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Cloud Computing: Spending Up, but Managing Costs is Difficult

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud computing showed a 21.7 percent year over year growth rate in the fourth quarter 2017, according to IDC.  The estimates include contributions from both the public and private cloud. The industries that are spending the most on the cloud…

Digital Transformation: Is Your Business Poised for Disruption or to be Disrupted?

By Dick Weisinger

Is your business a disruptor or one that is poised to be toppled by disruption?  Which side of the coin are you on? A recent survey by Dimensional Research and funded by Alfresco found that the odds are pretty even…

Security and Open Source: Open Source Components Save Time but Need to be Closely Monitored

By Dick Weisinger

Is Open Source code vulnerable?  Open Source code is very widely used.  Typically software code bases consist of anywhere from 75 percent to 90 percent of open source.  The problem is that those dependencies are usually black boxes that developers…

Worldwide AI Spending: Digital Transformation Powered by AI Goes Global

By Dick Weisinger

“Interest and awareness of AI is at a fever pitch. Every industry and every organisation should be evaluating AI to see how it will affect their business processes and go-to-market efficiencies,”  said David Schubmehl, research director at IDC. Global spending on Artificial…

Security: Bad Bots Use Increasingly Sophisticated Techniques to Impersonate Humans

By Dick Weisinger

Malicious bots are on the prowl on the internet. A report from Distil estimates that more than one-fifth of internet traffic is from “bad bots.”  Up nearly 10 percent over last year.  “Good bots” also account for another fifth of…