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Big Data: Businesses Procrastinate with Data Lakes

By Dick Weisinger

Data silos have long been a nemesis of businesses trying to fully utilize the data which they collect.  Recently ‘data lakes’ have been proposed as a solution for eliminating the silos.  The data lake is an aggregate of data with…

Cloud Computing: Government Agencies Bypass Savings

By Dick Weisinger

The cloud could save the government billions if only they were more open to cloud computing. An AT&T study found that the US Federal Government could save nearly $19 billion annually by adopting cloud technology. The government has experimented with…

Big Data: Insights into Crowd Thinking and Cashing in on the Stock Market

By Dick Weisinger

Researchers at the Warwick Business School have found a connection between search engine trends and real life decision making.  The results are similar to earlier research that tries to predict the scale of the outbreak of the flu or the popularity…

CyberSecurity: Businesses Insuring Against Breaches and Hacks

By Dick Weisinger

As reports grow of the number of businesses being hacked and the losses of customer and company proprietary information increase, the interest that businesses have in protecting themselves with cyberinsurance is increasing. Cyberinsurance policies can cover things like the loss…

3D Printing: Amazon and Staples Help Promote Printing Technology

By Dick Weisinger

Global shipments of 3D printers is expected to increase by 75 percent in 2014 and then in 2014 it is expected to double.  By 2030 Strategy Analytics conservatively predicts that the 3D printing industry can become a $70 billion per-year…