Chris Preimesberger

One year ago, Cisco Systems, EMC, VMware and Intel introduced a new, compartmentalized way to build cloud computing systems with something they called vBlocks – with a small “v.”On Nov. 8, under the banner of the VCE [Virtual Computing Environment] joint venture, the four IT giants did two things: They capitalized the “V” in Vblock […]

NetApp’s Manish Goel wasn’t kidding when he calmly told eWEEK that the Nov. 9 announcement his company was making involved the biggest product launch in NetApp history. Goel, who serves as executive vice president of product operations for the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based storage company, told eWEEK that the catalog revamping focuses on new unified storage arrays […]

EMC on Nov. 9 announced some new reference architectures, best practices and hardware/software products designed to optimize its storage systems using Microsoft Hyper-V. The new offerings, which involve increased scalability, consolidation advancements and improved data protection, are designed for EMC Symmetrix and Clariion storage arrays running Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and System Center. New storage […]

Data management provider Kroll Ontrack Nov. 8 launched a new cloud-based service for preserving, filtering and exporting data that could potentially be used in litigation or investigations.The new service, Ontrack Guardian, uses Kroll’s branded Ontrack Compass enterprise archiving package as its base platform. The repository enables enterprises to locate and search for potentially important evidence […]

OAKLAND, Calif. — Apparently, German enterprise application maker SAP AG is a much more formidable competitor than Oracle CEO and co-founder Larry Ellison has ever had to admit in the past. Ellison, testifying for the first time in the punishment phase of a copyright infringement trial that started Nov. 1, told Federal Court Judge Shirley […]

Researchers are now compiling hard numbers that prove running enterprise applications in the cloud actually does complete a data center triple play by reducing costs, use of electricity and carbon emissions. A new study conducted on behalf of Microsoft, Accenture and WSP Environment & Energy released Nov. 4 shows enterprises running business applications in the […]

Hitachi, the vast Japanese conglomerate buoyed by an improved fiscal Q2 2010 report after several quarters of massive losses, said this week that it wants to break out its storage division into its own entity and set up an initial public offering. The Japan-based multinational, ranked in the world’s top 10 IT companies by revenue […]

Solid-State Storage Disks Are Rapidly Replacing HDDs: 10 Reasons Why by Chris Preimesberger No Moving Parts Nothing moves, so nothing can break, which is a big advantage in any computing device. Way Faster Read/Write Times Because the data on the SSD is all available at any given time and doesn’t need anything to spin up […]

Hewlett-Packard on Nov. 4 refused to accept a request from Oracle to subpoena its incoming CEO to testify as a material witness in a copyright-infringement litigation Oracle has brought against arch-rival SAP. It also was revealed that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will testify Nov. 8 as to his perspective on the case. In a third […]

Protecting Data Stored on Enterprise Laptops: 10 Best Practices by Chris Preimesberger Use Both Physical and IT Security Measures Results from a survey recently conducted by Ziff Davis Enterprise Editorial Research for eWEEK indicated??íthat a whopping 99 percent of respondents agreed that effective laptop security requires a combination of physical and information security measures. This […]

Cloud services provider NetSuite announced Nov. 3 that has opened Europe’s first IT development center dedicated to building cloud ERP-based business management software packages.The new development center is located in Brno, Czech Republic and naturally will focus on marketing NetSuite’s cloud application services — as well as partners’ products — to global companies.Brno is the […]

Managing Data Centers Efficiently: 10 Cost-Saving Techniques by Chris Preimesberger Communities Rule There are online communities built especially for you that offer free advice and expertise from other people out there in the trenches. Additionally, communities are the perfect place for unbiased advice on products that you may be thinking of buying or technologies you […]