Chris Preimesberger

Toshiba, which makes a pretty good notebook PC but couldn’t compete successfully enough against the Apples, HPs and Lenovos of the world, is giving up that business. Sharp revealed June 5 that it is acquiring the Japanese personal computer business for a mere $36 million. Besides the fact that it’s essentially a bargain-basement deal that […]

SAP has been all over the IT news this week thanks to its annual SAPPHIRE 2018 conference in Orlando, Fla. Here’s one more news item to note: The German-based software maker joined with Dell EMC-owned enterprise cloud provider Virtustream June 5 in an expanded partnership to offer the SAP Data Hub on the Virtustream Enterprise […]

eWEEK is building a new IT products and services section that encompasses most of the categories that we cover on our site. In it, we will spotlight the leaders in each sector, which include enterprise software, hardware, security, on-premises-based systems and cloud services. We also will add promising new companies as they come into the […]

BMC Software, whose specialized software helps enterprises organize their tech-support functions, on June 5 launched a new service-management package that uses cognitive computing to speed tasks along. BMC Helix Cognitive Service Management integrates analytics IT, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, into traditional IT service management, thus optimizing every layer of service delivery for […]

When it comes to the idea of citizen software development, sometimes described as “low-code,” a former division of Intuit, Quick Base, has been a real pioneer. The development genre has had its fits and starts over the last 20 years, but it appears to be gaining some real momentum now. At its EMPOWER 2018 conference […]

CA Technologies is one of those IT companies that makes important but under-the-covers-type software that people often take for granted. For example, when you swipe your credit card at a payment location, you’re most likely hitting a mainframe somewhere in the world with CA’s software that connects the dots for that transaction. The user sees […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Until recently, CTOs and data center managers rarely put the terms “mainframe” and “cloud” into the same sentence, let alone combine them in a workload solution. Historically, there has been quite a bit of separation between those two IT genres; in many people’s minds, they represent old-school vs. new-school. This isn’t […]

Everybody wants to know where the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning is going inside day-to-day IT, and June 5 marks a good opportunity to get some research metrics on all of this. Constellation Research will soon publish its 2018 Artificial Intelligence Study, and here today in eWEEK, you can get a sneak preview […]

eWEEK is starting a new IT products and services section that encompasses most of the categories that we cover on our site. In it, we will spotlight the leaders in each sector, which include enterprise software, hardware, security, on-premises-based systems and cloud services. We also will add promising new companies as they come into the […]

Kids love to play in physical sandboxes. Developers love to “play” in virtual sandboxes. BlueData, which offers a new-gen big-data-as-a-service (BDaaS) software platform, has made available a new environment for AI and machine-learning developers to try out new ideas and have fun testing them. This is a new turnkey package that enables accelerated deployment of […]

With the General Data Protection Regulation now in full effect, the way companies do business with European Union citizens has been changed big time. However, the ramifications of the regulation reach far beyond the borders of the EU’s 28 member nations. An Ovum survey has revealed that 70 percent of global IT decision-makers expect to increase spending to […]

On Wednesday, June 13, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 68th monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be, “What’s Next for Cybersecurity?” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK’s editor of features and analysis. Some quick facts: Topic: #eWEEKchat June 13: “What’s Next for Cybersecurity?” Date/time: June 13, 11 a.m. PST/2 […]