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Blockchain Patents: Businesses Register Blockchain Patents

By Dick Weisinger

Bitcoin and BlockChain were first invented in 2009. Over the last few years, numerous patents have been filed for how blockchain can be applied to applications other than as a currency.  Especially in the financial industry, the Bank of America…

Cloud Computing: Huge Growth in Public Cloud Service and Infrastructure Spending

By Dick Weisinger

Which industries are adopting the public cloud?  A report from IDC finds that discrete manufacturing, professional services, and banking are the leaders. Industries where the spending growth is the greatest include media, retail, and telecom.  The US is still spending the most…

IoT + BlockChain = IOTA: A Second Generation BlockChain Implementation

By Dick Weisinger

The Internet of Things  (IoT) is all about machines and devices that collect, transmit, and sometimes receive information on the internet. Blockchain is a unique way to make a secure record of a transaction and then publicly record the details…

Business Intelligence (BI): Analytics Can’t Keep Up with the Constant Change in What’s Being Measured

By Dick Weisinger

Businesses love the hype promised by business intelligence and analytics.  They generally love the results too.  But the problem is that they can’t get those results fast enough. A report from TDWI found that businesses complain that getting their analytics…

Data Virtualization: Building a Single Common Interface to Business Data Sources

By Dick Weisinger

Data virtualization provides a real-time “virtual” interface to data that originates from multiple data sources.  Data virtualization is useful for applications like Business Intelligence (BI), Big Data, and in organizations with federated repositories.  Data virtualization typically allows read/write access with…