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Cloud Computing: For SMEs, Other Technologies are more Important than the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

Which technologies matter most for small and medium companies today? A survey by Oxford Economics, sponsored by SAP, determined the top five.  While the technologies that made the list are in themselves not surprising, the relative rankings may be. The…

Outsourcing: Gartner Lowers Growth Forecast for the Year

By Dick Weisinger

IT spending on outsourcing is being pinched and Gartner has lowered their forecast for growth in IT outsourcing to just 2.88 percent for 2013, bringing the total spend on outsourcing in 2013 to $288 billion. Bryan Britz, Gartner Research Vice…

Security: More Businesses are Aware of Security Dangers, but Many Remain Unprepared

By Dick Weisinger

Headline stories about “cyber warfare” and data breaches have caused more than two-thirds of businesses to elevate their focus on information security, but many of those same companies still remain unprepared should their business become a victim to a breach…

Performance Computing: Big Data and Analytics Accelerate Adoption of HPC

By Dick Weisinger

The High Performance Computing (HPC) market grew by 5.3 percent in the first quarter of 2013 to reach $2.5 billion, up from $2.4 billion in 2012.  Shipments of HPC computers came in at 33,511 units in the first quarter, up…

Open Data: G8 Nations Agree to a Charter of Sharing

By Dick Weisinger

An Open Data Charter was agreed to at the latest G8 Summit in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It established five strategic Open Data principles that all G8 members would abide by.  Members of the G8 include UK, US, Germany, France, Italy,…