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Internet of Things: The World of IoT is already here

By Dick Weisinger

We’re already living in the world of the Internet of Things (IoT).  IDC estimates that there are already 20 billion devices that can connect to the internet and that number will grow to 32 billion by 2020. Tony Olvet, IDC…

Open Source Patents: Opening Up Automotive Technology

By Dick Weisinger

Last week Tesla announced that it will open source its entire portfolio of electric vehicle patents.   It promised not to initiate patent lawsuits against anyone using their technology “in good faith.”  By opening up the technology, Musk hopes to jump-start…

Shadow IT and Cloud Computing: Users Take Risks for Better Productivity

By Dick Weisinger

Shadow IT is the introduction and use of non-approved IT systems inside organizations.  It is a grass-roots effort by employees to use tools and applications that they think can help them get their jobs done more quickly or more efficiently…

Fog Computing: Computing Platform for the Internet of Everything

By Dick Weisinger

Fog Computing, sometimes called Edge Computing, is computing that is done on local connected devices.  It’s a concept that Cisco in particular has been promoting.  The idea is an alternative or complement to cloud computing.  Rather than moving data back…

High Performance Computing: Applying Supercomputing to the World’s Most Difficult Problems

By Dick Weisinger

High Performance Computing (HPC) is the term applied to computers that are the fastest and most-cutting edge in their abilities to parse and solve very complex problems.  As computing machines become ever more sophisticated and capable, the bar continually rises…