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Open Source: OS Quality Often Trumps Proprietary Alternatives

By Dick Weisinger

A decade ago most enterprises avoided Open Source software, but things have changed.   Right now Open Source use at enterprises stands at higher than 75 percent, and Gartner predicts that in just five years that 99 percent of enterprises…

Big Data: Technology Looking for a Problem?

By Dick Weisinger

Wikibon predicts that Big Data will be a $50 billion market by 2017, yet a survey by LogLogic found that more than a third of IT industry executives said that they don’t really fully understand was Big Data is.  The…

Digital Certificates: Compromised Keys Threaten a Foundation of Security

By Dick Weisinger

SSL certificates encrypt and secure data.  The SSL certificate was designed to bring security to the internet A digital certificate is an electronic document that uses a digital signature to bind a public key to an identify.  The certificate verifies that…

Technology: Both Cloud and On-Premise Data Centers Are Seeing Rapid Global Growth

By Dick Weisinger

While there’s been dramatic growth in worldwide expansion in ground-breaking of new data centers that target cloud delivery, it isn’t only cloud data centers that are expanding.   Interestingly, new information shows that on-premise data computing centers may not be…

Cloud Computing/SaaS: The Subscription Economy and Customer-Focused Selling

By Dick Weisinger

Salesforce.com deserves credit for being an early pioneer in  the SaaS market.  Now, a little more than a decade since Salesforce.com opened its doors, the SaaS market is estimated to be a $12 billion one, and it is growing at a…