Chris Preimesberger

The days of buying a compact disc and loading security software—or any software, for that matter—onto a PC or server are rapidly dwindling. Data security provider Symantec Aug. 19 became the latest vendor to announce that its main software product—Norton—is moving into a cloud-based subscription model. As part of this transition, Symantec also will retire […]

Let’s face it: Conference calls—those unavoidable staples of business communications—basically stink in quality. When participants use speaker phones, only one person can talk at a time, to the exclusion of all others; lots of ideas go unheard or unrecognized as a result. Due to spotty telecom and Internet connections, participants often weave in and out […]

Networking in Unconventional Locations: 10 Common Challenges by Chris Preimesberger Requirement No. 1: Hardware Must Be Durable In locations with extreme temperatures or constantly moving parts, networking equipment needs to be designed to handle the elements. Standard networking equipment is not designed to stand up to these rigorous conditions and will eventually fail. IT professionals […]

Upstart storage vendor DavaGravity came out of stealth mode Aug. 19 to launch its first product: a new data-aware physical appliance that plugs into an IT system to control unstructured data access and analyze digital assets as they are stored. The DataGravity Discovery Series appliance handles both block and file data and is said to […]

There are a surprising number of people out there who simply don’t realize that BlackBerry, once the No. 1 business mobile device in the world, is still in business. The constant overshadowing of the Canadian-based company by Apple, Google, Samsung and Windows-based phones has everything to do with that incorrect perception. Rest assured, BlackBerry, though […]

10 Ways to Ensure Sync-and-Share Works Well for IT, Users by Chris Preimesberger Determine Where You Want Your Data For many industries, cloud storage is problematic. There is a trend to keep data in the corporate network rather than to comingle it with others in the cloud, making it easier to back up, as well […]

Oracle received good news Aug. 14 on one of its legal fronts. The U.S. District Court in Las Vegas granted the Redwood City, Calif.-based company’s motion for partial summary judgment in its case against third-party enterprise IT support provider Rimini Street and its CEO, Seth Ravin, in its charges of theft of Oracle’s intellectual property. […]

Nine Common Reasons Cloud Systems Crash by Chris Preimesberger Human Error This is by far the No. 1 cause for cloud downtime. Even with perfect applications, cloud environments are only as good as the people who manage them. This means ongoing maintenance, tweaking and updating must be worked into standard operational procedures. One bad maintenance […]

While VMware, which will stage its annual VMworld conference later this month in San Francisco, has been providing software for use in and around the private cloud for years, the company has been in the public cloud provisioning business for only 12 months. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company’s problem, however, is this: How does it […]

On Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKnews will host its 23rd eWEEKChat event. The topic will be “Virtualizing Entire Data Centers: Wave of the Future?” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, who serves as eWEEK’s editor of features and analysis. Some quick facts: Topic: “Virtualizing Entire Data Centers: […]

Why Hadoop Analytics Projects Often Fall Short of Their Goals by Chris Preimesberger Jobs Crash or Fail to Be Completed on Time Hadoop deployments often start as “sandbox” environments. Over time, the workload expands, and an increasing number of jobs on the cluster support production applications that are governed by service-level agreements. Ad hoc queries […]

Dell would like to leave a simple message in the mindmail of IT-buying decision-makers: You can now go to one location to discuss all your enterprise storage needs. That place would be Dellstorage.com. Because Dell has been collecting storage and storage-related companies like new hats for the last six years, it has been tricky at […]