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Technology: One Third of Adults now Use Tablets

By Dick Weisinger

34 percent of adults now say that they own a tablet computer like an Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Google Nexus or Kindle Fire, according to the Pew Research Center. Kathryn Zickuhr, a research analyst for Pew, said that “with smartphones,…

Security: Human Error and Glitches Result in Costly Data Breaches

By Dick Weisinger

Despite the worry of hackers and cyber-espionage, most data breaches are the result of human mistakes, negligence or unexpected system glitches.  Larry Ponemon said that “eight years of research on data breach costs has shown employee behavior to be one…

Innovation: Innovation by Tweaking may not be 'Low Risk'

By Dick Weisinger

93 percent of organization agree that innovation is a key to the future of their companies.  The problem is that innovation isn’t easy.  A survey by Accenture found that only 18 percent of businesses following a strategy of innovation were…

Storage: Rampant Data Duplication Clogs Enterprise Storage Media

By Dick Weisinger

‘Copy Data’ — the storage of duplicated data for safekeeping —  may be the reason behind 85 percent of all hardware purchases that were made in 2012.  That’s the conclusion of a report by IDC. The report finds that “Maintaining…

Business Intelligence: 2012 BI Market Growth Numbers Disappoint

By Dick Weisinger

Business Intelligence (BI) is a technology that’s grabbed the interest businesses in a big way over the last few years.  There has been a lot of excitement and discussion about how analytics and real-time dashboards can help businesses make better…