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Construction IT: Industry Lags All Others in Technology Spend

By Dick Weisinger

The construction industry has consistently ranked last among all industries in terms of investment in technology.  More than one-third of companies spend less than 1 percent of their revenue on IT, and more than half spend less than 2 percent.…

Big Data: Big Data Project Results Exceed Expectations

By Dick Weisinger

Businesses say that Big Data works for them.  Nearly three-quarter of businesses that have tried to use Big Data say that their results have exceeded their expectations. This is just one finding from recent analyst reports on the Big Data…

Cloud Computing: Cloud Grew to $110 Billion in 2015, Becoming a MainStream Phenomenon

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud vendors took in a total of $110 billion globally from the 12-month period ending in September 2015, according to an estimate by Synergy Research.  That’s 28 percent growth over the previous period.  Public cloud revenues grew at 51 percent…

Android Mobile: OpenJDK to Power Future Versions of the Mobile OS

By Dick Weisinger

The next major release of Android, Android N, will be based on Oracle’s OpenJDK instead of the Apache Harmony “clean room” implementation of Java.  Many speculate that the change comes as a result of the lawsuit against Google by Oracle.  OpenJDK…

Internet of Things (IoT): Smart Cities, Commercial Buildings and Homes are Major Early IoT Adopters

By Dick Weisinger

Smart City IoT devices are expected to increase in number by nearly 40 percent this year, reaching 1.6 billion devices, according to Gartner.  Devices used as part of building information management systems are driving the growth.  The building devices include…