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Cloud Computing Security: The Road to a Secure Cloud is Likely to be a Long One

By Dick Weisinger

Security threats are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated.  A survey by Arbor Networks about Infrastructure Security found that: 30 percent of organizations report seeing Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) against their internal networks over the last year. All organizations reported seeing…

Smart Cities: Cities Move Past the Inflection Point of Knowing the Benefits of being Smart to Implementation of Smart Technology

By Dick Weisinger

“In 2014 we will be looking at the move of Smart Cities into the mainstream as we see governments commit finance and policy to smart city development, deployments of smart city protocols and operating platforms and acceptance of smart technologies…

3D Printing: The Coming Revolution in Manufacturing

By Dick Weisinger

3D printing market is expected to grow more than 20 percent annually, reaching $5 billion by 2017, based on estimates from ReportsnReports.com.  The report concludes that plastics will remain as the dominant material used for printing, but that metal printers…

Cloud Computing: Emerging Markets will likely Leapfrog Developed Nations in Cloud Adoption

By Dick Weisinger

There’s been tremendous growth in cloud computing over the last few years in the US and Europe.  But that growth may be dwarfed by the cloud growth that’s expected to occur in emerging markets.  IDC is forecasting 37 percent annual…

Technology: IT Departments are Often the Worst Shadow IT Offenders

By Dick Weisinger

Shadow IT refers to technology built or used within an organization without official approval. While Shadow IT can often make employees more productive, the flip side is that the use of unapproved IT tools can often lead to security and…