Chris Preimesberger

All the new data and files pouring from PCs, servers and mobile devices into enterprise on-site and cloud storage need to be orderly, uniform, deduplicated and ready for business access, if they’re going to be worth anything. Efficiency at doing exactly that is what made Informatica a world player as one of the IT world’s […]

Any kind of shortcut that can save a few seconds here and there during the course of a day’s work is usually welcomed with open arms. To this end, cloud storage and collaboration tools provider Box has redesigned its user interface so that less time is needed for finding, viewing and downloading items, leaving more […]

On Wednesday, April 8, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be “Can We Secure the Internet of Other People’s Things?” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, who serves as eWEEK’s editor of features and analysis. Some quick facts: Topic: Can We Secure the […]

Key Mistakes Organizations Make With Intranet IT Architecture by Chris Preimesberger A Lack of Overall Structure to Start Intranets that lack structure are ticking time bombs in practically every manner. If your intranet isn’t organized, it can easily turn into a muddled mess. Focusing on maintaining organizational structure can often mean the difference between an […]

Data accessibility provider Alation came out of stealth March 31 with a software platform that ostensibly makes it easier and faster for line-of-business employees in an enterprise to use big data to make effective business decisions. Two-year-old Alation, which means “to have wings,” crawls every bit of data and catalogs every object, logical or physical, […]

Mobile application platform provider Appcelerator on April 2 unveiled a cloud-based toolkit for developing and running mobile-optimized APIs—even for devices such as Apple Watch that don’t have a browser. Appcelerator Arrow, which becomes part of the Appcelerator Platform, is designed to simplify one of the largest pain points in mobile development: connecting to and orchestrating […]

Flash storage provider SanDisk has released the newest version, v3.7, of its FlashSoft server-side, solid-state caching software. FlashSoft is SanDisk’s frontline software that runs within a server and hypervisor to allow a solid-state device to be used as an intermediate cache for the data that’s being accessed most frequently. The latest version was released March […]

10 Ways to Create a Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan by Chris Preimesberger Understand the Threats Your Business Faces Depending on where you are in the world, the infrastructure you use and your business model, your company is susceptible to different disasters, and companies need to consider the impact of everyday problems, such as server and […]

Rarely does the tech community agree on a single issue, and it’s even rarer when it mobilizes for concerted action. But when it does, as it is now protesting a pending state law in Indiana, watch out. The one thing right now that just about everybody in the tech community agrees upon is that Indiana […]

Key Factors to Remember When Selecting Any New Enterprise IT by Chris Preimesberger Cultural Fit It’s not about whether their sales rep takes you to a posh enough bar for happy hour. Your company spent a lot of effort defining its values and goals, but sometimes these are forgotten when choosing an application. If your […]

Cloudyn cloud monitoring and optimization software now integrates with Microsoft’s Azure cloud. Cloudyn’s software-as-a-service offers tools to govern and manage enterprise cloud usage. The four year-old Tel Aviv-based company is already a major player in the cloud optimization market. The addition of Azure opens it for use with an even wider range of hybrid clouds, […]

Hewlett-Packard continues to wring as much value as it can out of its problematic 2011 Autonomy acquisition, the one that cost $11 billion, necessitated a tax write-down of $8.8 billion and initiated three nasty shareholder lawsuits that had to be settled internally three years later. In fact, the billion-dollar litigation between HP and former Autonomy […]