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IT Budgets: Political Uncertainty Causes 2017 IT Spending Estimates to be Trimmed

By Dick Weisinger

Global IT spending is expected to reach $3.46 trillion in 2017, a 2.7 percent increase over 2016, according to a report by Gartner.  But that estimate is a downward revision over previous 2017 estimates, and it follows up from two…

Corporate Data: Principles of Data-First Businesses

By Dick Weisinger

The growth of Big Data and Analytics has shown many companies the value in using data.  The value that companies can derive from data has caused some to begin to adopt a data-first approach. In order to promote a data-first…

Cloud Computing: Slowdown in Moore’s Law Promotes Move to the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

“Moore’s Law is slowing down,” says Urs Hölzle, Google’s senior vice president for technical infrastructure.  While developments like Quantum Computing might transfer Moore’s Law to a new generation of computing technology, that still is likely some time away.  Instead, in…

Cyber Hacking: Ransomware Hackers Hit Manufacturing Hard

By Dick Weisinger

A report by Fortinet found that over just the seven months between October 2015 and April 2016 that there were 8.63 million hacking attacks made against just 59 manufacturers that were surveyed. Not all of these attacks are ransomware, but…

Internet of Things: Annual Global Spending on IoT Edging Quickly Towards $1 Trillion

By Dick Weisinger

The Internet of Things (IoT) is spreading fast.  A recent IDC report predicts that by 2020 that the Internet of Things (IoT) annual global sales will exceed $1.29 trillion.  In 2016, global IoT spending was $737 billion, which includes investments in…