Chris Preimesberger

Hitachi Data Systems on Sept. 25 launched a new unified network storage software package for small and midrange businesses that aims to provide enterprise-quality virtualization for all data types.The Hitachi Unified Storage VM storage software package — which not only works with all HDS hardware but also with storage arrays from other manufacturers — encompasses […]

A recent trend in notebook and desktop computers has involved the dual-drive PC, in which the portable device uses both a NAND flash solid-state drive and a fast hard drive. The swift SSD drive handles the BIOS and bootup, and the HHD does most of the remaining work.Toshiba, the inventor of NAND flash 21 years […]

Facebook, in a continuing effort to repair public relations damage it suffered a couple of years ago when millions of users were confused about exactly what personal information was going private or public, said Sept. 24 that it will now allow users to review their search history.This means that users will be able to go […]

Sign No. 1: The Enterprise Uses Multiple Remote Access Solutions Having more than one remote access solution in use across data center sites and client systems is not uncommon, but can be redundant and counterproductive. The practice creates confusion, in that support personnel may not know which tool is best suited to solve a particular […]

Envy x2 Looks Like a Normal Notebook-but It’s Not HP’s new Envy x2 is an ultrathin hybrid PC with the advantages of two devices. As a notebook that doubles as a tablet, the Envy x2 has a detachable screen that becomes a full tablet when separated from the keyboard via a seamless magnetic latch. If […]

IT researcher Gartner reported Sept. 19 that the global appetite for public cloud services is ramping up faster than it and other analysts expected. The subscription Web services market is now forecast to grow 19.6 percent in 2012 to total $109 billion worldwide, Gartner said in a report. Business process services (also known as business […]

Oracle turned in a mixed quarterly earnings report Sept. 20, raising its profits by 11 percent in its fiscal Q1 2013 but missing overall revenue levels projected by a group of Wall Street analysts. The Redwood City, Calif.-based business IT hardware and software company reported that its quarterly $2 billion profit marked an 11 percent […]

People Traffic Jam Salesforce CEO and founder Marc Benioff announced that a whopping 90,000 people had registered for Dreamforce X, which would be an all-time record for an IT event in the Bay Area. By the looks of the event all week, there should be few doubters that show attendance reached that five-digit number. ChatterBox […]

SAN FRANCISCO — There was plenty of news Sept. 19 amid the three-ring-circus event that is Salesforce’s Dreamforce X here at the Moscone Center, where some 90,000 people are wandering, eating, drinking, making deals and talking cloud for the next few days. See eWEEK’s coverage for the news details. /images/stories/eweek.logo.analysis1.jpgThe behind-the-news story, however, was very […]

1010data may not be a household name in the IT world, but that’s not stopping it from starting up a new industry community in which enterprises can share information to analyze, share and monetize big data. The cloud platform provider on Sept. 18 announced the formation of the 1010data Analytical Dataspace, which it claims to […]

Troubleshooting Not Embedded Your system identifies potential performance degradation problems, but leaves the troubleshooting and remediation to you. Too Often in Reactive Mode You are consistently in reactive “fire-fighting” mode due to alerts from your monitoring solution notifying you of an anomaly or policy breach. No Real-Time Monitoring You know if there was a problem […]

More and more companies are turning onto the cloud infrastructure and services thoroughfare, and that now includes mobile device makers. China’s Lenovo, the world’s No. 2 personal-computer maker and seller behind Hewlett-Packard, isn’t known for software development, but it made a significant move in that direction Sept. 18 when it announced the acquisition of Carmel, […]