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Data Literacy: Workers Trained in Data Will Transform Businesses and Industry

By Dick Weisinger

“Data literacy is the ability to read, understand, create and communicate data as information,” is the definition given by Wikipedia.  But it is easier said than done. Jennifer Pahlka, Founder and Executive Director for Code for America, said that “our…

Internet of Things (IoT) Security Spending: Revenues up as Worries about Security Abound

By Dick Weisinger

Spending globally on IoT security is expected to reach $1.5 billion this year as organization worry about the vulnerability of their IoT connected devices, an increase of 28 percent over 2017, says Gartner. The Garner report found that about one-fifth…

Java 10: Oracle Picks up the Pace with new Six-Month Release Cycle

By Dick Weisinger

Java 10 is here.  But if you are still running on versions 6,7 or 8, you may not be alone.  Do you even remember Java 9 being released? After a number of years of few upgrades or progress with Java…

Data Centers: They’re Shrinking in Numbers But Bulking in Size

By Dick Weisinger

The total number of data centers globally is decreasing.  IDC says that the total number hit a peak in 2017 and expected to slowly decline.  As businesses move their data to the cloud there is less of a need of…

RPA: Bringing Greater Productivity to Enterprise Processes

By Dick Weisinger

Big Data, Machine Learning, and Data Analytics dominate headlines about technologies being adopted by enterprises, but a study from KPMG found that the top enterprise investment isn’t in any of those technologies, it’s in  Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Forrester Research…