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Mobility in 2015: Building a Strategy for Mobility in the Enterprise

By Dick Weisinger

Analysts agree that in 2015 businesses will be trying to piece together a coherent strategy for managing mobile as part of their IT infrastructure as smartphones and tablets are increasingly being used. Judith Hurwitz, president and CEO of research firm…

Internet Security: Businesses Struggle to Defend Against Persistent DDoS Attacks

By Dick Weisinger

It may come as no surprise, but hacker activity and the sophistication of that activity has been dramatically increasing.  A recent report by Akamai found that just between Q2 and Q3 2014 that the total number of DDoS attacks increased…

Smart Cities: Living in a World of Perpetual Beta

By Dick Weisinger

The idea of smart cities is taking off.  Around the world, cities and their architects are pledging to make their cities smart. Smart cities have sustainable energy and development; they have an integrated information, communications and technology (ICT) system; they…

Software Development: Scientific Research Jeopardized by Black-Box Software

By Dick Weisinger

In 2009, a scandal nicknamed ‘Climategate‘ hit the scientific community in the UK after hackers broke into the computers of the University of East Anglia.  The researchers had refused to release the data analysis software for public review that they…

Security: Securing Your Credit Card with Quantum Physics

By Dick Weisinger

Quantum-Secure Authentication (QSA) is a new technology that relies on the quantum properties of photons and their ability to be in multiple places at once.  Recently researchers say that using QSA it’s possible to create secure unhackable credit cards. The…