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Open Source: Customers Care about Patents — or do they?

By Dick Weisinger

A couple of recent articles review the content of some conference calls made with Matthew Lawton of IDC. In a parallel article from SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, Lawton discussed Linux, Open Source and Virtualization. In an article by internetnews.com, Lawton goes into the…

Compliance: EU Regulations Find Companies Unprepared

By Dick Weisinger

The clock is ticking for finance companies in the Europe. In November the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) will go into effect. The new regulation would require investment firms to find and execute public trades at the best price,…

Data Archival: Unlocking Data in Old File Formats

By Dick Weisinger

New technologies have greatly simplified the process of creating and publishing information, but many worry that today’s data being archived electronically is in danger of no longer being viewable as rapid cycles of technology change quickly obsolete the software and…

eDiscovery: Companies are not Prepared

By Dick Weisinger

Contoural and Osterman Research have released a report finding that most companies are ill-prepared for addressing the challenges of eDiscovery. Only 6 percent of the companies responding felt that they confidently could meet and respond to any questions that might…

Technology: Is Data Mining Misguided?

By Dick Weisinger

Data mining is a technique that tries to sort through massive amounts of data to extract useful information. It is often used by business intelligence, financial analysis and marketing organizations. But now some are saying that data mining is not…