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Resource Scarcity: McKinsey Predicts that Technology will Prevail

By Dick Weisinger

Doomsayers are predicting a future world of conflict, high prices and haggling over the world’s limited resources as another 2.5 billion people from the developing world prepare to join the current group of 2 billion middle class people.  Is it…

Third Platform Nexus: IT Shifts Towards Platforms Based on New Converging Technologies

By Dick Weisinger

Technology is changing the way business is done and people work.   Mobile computing, social media, cloud computing, big data,and the Internet of Things (IoT) are each having huge impacts on people’s lives, and collectively, these technologies are reforming much…

Internet of Things (IoT): Boon or Bust for Hardware Vendors?

By Dick Weisinger

While analysts are predicting billions of smart devices connected to the internet to drive a new industry, some are saying what has all the markings of a huge boon for hardware vendors is likely to turn out to be a…

Global IT Market: Enterprise Software and Upgrades to Drive Global IT Spending in 2014

By Dick Weisinger

Global IT spending is expected to grow by 3.2 percent in 2014 to $3.8 trillion, as estimated by Gartner.  Much of the oomph behind the growth will come from Enterprise software which is expected to faster than twice the average…

Cloud Computing: Cisco to Spend $1 Billion to Build a ‘Star Alliance’ of Cloud Technology Leaders

By Dick Weisinger

Cisco has announced that it plans to spend $1 billion over the next two years in order to create a public cloud offering that they’re calling the “Intercloud“.  The new service would compete against similar services offered by Amazon Web Services…