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Open Source Software: Usage has Become Pervasive Among Developers

By Dick Weisinger

Developers know and use Open Source.  84 percent of them are using it.  Developers use Open Source for performance, reliability and cost.  Compared to proprietary software open source software has grown a reputation for being easier to get started with…

Cloud Computing 2015: Expect Strong Performances from REST, Docker and Hybrid Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

What can we expect will happen with cloud computing in 2015? Forrester has announced their predictions for the 2015 cloud which include: Microsoft cloud revenues will trump Microsoft on-premise revenues – Microsoft Azure is seeing gangbuster growth.  While Microsoft cloud revenues…

Super Computing: Reaching Towards Exascale Computing

By Dick Weisinger

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it plans to spend $425 million to build two new supercomputers.  The computers will use a technology called GPU acceleration which will enable them to be at least three times more powerful…

BYOD and Security: Balancing the Risks and Rewards

By Dick Weisinger

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a policy that increasingly businesses are finding that they need to support, but one that comes with challenge and risk.  Gartner calls Mobile Device Diversity and Management as one of the Top 10 Strategic Technology…

Big Data Analytics: Weighing Privacy and Ethical Concerns

By Dick Weisinger

It’s not only users that are worried about their privacy and how their electronic data is being used by businesses.  A survey of statisticians found that 91 percent said that consumers had good reason to be worried.  Further, 85 percent…