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Big Data: Shifting the Competitive Landscape of Industries

By Dick Weisinger

GE and Accenture have recently teamed up in a strategic alliance to jointly address big data problems.  In October, a GE/Accenture released a survey of 250 executives investigating how their businesses are using big data and predictive analytics. Key findings…

Technology: Gartner’s Top Strategic Technologies for 2015

By Dick Weisinger

At the Gartner Symposium in Orlando last month, Gartner once again identified the top list of technology predictions for the coming year. The table below shows the predictions Gartner made for going into 2015. On the left are the predictions…

Soft Robotics: Robots that can Weather the Elements

By Dick Weisinger

Robots are going soft.  Soft Robots, or ‘bio-inspired robots‘, aren’t made out of the stiff components of traditional robots.  They’re able to bend and contort themselves so as to move into spaces much more easily, and because there are no…

CoreOS: Linux Vendors in the Crosshairs of Disruption

By Dick Weisinger

Linux distribution vendors like Red Hat, Canonical, and Suse are under threat of disruption from a repackaged and streamlined minimalist product from CoreOS. Cloud providers are intrigued with the technology, and CoreOS is now offered on AWS, Google Compute Engine, Rackspace, OpenStack…

Wearable Technologies: Not Just for Consumers

By Dick Weisinger

The market for Smart Wearable devices is expected to reach $53.2 billion by 2019, forecasts Juniper Research. The report noted “that consumers are still unsure about the use case for many wearable devices, including watches and glasses. In particular, consumers…