Chris Preimesberger

The past year has shown us how critical high-speed, reliable connectivity is in our lives. New industry data released March 15 by mainstream data providers Comcast and AT&T explains this in vivid detail. By any measure, the internet usage numbers in 2020 were astounding. For example, AT&T expects its network traffic to increase upwards of […]

Selecting both primary and secondary cloud services is now a common IT strategy for most enterprises. Recent research shows that about 90 percent of enterprises and non-profit organizations are utilizing multiple cloud services accounts. This is a big change over what was happening a mere several years ago, when some companies were still reluctant to […]

Companies are forging ahead with digital transformation at an unprecedented rate, making it a top priority of enterprise businesses. According to a recent survey by IDC, spending on digital transformation practices, products and organizations will continue at a solid pace despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a survey of Fortune 500 CIOs […]

On Tuesday, March 9, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 96th monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be “What’s Next-Gen in Health Care IT?” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK’s Editor in Chief. Some quick facts: Topic: #eWEEKchat March 9: “What’s Next-Gen in Health Care IT?” Date/time: Tuesday, […]

NetApp has earned respect and tens of thousands of loyal customers as a global leader in cloud storage and data management since its founding in 1992. Now it’s using that foundation to branch out and become a hybrid cloud data services company, able to handle a plethora of new and different use cases. With that […]

Off the top, a news item Feb. 24 entitled “Kingston Technology to Sell HyperX Gaming Division to HP Inc.” makes it look like HP Inc. is jumping headlong into the gaming business. While this is not exactly true, because HP has long been in that business, it is indicative of much more than that. Indeed, […]

Company: Styra, the company behind Open Policy Agent (OPA) and pioneers in cloud-native authorization. Company description: Styra is a privately-held, venture-backed company based in Redwood City, Calif. that was founded in 2015 and led by CEO Bill Mann. Styra enables enterprises to define, enforce and monitor policy across their cloud-native environments. With a combination of […]

A key trend in the evolution of IT systems now is that enterprises are making moves from basic visibility to network observability. This is where IT pros can use the data to solve critical problems that cause business-interrupting issues. Monitoring is important but incomplete; observability takes the data from monitoring and puts it into action. […]

“Good enough” often isn’t quite enough to get an A grade in the business world. 2021 information technology is all about the user experience, and frankly, many of us are spoiled when it comes to using our daily tools. In this article’s case, we’re talking videoconferencing. We appreciate when we have a sharp video connection […]

On Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 95th monthly #eWEEKchat. The topic will be “Down the Batch: Trends in Data Orchestration.” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK’s Editor in Chief. Some quick facts: Topic: “Down the Batch: Trends in Data Orchestration” Date/time: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 11 […]

The data network was once an IT resource to which few business leaders paid attention. Most people simply considered the network to be the “plumbing” of a company and little else. That opinion has been changing, because the network has rapidly increased in importance as digital transformation has taken hold in the business world. The […]

Data flows through numerous wired and wireless networks, and all of those disparate information avenues are in use every hour of every day and need to be managed. So a business that relies heavily on the internet should select a service provider that is cloud-based first and can handle all the networking variants without dropping […]