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Open Source: Default Base for Software Development

By Dick Weisinger

For nine years the Black Duck and North Bridge Open Source Software survey has reviewed usage statistics of open source software across organizations.  In early years the survey results were eye-opening and surprising.  A decade ago few thought that open source…

Enterprise Content Management (ECM): AIIM sees Major Disruption as Businesses Move Content to the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

A recent report by AIIM finds the state of the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) industry under disruption and the technology will be dramatically different in a “post-ECM” era by 2020.  Much of the report focuses on the general move of…

Big Data: Spark, Storm and Now DataTorrent Compete for Open Source Real-time Streaming Data in Hadoop

By Dick Weisinger

There’s a new option available for open-source real-time data processing in Hadoop: DataTorrent.  After roughly two years since the introduction of DataTorrent, the platform has now moved to an open-source Apache 2.0 license to allow it to better compete against rival…

Innovation: Trying to Foster Creativity by Applying Metrics

By Dick Weisinger

Everyone talks about innovation and disruption and changes across all industries.  Harvard Business Review reports that established businesses are worried about disruptions and have set up innovation teams to make sure the business remains strong and competitive.  Companies like AIG, Disney…

APIs: Virtual Assets that are the Key to Driving a High Tech Business

By Dick Weisinger

Companies like Uber, Airbnb, Facebook, Alibaba, and Paypal are examples of businesses that have high valuations but which don’t have any physical assets.  One thing these businesses do have though is software and these businesses are experts in using Application Program Interfaces…