Chris Preimesberger

We need to get used to the term cognitive computing, because it’s getting a lot of traction now as a new section within the IT analytics market. Cognitive computing is the simulation of human thought processes in a computerized model. It involves self-learning systems that use data mining, pattern recognition, machine learning and natural language […]

Here’s a universally good piece of advice from Matthew 25:13: “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.” In the context of the Bible, that line refers to the end of the world. But when it comes to backing up personal and business data, we also do not know the […]

Reality is setting in for the new Dell EMC, whose mission in life is to supply as much hardware to the world’s IT systems as possible. This contrasts to the fact that the world is moving more and more to subscription cloud services and away from building data centers that use such hardware. While the […]

Eight Steps to Easing the Transformation From Legacy to Open Systems Bob Dylan famously said: “If you’re not busy being born, you’re busy dying.” The same thing can be said for businesses, which come and go at a fast rate, including in IT. New equipment is bought, it runs for a period of time (sometimes […]

IBM and Samsung have joined up to make the world’s most common conversation topic, the weather, native on Android smartphones. The two companies revealed March 29 that IBM’s The Weather Company and the giant South Korean device maker have agreed on a deal that will make The Weather Company the native weather data provider on […]

It’s not every day that a company claims to create and thereby “own” a new IT product and service market, but that’s what Oracle did March 29. This new IT segment: cloud converged storage. This isn’t about a set of functions being converged into a smaller data center server; it’s about being able to converge […]

Brocade, once No. 2 only to Cisco Systems in the storage networking business, is being cut into pieces and sold off. But this transition is a lot more complicated than that, it turns out. Broadcom, which announced last November that it is in the process of acquiring all of Brocade for $5.9 billion, revealed March […]

Storage networking hardware and software maker Brocade on March 28 introduced a entry-level hardwired storage switch specifically designed for 24/7 connectivity to an all-flash data center. While all-flash data centers are only starting to get traction in the mainstream IT world, Brocade intends to be there waiting with the new G610 switch when more large […]

Hybrid primary storage provider ClearSky Data on March 28 expanded its data-protection capabilities to add full-service offsite backup and disaster recovery as part of its managed service. Using a ClearSky package, users pay only for a single, fully protected copy of their data that is accessible on-premises or in the cloud. As a result, enterprises […]

Enterprises now can subscribe to a call center in the cloud and let other folks handle all those important customer calls that require so much corporate time and effort. Amazon Web Services on March 28 launched Amazon Connect, a self-service contact center service designed to make it easy for a business to provide professional customer […]

Facebook March 27 instituted a time limit of one hour on users disclosing their locations while deploying its Messenger application. The social network is calling it Live Location, and it is separate from the device’s location manager. The main idea is that users now can share their locations with friends in real time to assist […]

We all might not always agree on politics, but one thing that everybody can shake hands on is that their PCs can always run a little faster. Intel is staying out of politics but making sure to help civilized society in the other department, thanks to the release March 27 of its own Optane Memory. […]