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Open Source: It’s about Security, Quality and Features, not just Cost

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source software gained early popularity because it was free.  But today, Open Source is more often being used by businesses for other reasons.  Reasons like security, quality, and features. In a recent survey by Black Duck Software, 72 percent said…

Security: A New Algorithm Provides ‘Unbreakable’ Encryption

By Dick Weisinger

Encryption algorithms are often based on ‘keys’.  Algorithms to date have been based off of selecting a key from a very large, but still finite, set.  If someone had enough time and computing resources, codes can be eventually hacked.  But…

Open Data: Unlocking $3 Trillion of Untapped Value

By Dick Weisinger

The Open Data 500 is a study conducted at New York University’s GovLab and funded by the Knight Foundation.  The purpose of the project is to promote the dissemination and use of data collected by the government.  The project encourages…

Technology Spending: Line-of-Businesses Now Spend More on Technology than IT

By Dick Weisinger

Gradually there has been a shift in funding technology projects from IT budgets to line-of-business budgets.  In 2014, $275.2 billion is expected to be spent by businesses to fund technology projects.  That’s nearly 55 percent of all money spent on…

Big Data Beat Up: Backlash Attacks on the Technology

By Dick Weisinger

After considerable positive hype, the skirmishes and attacks against Big Data technology have begun. On the one hand there are those that either say we don’t need Big Data or that Big Data isn’t really anything different than standard data…