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Cloud Computing: Federal Surveillance Actions Threaten US Cloud Vendors

By Dick Weisinger

The US Cloud Computing industry stands to lose up to $35 billion over the next three years as a result of revelations about the NSA PRISM program, estimates the Washington, D.C.-based think-tank Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).  Estimates of…

Storage: The Future is With Software

By Dick Weisinger

IDC reports that the enterprise storage market is shifting to one that is centered around software.  Sales from file- and object-based storage (FOBS) are expected to reach $23 billion in 2013 and to grow to more than $38 billion by…

Tablet Computing: A Market Undergoing HyperGrowth

By Dick Weisinger

Since the first release of the iPad in April 2010, the tablet market has exploded with what Forrester Research calls “hyper-growth”. Forrester predicts that between 2012 and 2017 that tablets will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 25.6…

Enterprise Software: Dispelling the Myths of the Software Market

By Dick Weisinger

A recent report by Forrester’s Stefan Ried identifies myths that surround the 2013 business software business.  Chris Kanaracus of IDG News Service summarized some of the findings in that report: Myth – Enterprises Have Embraced Public Social Networks “Not quite…

Records Managements: Slowly, Federal Agencies are Achieving Improved Records Handling

By Dick Weisinger

NARA, the National Archives for managing federal records, now maintains more than 12 billion pages of physical records, 42 million photographs, and 500 terabytes of electronic records. The 40 main federal government agencies will be expected to manage 20.4 billion records…