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Storage: Despite Cloud Storage Options, Backup/Restores Remain a Thorn for Many IT

By Dick Weisinger

Data backup and restore is causing many IT department managers to lose sleep. Many groups are grappling with the problem of growing data volumes.  The Symform survey found that more than half of companies expect their data storage requirements to…

Big Data: Explosive Growth of Data Analytics and Big Data Predicted Through 2015

By Dick Weisinger

Big Data and the related data analytics market segment are expected to grow 40 percent over the next three years, taking taking 2010’s annual market size of $3.2 billion to $16.9 billion by 2015.  That’s the prediction from  IDC.  Big…

Business Intelligence: BI Market is Ripe for Small Hyper-Growth Vendors

By Dick Weisinger

Business Intelligence (BI), analytic applications and performance management software sales grew robustly in 2011 by 16.4 percent from the previous year, totallying $12.2 billion, according to Gartner.  BI software now ranks as the second fastest growing business software sector.  An…

Mobile Security: Mitigating Risks in the 24×7 Connected World

By Dick Weisinger

A survey by Symantec found that an overwhelming majority of businesses are embracing mobility and equipping their employees with mobile devices.  Hundreds of millions of employees are using their smartphones now to access corporate applications and data. CJ Desai, senior…

Single Sign On/Technology: Security Flaws Prove Worrisome

By Dick Weisinger

Single sign-on (SSO) creates a single authentication mechanism that allows a user to gain access to multiple software systems after logging in once.  It eliminates the need to separately login to each application that the user interacts with and reduced…