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Unstructured + Structured Data: The Challenge of Seeing the Two in Context

By Formtek

Analysts estimate that 80 percent of all new data created is unstructured data.  It’s this crushing amount of data that is driving much of the interest behind Big Data tools like Hadoop.  Extracting information from unstructured data is a big part of the…

IT Spending: Strong Dollar Continues to Force Downward Revision

By Dick Weisinger

The numbers for 2015 IT spending are crumbling.  In June 2014, Gartner saw 2015 as a big year for global IT spending and forecast 2015 growth to be 3.7 percent.  By January 2015, Gartner revised their estimate to 2.4 percent.  In…

Software Defined Storage: Cloud and Virtualization Spending Trump Big Data

By Formtek

Despite significant hype, very little funding is being set aside for Big Data, Object Storage and OpenStack by businesses, according to a recent survey by Datacore — 2015 The State of Software-Defined Storage.  Instead, businesses are funding initiatives like virtualization, private…

Cloud Computing: Cloud Transforms Shop Floor Manufacturing

By Dick Weisinger

“A central force in manufacturing innovation is the emergence of cloud technology,” is the conclusion of a white paper by Plex called The State of Manufacturing Technology. The report found that “the ability to connect and manage all the resources on…

Human Machine Interface (HMI): The Art of Making Technology Easy

By Dick Weisinger

Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) combine hardware and software to assist humans to better interact with automated systems.  Examples of HMI are humans controlling automated vehicles and interacting with plant floor automation.  In a plant control environment, for example, HMI systems…