Chris Preimesberger

Veritas Technologies on Feb. 14 released CloudPoint 2.0, the latest edition of its snapshot-based data protection software. Veritas, which has been on its own as a private company for three years since its 10-year “marriage” to Symantec ended in 2015, thus rolled out its biggest news since its Vision conference last fall. CloudPoint 2.0 features […]

How to Select the Right Cloud Storage for Your Company When a CIO or CTO creates an enterprise cloud strategy, it’s important for that person to take a bottom-up approach. This means that storage—where all the data resides—must be a primary consideration because it underpins the performance and reliability of the subsequent cloud services the […]

Cloud-storage backup provider Carbonite on Feb. 13 announced the acquisition of a longtime rival, Mozy, from Dell Technologies for $145.8 million in cash. The deal expands Carbonite’s customer base and better positions Carbonite to offer its data protection platform to every segment of the market, the Boston-based company said. “Carbonite’s competitive advantage is our flexible […]

Oracle, which once shuddered at the idea that cloud computing was the wave of the future because it was cutting in on its heavy-metal on-premises systems, now embraces its new business model—cloud services—as if all that history never happened. There’s lots of evidence about this old criticism 10 years ago of the biggest trend in […]

Data-centric security startup Vera continues to branch out and provide its second layer of security to enterprise cloud platform makers. The latest one belongs to Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon USA, which has more than 78,000 customers. The two companies announced Feb. 13 that Canon is effectively junking its perimeter-based […]

On Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 11 a.m. PDT/2 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 64th monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be, “App Economy or API Economy: Which Will Prevail?” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK’s editor of features and analysis. Some quick facts: Topic:  “App Economy or API Economy: Which Will […]

You know this had to happen sooner or later: You can now share a truck, similar to ZipCar and other vehicle-sharing services. This is particularly timely this week. Truxx, the truck-sharing app that connects people who drive a truck with those who need one, is one of 130 companies to be inducted by StartupGrind to […]

Nara Rajagopalan, CEO of infrastructure software maker Accelerite, told eWEEK recently that “AI isn’t just a hype; thinking machines will rule our lives–but perhaps not literally.” He appears to be on the right track. Look at what Siri, Cortana, Google and Alexa are doing for us more and more all the time. Look at how […]

Perhaps the biggest international data protection issue this year will be that the European Union’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) goes into effect on May 25. As Datos IO Vice-President Peter Smails told eWEEK: “Data-aware data management becomes table stakes in 2018. The GDPR is the most sweeping change to data protection in the past […]

This is the latest article in a new feature series in eWEEK called IT Science, in which we look at what really happens at the intersection of new-gen IT and legacy systems. Unless it’s brand new and right off various assembly lines, servers, storage and networking inside every IT system can be considered “legacy.” This is because the […]

Comtrade Software, which makes monitoring and data protection solutions for hyperconverged infrastructures, has hooked up with ExaGrid, a provider of hyper-converged secondary storage for backup, in a new partnership to offer a backup-application-to-backup-storage solution for Nutanix. Early last year, Comtrade launched its HYCU platform, which is purpose-built data storage protection for Nutanix servers. In recent […]

Even though it’s a tad difficult to break into a market already loaded with business workplace productivity platforms made by Cisco Systems, Polycom, High Five and a slew of others, Prysm isn’t shying away from the competition. The San Jose, Calif.-based workplace software and hardware maker at the ISE 2018 (Integrated Systems Europe) conference this […]