Chris Preimesberger

LAS VEGAS—Splunk, a new-gen data platform that stands to become a hugely important factor in gauging the Internet of things, launched a new version of its software Oct. 7 that’s aimed at attracting a wider, non-IT user base. The San Francisco-based company introduced Splunk Enterprise 6.2 at its user conference here at the MGM Grand, […]

Developing a Multi-Cloud Strategy: 10 Factors to Consider by Chris Preimesberger Ecosystems As evidenced by the term, multi-cloud underlines the need to develop an ecosystem. An established ecosystem means access to a comprehensive range of resources and tools that will enable users to tap into innovation and grant you the ability to bring applications closer […]

It looks like the “HP Way” is about to split into the “HP Ways.” Hewlett-Packard, one of the stronger American business juggernauts for 61 years of the 20th century, simply hasn’t found the beginning of the next millennium all to its liking. The venerable Palo Alto, Calif.-based IT giant indicated Oct. 6 that, in order […]

SAN DIEGO—If you think cyber-security is a problem now, wait until the Internet of things becomes routine in our daily lives. Cyber-crooks are now hacking into the Targets, Home Depots and UPSes of the world almost with impunity, stealing customers’ credit card numbers, PINs, corporate sales information and anything else of value they can get […]

Why the Enterprise Mobile App Development Market Is About to Explode by Chris Preimesberger The Mobile Enterprise App Market Is Poised to Explode Researchers project that the mobile enterprise business application market will nearly double from $31 billion in 2012 to $61 billion by 2018. (Source: “Global Mobile Enterprise Business Application Revenue, 2012-2018,” Strategic Analytics, […]

Symantec on Oct. 2 introduced a new appliance form factor for one software product that pays most of the company bills: NetBackup. The NetBackup 5330 appliance, a media server with scalable capacity and optimizations for improved performance and resiliency over previous appliances, now takes its place on company SKU (stock keeping unit) lists. A lot […]

GoodData, riding a wave of interest in the potential of cloud-based big data analytics services, revealed Oct. 2 that it has taken a $25.7 million round of funding led by Intel Capital. This is a Series E round for the San Francisco-based company, which has raised a total of $101.2 million. The talk about GoodData […]

Data Direct Networks on Oct. 1 launched a new, high-end storage appliance—one unlike anything else now available. Appliances generally are supposed to be purpose-driven machines doing specific types of workloads. The GS7KTM Parallel File System Appliance is far more than that; it is the industry’s first scale-out parallel file system package with enterprise-class features, network-attached […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle OpenWorld 2014 at the Moscone Center is first about entertaining many of the company’s 400,000 customers. Secondly, it’s about setting the scene for new sales and marketing deals. Thirdly, it’s about the Aerosmith concert. Finally, it’s about news. Frankly, when Co-President Mark Hurd sat down onstage in the morning keynote and asked the […]

Here’s a roundup of new EMC storage-related products announced Sept. 29 at Oracle OpenWorld. —New VNXe-based VSPEX Architecture for Oracle 12c: EMC introduced a new VSPEX Proven Architecture package designed specifically for users looking to deploy a virtualized Oracle12c database on EMC’s VNXe technology and vSphere from VMware. Current EMC customers, such as AgroLiquid and […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle isn’t launching a new version of its database this year. It’s not unveiling a new super-duper data-crunching computer for a half-million bucks. It’s not even talking about an international boat race. At Oracle Open World 2014, Oracle is talking about the cloud. That’s right—the cloud, the same vacuous thing CTO and co-founder Larry […]

Meet Stella, the World’s First Four-Passenger, Solar-Powered Car by Chris Preimesberger Size Perspective Next to a Bike Stella, the world’s first solar-powered family car, was designed by students at the Eindhoven University of Technology in Holland. It is only about as high as a normal-size bicycle. The car can drive up to 500 miles on […]