Chris Preimesberger

10 Questions to Ask When Building a Data Residency Global Strategy As more companies go global in their data center strategy, they must address the issue of data residency. Here’s how they can expand and adhere to regulations. What Regulatory Requirements Can Be Expected? Global data protection law seems to be in a constant state […]

Hybrid cloud storage software provider Cloudian has fortified itself for more sales warfare in the cutthroat flash storage appliance market. The San Francisco-based company said Oct. 27 that it has completed a $41 million financing round, which includes new investors Lenovo, City National Bank, Epsilon Venture Partners and DVP Investment. Also participating were existing investors […]

Twitter is in the news almost hourly in connection with this year’s U.S. presidential campaign, and it no doubt is seeing high-level usage as people argue politics back and forth, but all that additional activity isn’t translating directly to the company’s bottom line very well. The micro-blogging social network confirmed during its quarterly earnings report […]

How Stealthy Malware Avoids Detection in Corporate Networks Despite best efforts, enterprises remain a prime target for hackers, thanks to these techniques hackers are using to hide malware. Windows Registry The Windows Registry is large and complex, leaving several places where malware can insert itself to remain undetected. A good example of this behavior is […]

Big data processing software maker Alluxio, which claims to have developed the first system that is able to unify various data types at the speed of memory, on Oct. 26 released a new product portfolio consisting of Alluxio Enterprise Edition and a free-of-charge Alluxio Community Edition. Alluxio, based in San Mateo, Calif., and previously called […]

Toshiba America Electronic Components reported Oct. 25 that it has followed up the August launch of its Flashmatrix solid-state big data analytics server with a set of new government security-accredited solid-state SAS disks. The Irvine, California-based company’s new PX04S 12Gbit/s SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) SSDs, which are FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified, are now shipping […]

SAN DIEGO—As IT-plus-money conferences go, the Intel Capital Global Summit here at the waterfront Manchester Grand Hyatt is an A-lister, for sure. Nearly 1,000 business and tech executives are spending a few days in the autumn sun to mingle, talk about business and the World Series, and hear respected thought speakers such as author and […]

Regalii, an unusually named SaaS platform developer that is attracting increased attention in the financial IT world, said Oct. 25 that it has updated its new-generation bill-paying platform to activate credit-card accounts on Day 1 of approval and provide banks with the bill data and logic necessary to build customized messaging bots. Regalii unveiled the […]

FalconStor, which was among the first software developers to automate the storage disaster recovery process more than 10 years ago, has launched a new version of its frontline FreeStor product for use in hybrid clouds. Based on the company’s fit-in-anywhere storage platform, FreeStor, released Oct. 17, enables enterprises and cloud service providers to utilize the […]

Everybody talks about putting an enterprise’s data stores to work for the company, but actually delivering analysis from all that data that helps line-of-business employees make the right decisions in a timely fashion is where the rubber meets the virtual road. It’s not easy to do that well. This is where data governance software maker […]

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices turned in improved quarterly earnings Oct. 20, notching its first positive earnings-per-share report in the last two calendar years, thanks mostly to increased demand for processors it makes for gaming consoles. The company’s Q3 2016 revenues totaled $1.31 billion, up 23 percent year over year and good for a 3-cent return […]

To borrow a phrase from songwriter Paul Simon, Yahoo’s revenue keeps “slip-slidin’ away.” The embattled web services provider, which—in an unusual move—canceled its quarterly conference call with analysts Oct. 18, reported earnings that exceeded analysts’ expectations. However, its main source of revenue, desktop advertising, dropped for the seventh time in the last eight quarters. Yahoo […]