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Big Data: The Glow of the Smart Grid — Utilities 2.0

By Dick Weisinger

Thanks to Big Data, the utility industry may be on the verge of re-inventing itself.  The change is being driven by smart grid networks and smart meters. Managing a utility company has been a very opaque process.  Utilities have had…

Technology: Are 'End-Run Rogues' Outlaws or Heroes?

By Dick Weisinger

Rogue IT.  It’s not a new term, but it’s one that is popping up more often.  But the definition is changing.  And depending on your definition, it can be either a good or a bad thing. The original use of…

SaaS: Cloud Vendors Grow Quickly as SaaS and Cloud Popularity Increase

By Dick Weisinger

SaaS companies are seeing an average growth rate of 44 percent in 2011, higher even than 2010 which had an annual growth rate of  40 percent.  And 30 percent of SaaS business are seeing growth rates greater than 60 percent.…

Storage: Enterprises Increasingly Adopt FLASH-based SSDs as Price Point Drops

By Dick Weisinger

Solid state drives (SSDs) are increasingly being used by large enterprises.   These drives are called ‘solid state’ because they use semiconductors, typically Flash memory, rather than magnetic media which is used in standard mechanical hard drives.  The advantages of…

Enterprise Social: Business Chart Investments in Collaborative Tools

By Dick Weisinger

The Enterprise is feeling pressure to adopt for internal use some of the same sorts of   social media technologies made popular by FaceBook, Twitter, WordPress, Blogger and Wikipedia.  A Forrester Research report written by Rob Koplowitz, vice president and…