Chris Preimesberger

Mark Zuckerberg may have to get more of his legal “suits” mobilized soon. It looks like the legal maneuvering has only just begun for Facebook regarding its astonishing $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp and its ultra-popular mobile app, WhatsApp Messenger. As eWEEK noted back in March when the deal was announced, the transaction was sure […]

VMware is looking to build out its mobile strategy with improved storage and security options. Cloud storage and collaboration services provider Box has those products and is very partner-minded, for a lot of reasons. A meeting of these two minds, therefore, was probably inevitable. AirWatch by VMware, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company’s mobile management division, […]

We are justifiably proud of our free-market economy here in the States. A person has the right to earn whatever he/she can negotiate, as long as an employer is willing to pay the price. This is a good thing for most people, most of the time. Looks like Silicon Valley tech companies are quite willing […]

On Wednesday, July 9, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKnews will host its 22nd eWEEKChat event. The topic will be “Trends in Transportation IT: Connected Vehicles, Safer Travel.” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, who serves as eWEEK’s editor of features and analysis. Some quick facts: Topic: “Trends in Transportation IT: […]

10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Big Data by Chris Preimesberger Storing Data Isn’t Using Data Structured and unstructured data is collected from both inside and outside the enterprise every day; these vaults keep getting bigger as more smart devices, machines and equipment collect, record and transmit data back to the business. However, […]

Box, a popular Web-based storage service that has 4 million consumer and 180,000 business customers but has yet to make a profit after nine years in business, breathed a sigh of relief July 7 when it obtained a $150 million venture capital boost from private equity firm TPG. The Los Altos, Calif.-based Web services company, […]

10 Things Storage Vendors Don’t Want You to Know by Chris Preimesberger Five-Year Warranties Should Be Standard Most storage vendors include a 12-month warranty and will probably extend it to three years if you push them hard. But ask them for a five-year guarantee, and they’ll hike the total price by a huge amount. Why? […]

This is a multiple-choice question: What’s the most pressing issue currently keeping IT managers up at night? Possible answers: a) dastardly hackers who can loot the company’s family jewels;b) fraud by malicious insiders;c) uncertainty about disaster recovery in case of major disruption;d) malware infestation that can gum up an entire system for days; ore) something […]

IoT Demands These 10 New Development Requirements by Chris Preimesberger Design With the Consumer in Mind Although the IoT will have numerous business-to-business applications, it will be most notable for the exponential growth in connected consumer devices and appliances. Consequently, IoT software must be designed with an eye toward simple, intuitive interfaces that can be […]

Facebook has been lurking on the border of Creepland for several years and it’s now time for it to pick up and move far, far away. The giant social network is facing some serious consequences if it keeps toeing this line. And what consequences might those be? How about multiple thousands, or even millions, of […]

10 Security Risks Enterprises May Be Overlooking by Chris Preimesberger Your Dining Habits Hackers are becoming increasingly creative in the ways that they infiltrate computer networks. In one case, hackers breached the computer network of an oil company by infecting the online menu of the employees’ favorite Chinese restaurant with malware. This type of watering-hole […]

Hewlett-Packard and a group of shareholders came to an agreement June 30 to settle a total of three billion-dollar lawsuits involving HP’s problematic $11.1 billion acquisition of U.K.-based big data analytics provider Autonomy in 2011. Reuters on June 27 had reported, and eWEEK carried the news, that the settlement was imminent. The settlement, reached through […]