Chris Preimesberger

Not everything being unveiled at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas necessarily involves consumers. For example, LenovoEMC Limited on Jan. 6 made available two new network storage systems of up to 16TB of capacity for small and medium-size businesses or enterprise regional offices that are built to be utilized by line-of-business employees. […]

BeeWi, which makes connected smart toys (such as helicopters, cars and robots), and lifestyle audio and home automation products, on Jan. 6 won the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Design and Engineering award for its new BBH300 smart wireless headphone. With the company’s patented docking station, a user can stream music via Bluetooth or WiFi […]

Enterprise Big Data Analytics: 10 Prominent Trends to Look for in 2014 by Chris Preimesberger SQL Holds Biggest Promise for Big Data SQL development for Hadoop enables business analysts to use their skills and SQL tools of choice for big data projects. Developers can choose from Apache projects Hive and Drill, Impala, and proprietary technologies […]

One of the most talked- and written-about IT trends of the last three years, software-defined networking (SDN), is now providing more bandwidth–and at an earlier time–in enterprise data centers than many industry experts might have imagined. Going into the new year, this is good news for IT hardware and software providers–especially for well-established IT companies […]

On Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKnews will host its 14th eWEEKChat event. The topic will be “Beyond BYOD: Why It’s Now ‘Bring Your Own Cloud.’” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, who serves as eWEEK’s editor of features and analysis. Some quick facts: Topic: Beyond BYOD: Why […]

New-gen cyber-security software maker FireEye revealed Jan. 2 that it has acquired privately held endpoint security provider Mandiant in a cash-and-stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, FireEye will issue an aggregation of 21.5 million shares and options to purchase shares of FireEye stock and pay an additional $106.5 million cash. The transaction, worth […]

Enterprise Data Mobility Initiatives: 10 Tips for a Successful Rollout by Chris Preimesberger Decide which Business Processes to Mobilize The first thing you need to do is focus on the business value, not the technology, user interface, or development tools. Prioritize apps that can provide the quickest ROI. Decide if you want first to mobilize […]

VDI in 2014: 10 Predictions About Performance, User Experience by Chris Preimesberger End-User Experience Will Determine Success Businesses will expect IT to find problems before their users do, pinpoint the root cause of the problem and solve the problem as early as possible. IT organizations will seek solutions that will allow them to provide great […]

Dell: 2014 Will Be the Year of the Data Center, 40GbE by Chris Preimesberger Hardware Silos Will Be Redefined As enterprises look toward converged infrastructures, the complexities associated with heterogeneity within their environments will be front and center. The road to convergence will be easier as companies can choose from physical converged infrastructure offerings—where server, […]

10 Big Data Myths Enterprises Must Come to Terms With by Chris Preimesberger Myth 1: Having More Rapidly Accessible Data Is Everything Having searchable, accessible data is definitely critical, but it is only part of the equation. Determining what to do with the data and knowing the right questions to ask to derive actionable insights […]

Enterprise file-sharing platform provider Egnyte revealed Dec. 11 that it has closed a Series D funding round totaling $29.5 million. Key participants were Northgate Capital Group and strategic partners Seagate Technology and CenturyLink, along with additional support from existing investors Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Polaris Partners. The funds will be used […]

Data-Retention Trends for 2014: Expect Much More Automation by Chris Preimesberger Strained IT Will Demand More Operational Simplicity From Vendors While IT budgets will increase in 2014, Gartner says it will be at a slow, steady rate. However, operations teams will need to optimize to handle exponential growth in data and traditional systems simply won’t […]