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Enterprise IT: Many Executives Want to Tear it Down and Start Over

By Dick Weisinger

In just four years time the role of Enterprise IT and CIOs is expected to change dramatically.  Researchers Jeanne G. Harris and Allan E. Alter at Accenture’s Institute for High Performance have conducted and published the results of a survey…

Cloud Computing: In Four Years, One-Third of all Consumer Data Will Be In the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

Currently about 7 percent of all consumer content is stored in the cloud.  Gartner says that this is changing rapidly and that by 2016 36 percent of all consumer data will be stored in the cloud.  A key factor in…

Big Data: Small Companies More Aggressive in Adoption of Big Data

By Dick Weisinger

Small companies see opportunities in Big Data.  A recent survey of SMEs by SAP finds that 76 percent have plans for using Big Data and analytics.  70 percent of SMEs making investment in Big Data initiatives expect to be able to…

Big Data: Use of Data Analytics for Business Intelligence Increases, but Data Set Sizes Remain Small

By Dick Weisinger

While many companies have a strong interest in Big Data and amny say that they are already using it, a report from Karmasphere finds that data analytics is being increasingly used, but data sets still remain relatively small with SQL still being…

Big Data: Data Sleuths Counter Security Attacks With Intelligence-Led Security

By Dick Weisinger

Intelligence-led Security is a knowledge-based approach to detecting and predicting threats to security.  The data sets used in the analysis include things like  network packet capture, sensors, compliance monitoring, threat intelligence, and application and network audit logs.  Intelligence-led security works…