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Data Visualization: Collaborative Data Analysis

By Dick Weisinger

“Many Eyes”, a new web site created and hosted by scientists at IBM combines the YouTube-like idea of group sharing with data analysis and visualization. The site lets you upload data from spreadsheets and tables, and to create graphs, charts,…

Innovation: Do Security Restrictions Impede Innovation

By Dick Weisinger

IDC has recently come out with a report developed in conjunction with RSA. The report conclusion was that security restrictions are stifling business innovation. 87 percent said that creating an environment that fostered innovation was important. But 80 percent of…

Storage: "Content Depots" to soak up Unstructured Data

By Dick Weisinger

IDC has coined a new term called “content depot“, defining it as a central enterprise repository set up specifically for managing the rapidly growing amounts of unstructured data. The content depot is often separated from the central enterprise data center.…

Open Source: Not only For Software

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source has changed the landscape of software. Can it be a leveling force in other industries as well? India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is attempting to apply the concept of open source to the field of…

SaaS: The fine line of "Cloud Computing"

By Dick Weisinger

What does “cloud computing” mean to you? The people at Gartner say that there are two popularly accepted definitions for cloud computing, and if you’re not on the same wavelength, you easily can misunderstand or be misunderstood. The most prevalent…