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Linux: Enterprises Shift Servers from UNIX and Windows

By Dick Weisinger

Spending by enterprises on servers is growing at an annual rate of just 3.1 percent.  The three dominant enterprise server Operating Systems being used are Linux, Windows and UNIX.  Not too surprisingly, enterprises are dropping older Unix servers in favor…

Big Data: Most Businesses are Still on the Sidelines

By Dick Weisinger

Big Data has become a hot topic not only in tech journals and magazines, it’s also a topic that’s been picked up and heavily covered by the popular media, for example, it’s a frequent topic in the Wall Street Journal,…

Records Management: Federal Agencies are Over-budget and Swamped with Rapidly Increasing Record Volumes

By Dick Weisinger

While the federal government budget has allocated $29.4 million for the purpose of records management, a study by MeriTalk, sponsored by Iron Mountain, found that the actual spending on records management is actually $34.4 million, $5 million over budget.  At…

Infrastructure and Operations: Pressured by Fewer Dollars and Rapidly Changing Business Process Requirements

By Dick Weisinger

Business IT Infrastructure and Operations are being pressured by two, often competing, forces: Business groups pushing IT to help drive and support changing business processes Shrinking Budgets have IT organizations looking at ways to save I&O dollars Keeping Pace with…

Cloud Computing Security: IT Leaders Too 'Hands Off' When it Comes to Cloud Security

By Dick Weisinger

About half of organizations have policies in place that for vetting cloud computing applications for possible security risks before deploying them, according to a report from the Ponemon Institute on the state of Cloud User Security in 2013.  The group…