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Microservices: A new Brand of SOA?

By Dick Weisinger

Breaking something big down into smaller easier-to-manage components is a best-practice design technique that applies to many disciplines, especially software engineering.  The idea’s not necessarily new, but it is at the heart of a design approach being promoted recently called…

Technology: Gartner’s Top Strategic Technologies for 2015

By Dick Weisinger

At the Gartner Symposium in Orlando last month, Gartner once again identified the top list of technology predictions for the coming year. The table below shows the predictions Gartner made for going into 2015. On the left are the predictions…

CoreOS: Linux Vendors in the Crosshairs of Disruption

By Dick Weisinger

Linux distribution vendors like Red Hat, Canonical, and Suse are under threat of disruption from a repackaged and streamlined minimalist product from CoreOS. Cloud providers are intrigued with the technology, and CoreOS is now offered on AWS, Google Compute Engine, Rackspace, OpenStack…

Disruption: Five Technologies that Top the List

By Dick Weisinger

The current list of top five disruptive technologies, reported by KPGM from a 2014 survey of business leaders is as follows: 3D Printing Internet of Things (IoT) Biotech/Healthcare IT Cloud Mobile Cloud and Mobile dominate the 2013 KPGM list of…

Early Technology Adopters: Taking Risks That Often Have Big Payoffs

By Dick Weisinger

Do your business a favor and become an early tech adopter.  That’s the advice of a report published in Harvard Business Review (HBR).  Early technology adopters tend to be more successful businesses with high revenue growth and solid market position.…