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Cloud Computing: Cloud Charisma Only Goes so Far

By Dick Weisinger

Despite the inundating buzz of the cloud in the tech media over the last few years, it seems hard to believe that there can be anyone that doesn’t have a clue about what the cloud is all about.   But…

Enterprise Software: Configuration Versus Customization

By Dick Weisinger

In a classic case of a mega-ERP project gone wrong from a decade ago, Peter Solvik, former CIO at Cisco, described the problem of too much customization as too much spaghetti.  Enterprise software customization projects have over the years become notorious because…

Enterprise Content Management: SharePoint Gaps Identified in AIIM Reports

By Dick Weisinger

In 2010, Microsoft estimated that 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies use SharePoint with more than 100 million users worldwide.  That’s clearly a mark of success. But what about some of the gaps and pain points that users experience with…

Data: Big Data Lights Up Brain Cells While Open Data Fills Pockets

By Dick Weisinger

Stories about both Big Data and Open Data fill the headlines of tech news.  One gets the perception that Big Data is more about business and Open Data applies more to governments sharing the data they hold, but Gartner says…

Big Data: Businesses Still Rely on SQL while they try to Bridge the Gap in Big Data Skills

By Dick Weisinger

We keep hearing that Big Data analytics skills are in short supply.   A report byMcKinsey warned of the shortage of skilled workers in May 2011.   The report found that “A significant constraint on realizing value from Big Data will…