THE RISE OF THE SPACIAL WEB
One decade ago, the number of devices connected to the internet exceeded the number of people on the planet for the first time. A decade…
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STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS IN THIS NEW DECADE OF GAMING & LEISURE IT
The pace of change in Enterprise Information Technology has never been faster. As we begin this new decade, it might be informative to look back…
WE’RE CLOSED
We are living in unprecedented times. As I write this, the dogs are crashed on the sofa, baseball opening day came and went without a…
QUANTUM COMPUTING
I would like to bring attention to a technological race that is going on right now, the results of which are going to bring profound…
POSITIVES OF THE HOSPITALITY VERTICAL MOVING TO SAAS SYSTEMS
As business and solution architects we are often asked, “Why should I move from on-premise to cloudbased technologies?” That is usually followed by, “I’m comfortable…
MODERN FACIAL RECOGNITION & ITS IMPACT ON GAMING OPERATIONS
In the 1960s, Woodrow Wilson Bledsoe developed a system to classify photos of faces by hand and then used something called a RAND tablet to…
THE SECURITY OF CLOUD COMPUTING
Cloud computing is probably one of the most disruptive technologies affecting our information systems business models. It comes with the promise of long-term reductions in…
TECH TRENDS FOR THE ROARING TWENTIES
A century ago, the Roaring Twenties was a time in America when economic growth, technological change and the loosening of social codes encouraged a lively…
DON’T SAY NO
How many times have you seen this happen? A member of the end user community calls your help desk and asks for some assistance with…
THE FUTURE IS FASTER THAN YOU THINK
The biggest challenge facing technology columnists in today’s hyperlinked/hyperdrive world is this: From the time an article is submitted to the time it appears in…
LEVERAGING ADVANCED ANALYTICS TO REDUCE & RECOVER YOUR IT SPEND
THE VISION Like many innovative companies, Virtual Procurement Services (VPS) can trace its inception to just three visionary ideas: identifying what economists refer to as…
CRYPTOCURRENCY IN GAMING: FACTS AND PREDICTIONS
Cryptocurrency has created quite a stir over the last three years. Since Bitcoin (BTC) hit $20,000 per coin in 2017, crypto has been on a…
BLOCKCHAIN: WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT WORKS – PART 1
In the physical world we use centralized, trusted parties that help us identify, validate, authorize, settle and record-keep any type of asset transfer or financial…
IS YOUR FACE A PASSWORD TO THE FUTURE?
When I first heard Apple was building Face ID into its iPhone X as a handy (make that hands-free) method for unlocking the screen, I…
TIPS TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT BETWEEN OPERATORS & SUPPLIERS
As technology and market demands continually demonstrate exponential growth, industry leaders are forced to adapt to move for-ward and, frankly, catch up to other industries…
CHASING NEXTGEN COMPUTING
It’s the same old story, your vendor has released a new version of software for one of your mission critical systems but you’re not able…
HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL AFFECT SECURITY IN THE ENTERPRISE
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become commonplace to describe a computer’s ability to have a level of decision-making or “cognitive” capabilities. This, of course, is a…
ANNUAL MAINTENANCE OR UGH, WHY IS THIS SO MUCH?
Pitfalls to avoid in managing maintenance fees
MOORE OF EVERYTHING IS ON THE WAY
A glimpse into what we can realistically expect in the future.
CHANGING THE NAME
Dr. Mike is suggesting an organizational change in how IT departments and professionals are addressed.
TECHNO-BABEL BRIDGING THE COMMUNICATIONS GAP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS
How spending time and effort to educate and set expectations is vital to long-term success.
TECH TRENDS FOR 2017
The hover boards and autonomous cars that Marty McFly and Doc Brown discovered when they traveled Back to the Future of 2015 are no more…
IS DIGITAL ADVERTISING REACHING A TIPPING POINT?
The steady shift in advertising dollars from traditional media like TV to digital media like Facebook and YouTube seems like a nobrainer. Ad dollars chase…
BEACON TECHNOLOGY IN HOSPITALITY
There has been lots of buzz about the impact that beacon technology can and is having on the retail industry. And in case you somehow…
WHITE SPACE FOR ANALYTICS IN THE HOSPITALITY AND GAMING INDUSTRIES
Analytics has considerable untapped potential to contribute to the bottom line in the hospitality and gaming industries. There are several categories of analytics which may…