Access and Feeds

Blog Archives

Security: Multi-Factor Authentication Replacing Standard Passwords

By Dick Weisinger

Security is by far the number one concern that most businesses cite when considering a move of any of their data to the cloud. To counter these concerns, cloud vendors are doing all they can to improve security. For example,…

Cloud Computing: Six Reasons Enterprises are Moving to the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

Businesses are buying into the idea of cloud computing in a big way. A recent Verizon report on cloud computing found that over the last 18 months that the average amount spent by enterprises on cloud services has increased 45…

Data-Driven Innovation (DDI): More Data Provides Will Enable More Refined Economic Forecasts

By Dick Weisinger

McKinsey identified Big Data as one of five areas that have the potential to accelerate growth in the US economy. A McKinsey report found that “advances in computing and analytics is transforming a sea of data into insights that create…

HIPAA: Deadline Looms for Complying with Updated Patient Privacy Regulations

By Dick Weisinger

The HIPAA omnibus rule is a recent update to the HIPAA regulations originally established in 1996. HIPAA is designed to protect the privacy of patients. The Department of Health and Human Services published online that “This final omnibus rule marks…

Cloud Computing: Azure is Speedy but AWS is More ‘Enterprise-Complete’ and Continues to Dominate the Market

By Dick Weisinger

How do the major cloud computing infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) vendors stack up? Recent reports show, unsurprisingly, that Amazon’s AWS is the clear leader. Synergy Research reports that in Q2 2013 that Amazon…