inc. announced that it has signed a Partnership Agreement with AMPLEXOR Belgium NV.  AMPLEXOR is a consulting services and solutions provider leading in Digital Experience, Business Compliance and Content Globalization Solutions,…

Linux: Microsoft Gives in and Becomes a Believer with Introduction of a Custom Linux-Powered Chip

By Dick Weisinger

“Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches,” said former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer back in 2001. Times have changed. After more than a decade of fighting against Linux, Microsoft has changed it’s…