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Blockchain: Decentralizing Data Authentication

By Dick Weisinger

Blockchain is the technology that’s enabled the virtual currency called Bitcoin.  Using blockchain it’s possible to exchange and record digital messages in a way that the integrity of the information can be maintained and unaltered without requiring a trusted centralized…

Open Data: Poor Quality Threaten Usefulness of Data Sets

By Dick Weisinger

Open Data, data published by governments, organizations and businesses for use in the public domain, have touted economic and social benefits. A big problem though with Open Data is that it’s difficult to know the quality of the data that’s…

IDC’s 3rd Platform: Predictions on the Direction of the Cloud, Big Data and Mobile in 2015

By Dick Weisinger

IDC recently released their predictions for the direction of IT in 2015.  These include: Within the ICT segment, one third of the spending will be on what IDC calls ‘3rd platform‘.  IDC refers to technologies like Cloud Computing, Big Data,…

Internet of Things: Cooperation Between Industry and Government

By Dick Weisinger

The British government recently published a detailed report about the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on government, something that they’re calling the ‘second digital revolution’.  The report is called the Blackett Review, named after the Nobel Prize winner…

Cloud Computing: Businesses Slow to Formalize Cloud Usage Policies

By Dick Weisinger

A recent report by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) looked at how businesses are using cloud services. The CSA report found that “while security remains the top barrier to cloud adoption, a lack of knowledge and experience on the part…