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Cloud Computing: Rogue Clouds Bring Unexpected Costs and Security Issues

By Dick Weisinger

Rogue Clouds refer to the unapproved use of cloud services within an organization.   Rogue clouds increasingly are causing security issues and resulting unplanned for expenses. A report by Symantec finds that 77 percent of all businesses have been hit…

eDiscovery: Businesses Continue to Struggle with Information Retention

By Dick Weisinger

It’s another year and time for another survey to report that most organizations have data retention programs that are incomplete or severely lacking, leaving themselves exposed to the legal and financial risks of an eDiscovery request. A Symantec survey looked…

IT Budgets: Are Enterprise Architects Calling the Shots now?

By Dick Weisinger

Increasingly fewer decisions about IT are being made directly by IT departments.  The cloud is a primary area where IT is losing its grip.  A study by CapGemini found that 45 percent of decisions to use the cloud are made…

IT Spending: Global Spending Expected to Notch Upwards in 2013

By Dick Weisinger

Spending for IT in 2013 is looking up.  Gartner is predicting that 2013 will see a growth of 4.2 percent, higher than what they were predicting for the year in late 2012.  At that rate, global IT spending in 2013…

Big Data: Data Brokers to Flourish in Coming Golden Age of Monetized Data

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner predicts that companies will soon rely on data brokers to help them package and resell the data which they collect.  By 2016 as many as 30 percent of companies will be trading and selling the data which they collect.…