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EAM/PLM: Manufacturers Increasingly Invest in Data Management Technologies to Better Compete

By Dick Weisinger

Interest in Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies are increasingly being viewed by manufacturers as essential tools for their business.  EAM allows manufacturers to improve their overall understanding of asset performance and usage, and it helps them…

Big Data: The 2012 Hadoop Vendor Race

By Dick Weisinger

And they’re off.  2012 is well underway and vendors are jockeying their Hadoop-based products for competition in the much-hyped space of Big Data. While Big Data does not equate to Hadoop, Hadoop is has increasingly become the tool of choice around which…

Cloud Computing/PaaS: Application Vendor Shift to PaaS Delivery Fuels PaaS Market Growth

By Dick Weisinger

Platform as a service (PaaS) is a type of cloud computing which provides  core elements of computing infrastructure over the Internet, such as operating systems, storage and network capacity.  PaaS  simplifies the deployment of new software since it eliminates the need to set…

Enterprise Social: Fostering Open Innovation with Collaborative Technology

By Dick Weisinger

“There are probably ideas worth three or four million dollars sitting in the company but their voices are not being heard.  But with a social media innovation system, you can find the ideas and develop them so that you can…

Mobile Computing: Federal Agencies No Longer Technology Luddites

By Dick Weisinger

Over the last few decades, the Federal Government has gotten a reputation as being a laggard when it comes to technology and automation.  But now, a tight budget constraints are forcing the Feds to be much more aggressive in adopting…