Chris Preimesberger

Deloitte 2016 Trends Study Finds Analytics Essential for IT Success Effective use of analytics is essential in delivering insights that help achieve new levels of innovation and value. Overall Security: A Good Defense Is Not Enough Last year’s super-trend remains front and center, and it continues to grow in importance as enterprises experience the losses […]

VMware’s senior vice president and CIO, Bask Iyer, had some rather impressive shoes to fill when he joined the world’s largest virtualization software company in March 2015. He came from Juniper Networks to replace the celebrated Tony Scott, who was selected by the Obama administration to be CIO of the United States, no less. No […]

Most solid-state storage drives simply pop right into a system bay and go right to work, storing whatever is piped into it. One disk, any data is the model. Toshiba America Electronic Components, however, is becoming more customized in this part of the storage business. The Irvine, Calif.-based division of Toshiba Corp. on Jan. 18 […]

What to Expect From IoT, Cloud, Containers, Other Tech Sectors in 2016 IT thought leaders provide insight into what 2016 holds for the Internet of things, containers, security, cloud computing and other tech areas. IoT Will Fall from Grace The Internet of things (IoT) will fall from grace, with more haters than believers. Investors who […]

Software management provider Axway revealed Jan. 19 that it has acquired Appcelerator, which makes a mobile engagement platform that enables optimal app experiences for device users. Details of the all-cash acquisition were not released. Axway sells enterprise engagement software that enables application programming interface (API) management, identity management, mobile app development and analytics. The company […]

When Intel announces a new generation of processors, it’s certainly news in the tech world. But when it also unveils its own functionality to run inside those chips, then the news becomes multi-dimensional and relevant to a lot more enterprises. The world’s largest computer-processor maker on Jan. 19 made generally available its sixth-generation Intel Core […]

Samsung said Jan. 19 that it has opened the throttle on mass producing the data storage industry’s first 4-gigabyte DRAM (dynamic random access memory) package. The memory processor is based on the second-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) interface, designed for use in high-performance computing, advanced graphics and network systems, as well as enterprise servers. Seoul-based […]

11 Things IT Managers Considering Hadoop Deployment Should Know At the center of the big data movement, Hadoop offers a platform for managing a variety of workloads, from data storage to real-time stream processing. Why Consider Using Hadoop in the First Place? Apache Hadoop enables big data apps for both operations and analytics and is […]

New-gen analytics and business tool provider Looker on Jan. 14 revealed that it has closed a $48 million Series C funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, with participation from previous investors Redpoint Ventures, Meritech and Sapphire Ventures. The financing will be used to accelerate the company’s growth through investments in sales, marketing, […]

Coupa Software, which makes a cloud-based set of tools that enables users to manage enterprise spending, on Jan. 14 announced the acquisition of Contractually, a cloud service provider that adds efficiencies to the often-tedious and slow-to-move contract process. Terms of the deal were not released. Contractually’s IP reduces businesses’ reliance on obsolete processes or inadequate […]

San Francisco-based startup Import.io, which enables businesses to convert Websites into usable data, revealed Jan. 14 that it has completed a $13 million Series A round of funding. The new investment was led by Imperial Innovations, with participation from Wellington Partners, Oxford Capital, Open Ocean, Delin Capital and AME Cloud Ventures. Import.io previously raised $4.5 […]

Seagate on Jan. 13 unveiled its highest-ever capacity enterprise hard drive, a 10TB helium-filled model that competes directly with similar drives manufactured by HGST and Samsung. Because it is filled with helium instead of air, the 3.5-inch Seagate Enterprise Capacity HDD inherently has less drag on its internal components, enabling them to run cooler and […]