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Big Data: Businesses See Benefits but Many are still on the Sidelines

By Dick Weisinger

A report from EMC finds that three-quarters of businesses agree that investing in technology is the right strategic way for their company to grow.  Further, 79 percent went say that adoption of data analysis techniques based on Big Data would…

Technology and Computing: Today’s Software Paradigm will Break Down with Next-Generation Exascale Supercomputers

By Dick Weisinger

Both governments and businesses are working to develop the next level of supercomputing: exascale computing.  Since 2008 supercomputers have been operating in the petascale range.  Computerworld estimates that supercomputers will reach the exascale computing range by 2018, and most analysts…

ERP: Cloud and Mobile Features Entice Businesses into Migrating to Newer Systems

By Dick Weisinger

Many companies turn to ERP software to gain competitive advantage. “Competitive pressure is driving ERP adoption, as companies have to stay at the forefront of their peer group. If they fall too far behind, the ability to remain competitive becomes…

BPM in 2014: Businesses Try to Squeeze their Processes for Maximum Efficiency

By Dick Weisinger

“Business process management (BPM) is the discipline of managing processes (rather than tasks) as the means for improving business performance outcomes and operational agility. Processes span organizational boundaries, linking together people, information flows, systems and other assets to create and…

Cloud Computing: Consolidation to Wipe Away a Quarter of Existing Top 100 Vendors

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner is predicting a major reconsolidation of cloud vendors, so much so that by 2015 25 percent of today’s top 100 IT cloud service vendors will be gone.  That presents a certain amount of risks to the buyers of these…