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IIoT Deployments to Double: Manufacturers Reinvent Themselves with New Technologies

By Dick Weisinger

In the US, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) hasn’t taken hold yet.  67 percent of manufacturers aren’t using the technology.  But a survey by ABI Research found that 74 percent of companies are investigating and planning to deploy IoT…

Copyright Law: EU Planning to Restrict Data Use

By Dick Weisinger

Tech companies in the EU are worried about proposed legislation to severely restrict the use of data for text mining and big data. The proposed legislation is part of EU copyright reform and would restrict any business in the EU…

IT Operations: Adoption of Internet of Things Drives Investment in ITOM

By Dick Weisinger

IT operations management (ITOM) is the management of the day-to-day activities related to the operation of an organization’s IT infrastructure components and applications, including on-premises data centers, private cloud deployments, and public cloud resources. Gartner predicts that adoption of new technologies like…

Technology: IDC and Gartner Forecast Record Levels for IT Spending in 2017

By Dick Weisinger

As industries digitize their operations, IT benefits by increased spending. Two new recent reports forecast IT funding to hit record spending highs in 2017. IDC predicts IT spending to exceed $2.1 trillion this year which will be 4.5 percent higher…

Cloud Computing: What’s Wrong with SaaS ??

By Dick Weisinger

Given the massive shift to cloud computing and SaaS over the last five years, one can only conclude that the SaaS model must be doing something right.  Cost and Flexibility are the two benefits of SaaS most commonly cited.  But…