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Technology: Node Builds Mind Share Among Web Developers

By Dick Weisinger

Javascript programmer and evangelist Douglas Crockford called JavaScript the most popular and also the most misunderstood programming language.  Despite a decade of new web technologies designed to replace and do away with the problems of JavaScript, Javascript has survived.  In fact JavaScript…

Data Tools: Defining the Characteristics of Quality Data

By Dick Weisinger

When can data be considered ‘high quality’?  Joseph Juran, an early promoter data-quality, defined “data to be of high quality if it fits the intended uses in operations, decision making and planning.”  Data needs to consistently and accurately represent real…

Technology: Creative Breakthrough 'Tipping Points'

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner’s 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging technologies comes with a new insight: tipping points.  A tipping point is a single technology component that once perfected provides a broad array of breakthrough capabilities.  Gartner’s point is that often a number of technologies are…

Technology: Workload Automation, Leveling the Ebb and Flow of Resource Utilization

By Dick Weisinger

Businesses are pushing hard on their business applications, big data, business analytics, cloud computing and mobile projects  to help them run their businesses better.  Companies are trying to improve both efficiency and accuracy.  New business software tool features are increasingly…

Disaster Preparedness: Recent Disasters Make Businesses Reconsider Importance of Disaster Recovery

By Dick Weisinger

Globally, over the last year there have been large numbers of both natural disasters and political turmoil.  There has been the tsunami in Japan, earthquakes in Turkey and Brazil, and flooding in Australia, Brazil and Thailand, to name a few.…