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IDC’s 3rd Platform: Predictions on the Direction of the Cloud, Big Data and Mobile in 2015

By Dick Weisinger

IDC recently released their predictions for the direction of IT in 2015.  These include: Within the ICT segment, one third of the spending will be on what IDC calls ‘3rd platform‘.  IDC refers to technologies like Cloud Computing, Big Data,…

Internet of Things: Cooperation Between Industry and Government

By Dick Weisinger

The British government recently published a detailed report about the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on government, something that they’re calling the ‘second digital revolution’.  The report is called the Blackett Review, named after the Nobel Prize winner…

Cloud Computing: Businesses Slow to Formalize Cloud Usage Policies

By Dick Weisinger

A recent report by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) looked at how businesses are using cloud services. The CSA report found that “while security remains the top barrier to cloud adoption, a lack of knowledge and experience on the part…

Artificial Intelligence: Futurists Worry of AI and Robots Going Rampant

By Dick Weisinger

Scientists, entrepreneurs, futurists and investors have joined together to issue a warning about what the future of technology may bring.  Without oversight and understanding, technology like artificial intelligence may overreach it’s intended purpose and unleash unwanted safety and social problems.…

Tech Spending 2015: Focus is on Cybersecurity

By Dick Weisinger

Cybersecurity it 2015’s top priority for most CIOs.  That’s according to a recent survey by the brokerage company Piper Jaffray. “CIOs clearly have heightened concerns from the many security breaches that occurred in 2014, resulting in an inflection in overall security spending.”…