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Data Security: Employees often aren't Sensitive in the Handling of Confidential Data

By Dick Weisinger

IT security professionals aren’t optimistic about how well they’re able to protect their company’s data.  70 percent say that they would not bet on their company avoiding a data breach over the next six months.  That’s the result of a…

Open Source Software: It's Eating the Software World

By Dick Weisinger

“Open source is eating the software world,” says Michael J. Skok, general partner at North Bridge Venture Partners.  “Enterprises see Open Source as leading innovation, delivering higher quality and driving growth rather than just being a free or low-cost alternative.…

Enterprise Software: Big Data and Analytics Show Strong Growth

By Dick Weisinger

Despite the frequency with which Microsoft is beat up in the news as a company that’s no longer relevant, a recent report by IDC shows that Microsoft is by far and away the largest global software vendor, controlling 17.1 percent…

Cloud Computing: The Tricky Business of Hot Upgrades

By Dick Weisinger

Jay Heiser, Gartner research vice president, told Ellen Messmer of Network World that “Gartner clients are almost universally disappointed by what they regard as the incompleteness in cloud-computing contracts where they still don’t see the level of specificity related to…

Mobile: Boosting Productivity and Quality in the Construction Industry

By Dick Weisinger

Mobile devices are changing the way many jobs are being performed. The construction industry is one example where workers in the field are seeing big change.  Tablets, Smartphones, and a new breed of ‘rugged notebook computers’ are replacing older mobile…