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Digital Transformation (DX): The Reincarnation of Businesses as Software Companies

By Dick Weisinger

The future of businesses in America is information, not just more products and services, says IDC. IDC calls it Digital Transformation (DX), a transformation of traditional business to a digital-centric economy. Every company will be a software company.  For example, Jeffrey…

Cloud Computing: A Long-Term Strategy Rather Than Short-Term Tactical One

By Dick Weisinger

The cloud is the number one technology that IT professionals say will impact their companies, according to a recent study by Pluribus.  The cloud is rated higher than other technologies like desktop virtualization and converged infrastructures. 14 percent of IT…

Big Data and Analytics: What to Expect in 2017

By Dick Weisinger

In a nutshell, we can expect the hype around Big Data to continue well into 2017 and beyond.  Next year we can expect to see companies that have been more cautious or skeptical of big data hype to begin at…

Big Data: Analysts Mixed on Speed of Adoption — Is a Slowdown Coming?

By Dick Weisinger

IDC recently announced their forecast for continued strong growth in the Big Data technology.  IDC estimates the Big Data will grow at an annual rate of 11 percent and reach $203 billion by 2020.  The year Big Data industry revenues are…

Healthcare as a Service (HaaS): Virtual Health Assistants to Augment and Replace Today’s Healthcare Visits

By Dick Weisinger

Can the as-a-service paradigm map to the health care market?  Gartner seems to think so.  Gartner thinks that by 2020 40 percent of people will wear a portable health tracking device.  The future of health care is virtual personal health…