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Domain Specific Language: Empowering Domain Experts

By Dick Weisinger

You’re likely familiar with computer programming languages like C, Java and Python.  These languages are considered  general-purpose procedural languages and often taught in schools and used across industries for software designed almost any type of problem. Recently there’s been a rise…

Data and Computations: (Bandwidth + Compute Power + Algorithms + Collaboration) = Turbocharged Research

By Dick Weisinger

The process of research can often be laboriously slow, often taking many years to even mark small steps forward.  But new technology is increasingly being applied by researchers work to greatly speed up the research process.  Increased bandwidth and compute…

Programming Languages: Java Turns 20

By Dick Weisinger

Happy Birthday Java!  You’re no longer a teen.  This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Java programming language.  Java was originally developed at Sun Microsystems, but after the acquisition by Oracle in early 2010, Oracle now acts as the…

Internet: Rate of Internet Growth Slowing

By Dick Weisinger

Mary Meeker recently delivered her 20th consecutive annual review of the state of the internet in 197 slides.  Meeker had been an analyst and now works as a venture capitalist for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.  She talked about what’s…

Governments and Digital Innovation: Inserting “Why not Cloud” Thinking into Technology Planning

By Dick Weisinger

Governments, from federal all the way down to state and local, say that improving infrastructure and data centers is their top technology priority in 2015.  That’s a tough problem though because most government budgets have either flatlined or even nose…