Chris Preimesberger

EMC on March 23 introduced a reconfigured big data package for enterprise IT that incorporates a set of existing components from around its own corporate perimeter. Called EMC Federation Business Data Lake, the hardware and software solution from EMC, Pivotal and VMware ostensibly will enable organizations to securely deploy big data workloads at scale across […]

Since Delphix virtualized Oracle back in 2008 and SAP put its flagship into active memory as HANA in 2010, there hasn’t been a whole lot of innovation in the database world. That is, until March 23, when Couchbase introduced a way to separate database functions in different physical nodes for performance purposes. NoSQL-based Couchbase claims […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — If malware and virus-infected email, spoofed identities, phishing exploits and straightforward hacking into personal and enterprise IT systems aren’t enough, there’s a lesser-known security phenomenon wreaking plenty of havoc on its own: malvertising. Malvertising, derived from “malicious advertising,” is the use of online advertising to spread malware. Simply mousing over an […]

A new alternative in the so-called hyper-converged data center system business is coming to the market as a result of a new international partnership between Shenzhen, China-based telecom giant Huawei and DataCore Software of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The forthcoming new-gen server/storage system will offer channel partners a clear option to current systems offered by Cisco […]

Cloud-service business intelligence provider Birst revealed that it has added a $65 million infusion of venture capital funding. The investment comes amidst growing market interest in predictive analytic tools that can be used by line-of-business employees. Wellington Management Company LLP led the investment round and was joined by all existing investors, including Sequoia Capital, Hummer […]

Why the Mysterious Process of 3D Printing Could Enable Big Business By Chris Preimesberger XYZprinting’s da Vinci 1.0 3D printing proponents claim that the process will change the way we produce everything—from automobiles to prosthetics to food. It also can change the way we do business in industries ranging from high tech to health care. […]

Last fall at its re:Invent Conference, Amazon announced it would soon make available larger and faster Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes for developers and storage admins as part of Amazon Web Services. On March 19, Amazon followed through on its promise. EBS provides persistent block-level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the […]

Dell Boomi on March 18 added some key functionality to its cloud integration platform: full API (application programming interface) lifecycle management. This addition boosts Boomi into a multi-purpose platform as a service (PaaS) that supports not only all major integration use cases, but also master data management and API management. Master data management keeps track […]

Oracle reported another mixed financial quarter, breaking even on quarter-to-quarter revenue and showing a healthy return on stock investment, but missing Wall Street analysts’ expectations on overall performance. On March 17, Oracle posted adjusted third-quarter earnings per share of 68 cents, meeting Wall Street projections. But it missed estimates on its revenue, which totaled $9.33 […]

Remember master data management from 15 to 20 years ago? In concept, it was a seemingly indispensable component in a true enterprise IT system, because it was deployed to keep track of every bit of data in its lifecycle: how it was used or not used, whether it was stored or archived, or whether it […]

How Behavioral Analytics Can Protect Businesses From Data Theft by Chris Preimesberger Targeted Cyber-Attacks by Nation-States Sophisticated targeted attacks on governments and companies go undetected for months and even years and are usually discovered by government intelligence or law enforcement after the fact. Behavioral analytics will detect and surface these attacks as they attempt to […]

Startup data storage provider Qumulo came out of stealth mode March 16 and introduced what it boldly calls “the world’s first data-aware, scale-out” network-attached enterprise storage system—one that has data analytics built right into it. The Seattle-based company, whose name is Latin for “stack,” spent three full years in product development. It was founded by […]