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Big Data: Businesses Increasingly Pilot Big Data Projects

By Dick Weisinger

Over 75 percent of mid to large-size companies plan to adopt Big Data solutions over the next year, according to a survey sponsored by Microsoft.  62 percent of the companies interviewed store more than 100 terabytes of data, while nearly…

Cloud Computing and SOA: Enterprises Roll Their Services in the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

“The fact of the matter is that the best and most effective way to move to the cloud for an enterprise whose technology platforms reflect decades of enterprise IT neglect is to use SOA as an approach and process. Just…

Technology: Are Cloud and Mobile Pulling us Forward or Holding us Back?

By Dick Weisinger

Forrester recently took out their crystal ball to attempt some predictions for what the world of technology will look like three years from now.  Not surprisingly, they see today’s top hot technologies of cloud, mobile, social and data as laying…

Cloud Computing Benefits: Both Financial and Operational

By Dick Weisinger

Two primary benefits of cloud computing are financial and operational, says FreshlyTechy in a SeattlePI article. Consider the financial benefits of the cloud.   A survey by KPGM found that 70 percent of businesses say that the cloud has already brought them…

Big Data: Exposing Value in Data with Big Analytics

By Dick Weisinger

IDC estimates that the Big Data marketplace is growing at a rate of 32 percent, seven times faster than the entire information and communication technology market, and will reach $23.8 billion in 2016.  Similarly, Gartner estimated Big Data business to…