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Big Data: The Scramble to Build Packaged Big Data Apps

By Dick Weisinger

With all the hype around Big Data, you’re no doubt anxious to get some hands-on experience with this new technology.  The fact is though, you’ve already been extensively using Big Data Applications (BDAs) for some time.   Salesforce.com, Linkedin, Amazon,…

Cloud Computing: FedRAMP gears up for First Round of Vendor Testing

By Dick Weisinger

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government-wide program that is run by the GSA and which provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.  Security is one of…

Cloud Computing: Companies Worry about Unexpected Costs and Fees

By Dick Weisinger

A major benefit of using the cloud is the potential for big cost savings.  On-demand services provide exceptional value for use cases that requires periodic use of computing resources. Estimating the costs of cloud computing can be tricky.  Just because…

Cloud Computing: Interdependent Services Could Lead to Domino-Effect Failures

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud computing is supposed to make things cheaper and simpler.  In many cases that’s true.  But bigger businesses are finding that as they move more operations and services into the cloud, there begin to be difficult problems in globally managing…

Government IT: Budgets to Shrink Over Coming Years

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner is predicting a drop in US government spending on IT by as much as 8 percent in 2013.  IT spending for 2012 is forecast to be $79.2 billion, but in 2013, that’s expected to slip to $75.2 billion.  In…