Chris Preimesberger

Intel plays a lot of roles in the IT business besides making processors with microscopic transistors for servers, PCs, the internet of things, and mobile devices. It also makes security hardware and software, memory and programmable enterprise solutions, 5G connectivity hardware and software and a list of others too long to note here. But one […]

Making sure clean data is flowing inside an enterprise is like keeping a close eye on a motor vehicle’s oil level and quality; you do not want to “run dirty” in either case, because all it can do is gum up the works. Clean data can be described as complete, accurate, relevant, up to date, […]

Cloud-service delivery platform maker Akamai Technologies has forged a significant new connection with the world’s No. 1 customer relationship management provider, Salesforce. The company on May 17 launched something called the Akamai Connector for Salesforce Commerce Cloud, which already enables enterprises to provide personalized experiences for shoppers through web, mobile, social and in-store environments. Using […]

MarkLogic, the de facto standard-bearer of the enterprise NoSQL database market, on May 16 released v9.0-5 of its product that the company claims has significantly improved automation, security and management functions. MarkLogic 9.0-5 provides enterprises with greater security out-of-the-box, enhanced facilities for mission-critical operations and workload management and major improvements to MarkLogic’s open source, fully […]

Hitachi Vantara, born last September as a wholly owned subsidiary of the global Hitachi Ltd., is starting to assert its own storage-business personality. This is way more than just an organizational update. Hitachi Vantara is a essentially a new company resulting from  the convergence of Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Insight Group and Pentaho. The new […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Most of us are aware of Staples’ big red easy button from myriad television and web commercials. Well, AT&T, with the big help of Amazon Web Services, is launching its own take on that concept, only it’s literal–and it’s not red. The mega-telecom on May 16 launched a new service using […]

ServiceNow (IT, HR service delivery, security operations and customer service management) Company description: ServiceNow provides cloud-based workflow solutions that make work, work better for people, by defining, structuring, managing and automating assets and services while breaking down silos for enterprise operations. It is a publicly traded company headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. ServiceNow founder Fred Luddy created […]

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, looking ahead at the rising potential of the software-defined data fabric market, made an important investment there on May 15, only we don’t know exactly how much that investment will cost the company at this point. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based corporation revealed that it will acquire Plexxi, an 8-year-old provider of hybrid SDN […]

Object storage software provider Cloudian had some good news May 15 for a growing number of storage admins out there who are adding cloud instances to their on-premises systems. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company launched its HyperStore Test Drive on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that provides users with fast access to a dedicated, fully operational […]

SAN FRANCISCO — RSA Security’s annual conference, staged recently at Moscone Center in San Francisco, is the largest of its kind in the world. The Innovation Sandbox it hosts each year is the closest thing to a “Shark Tank”-style reality TV show for cybersecurity startups, and it is always a popular subset of the main […]