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Technology: Java Security Under Attack

By Dick Weisinger

The more widely used software is, the bigger the target it becomes for hackers.  In the same way that Microsoft’s IE and Adobe’s Flash have been aggressively targeted in the past, Oracle’s Java has become a popular target of hackers…

IT Budgets: Growth Expected as Global Economies Heal

By Dick Weisinger

2013 will be a year where global economic instability hurdles are slowly cleared, reports Forester Research, resulting in 5.4 percent growth this year in global IT spending, followed by stronger 6.7 percent growth in 2014.  When just the US is…

IT Budgets: A Pickup in Sales and Spending Expected in 2013

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner’s updated forecast for IT spending in 2013 is revised upward.  Global information technology spending is expected to reach $3.7 trillion this year, a 4.2 percent increase over spending in 2012.  This is an upward revision of Gartner’s previous estimate of…

The Internet of Things: Engine of Economic Growth?

By Dick Weisinger

Small improvements can have big and lasting results.  A report from GE estimates that using the internet to improve the connection of people, data and machines that overall productivity of people can be increased by 1 to 1.5 percentage points…

Technology: WebRTC to Enable Peer-to-Peer Browser Communications

By Dick Weisinger

WebRTC is a framework for real-time communication (RTC) between browsers that requires no special plug-in to work. The intent of WebRTC is to be a standard capability built into all browsers, whether on mobile or desktop.  The WebRTC API is…