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Internet of Things (IoT): Balancing Security and Privacy with the Technology Benefits

By Dick Weisinger

By 2020, the total world of interconnected devices, the Internet of Things, will reach 212 billion, according to IDC.  This year alone, 1.7 billion PCs, tablets and smartphones are expected to be shipped.  This growing base of interconnected devices causes…

Cyber Security: Cost of Data Breaches Rise

By Dick Weisinger

Data breaches.  Not only are they becoming more frequent, the damage that they inflict is growing.  A study by IBM conducted by the Ponemon Institute found that the average total cost globally of a data breach increased 15 percent in…

Digital Universe: The Speed of Data Creation is Rapidly Accelerating

By Dick Weisinger

The amount of digital data in the world has been doubling every two years, and is expected to increase by a factor of ten between now and 2020.  That’s an increase from 4.4 trillion gigabytes of information available today to…

Software Defined Storage: Efficiency from Virtualization

By Dick Weisinger

Storage vendors are beginning to roll out smart storage systems based on the idea of ‘software defined storage’.  IBM has introduced technology that they’re calling “Elastic Storage“, and EMC has recently announced their ViPR 2.0 product.  New products like these…

Digital Businesses: Full Commitment to Digital Technology Yields Best Results

By Dick Weisinger

Only 21 percent of CEOs have a clear vision for how digital technologies can be used to help their businesses.  That’s one of the major finding of a report on digital strategies by Forrester Research. The Forrester report said that…