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Social Media: Users Weary of Social Media, Drop out from Burnout

By Dick Weisinger

It comes as no surprise, but by far the most active users of Social Media are aged 18-29.  A survey by Pew found that 86 percent of people in that age group actively use Social Media.  The report found that…

Cloud Computing: Cloud Security and Messaging Poised for Rapid Growth

By Dick Weisinger

Increasingly businesses are migrating their applications and pieces of their IT infrastructure to the cloud. Bryan Britz, research director at Gartner, said that “Public cloud adoption is accelerating and public cloud services do, and will, cannibalize IT services spending in the…

Cloud Computing: On-Premise versus Cloud uptimes

By Dick Weisinger

While having all your applications running in your own data center may give you a better sense of control compared to a scenario where they’re running in the cloud, the uptimes of major cloud players typically exceed the uptimes provided…

Open Source / Open Development / Open Design: Leveraging Transparency for Greater Success

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source is  “a software development method that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process,” says the Open Source Initiative. Open Source software has had many successes with perhaps Linux been the most noteworthy example. William Eshagh,…

Business Intelligence: Businesses Use Visualization and Drill-Downs to Discover Data Insights

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner’s recent research (download the report complementary from Microstrategy or from Tableau) on the Business Intelligence (BI) market shows that both Business Intelligence and the complementary technology Big Data markets grew significantly in 2012.  The BI market is on track…