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Cloud Computing: Lower Costs and Greater Flexibility Lead Many Organizations to the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

What does it take for mid-sized companies to consider the cloud as a viable option to long-used on-premise solutions?  That’s the question that Aberdeen Group recently took up in work sponsored by IFS. Three reasons why mid-sized companies choose to…

Social Media: Dissecting and Analyzing the Complete Twitter Stream

By Dick Weisinger

Twitter has announced that it is funding a Laboratory for Social Machines (LSM) at MIT initially with $10 million.  LSM will run as a five-year project that is dedicated to analyzing a complete archive of Twitter content, including every tweet ever…

Disruption: Five Technologies that Top the List

By Dick Weisinger

The current list of top five disruptive technologies, reported by KPGM from a 2014 survey of business leaders is as follows: 3D Printing Internet of Things (IoT) Biotech/Healthcare IT Cloud Mobile Cloud and Mobile dominate the 2013 KPGM list of…

Enterprise Search: Despite Benefits, Few Organizations Use Enterprise Search

By Dick Weisinger

Despite the fact that nearly three quarters of organizations say that enterprise search is vital to their productivity, effectiveness and compliance, only 11 percent are using it, according to an AIIM-sponsored study. Without enterprise search capability, search is typically available only…

Big Data: Expectations High for Positive Business Transformation

By Dick Weisinger

Businesses that have tried Big Data say that they like it.  In a survey by Accenture, 92 percent of businesses with Big Data projects say that they’re satisfied with the business outcomes and 94 percent say that their Big Data…