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Health Care Data Storage: Health Care IT Executives Worry about Rapid Data Growth

By Dick Weisinger

Over the next two years, data managed by health care providers about their patients and their businesses is expected to increase dramatically.  Three drivers for the huge uptake of data, as identified in an Iron Mountain report on HIMSS analytics,…

ERP and Enterprise Software: Implementation Costs Drop Dramatically

By Dick Weisinger

The costs of ERP implementations are dropping significantly.  A survey by Panorama found that in 2012 the average cost to implement an ERP project was $7.1 million, but in 2013 the price tag had dropped to $2.8 million.  Even so, 54 percent…

Storage: Long-Term Low-Cost COLD Storage Solutions

By Dick Weisinger

Recently at the Open Compute Summit, Facebook VP of Engineering, Jay Parikh described how Facebook has rigged together a system based on 10,000 Blu-ray discs that fit into a single cabinet, capable of storing 1 petabyte of data.  Facebook plans…

Green Data Centers: As Data Centers Multiple so do Attempts to Make the Operations Green

By Dick Weisinger

Data centers are changing.  Increased popularity of cloud computing and increased data volumes have led to the expansion of existing data centers and the building of new ones.  A report by UBT Tech and InformationWeek found that 60 percent of…

Patent Law Reformed: Challenges to Existing Patents Flood Trial and Appeal Board

By Dick Weisinger

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) was created in September 2012 as part of a patent reform law passed by Congress in 2011.  The board accepts and hears challenges to patents that may have not been properly issued.  The PTAB…