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Cloud Computing: Business Move to the 'Third Platform' — the Nexus of Forces

By Dick Weisinger

First there were mainframes, and after that there were PC’s.  In this progression of computing technology, IDC identifies the next phase of computing as a combination of cloud computing, mobile devices and Big Data.  IDC refers to this next generation

Big Data Infrastructure/Storage: Demand for Data Drives Infrastructure Spending

By Dick Weisinger

“Mobile devices are creating a culture where people expect data to be available on demand from any­where at anytime. With data now available on the Cloud and in devices, businesses need to start taking it seriously,” said Andy Purvis, general

Enterprise Software: Big Data and Analytics Show Strong Growth

By Dick Weisinger

Despite the frequency with which Microsoft is beat up in the news as a company that’s no longer relevant, a recent report by IDC shows that Microsoft is by far and away the largest global software vendor, controlling 17.1 percent

Software Development: The Rise of Git for Source Code Management

By Dick Weisinger

Git is a distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) tool for software development.  It was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development.  Torvalds first release of Git was in April 2005.  It has become

Big Data: IT Beefing up Storage, Bandwidth and Staffing to Take on Big Data

By Dick Weisinger

Two-thirds of IT managers think that Big Data will be a top strategic priority for their company over the next five years, and 60 percent of IT managers think that using Big Data will help them improve their ability to