Chris Preimesberger

New-generation information technology continues to offer more efficiencies for small and midsize businesses, and for those ready to take a leap and invest in these fast new tools and services, 2018 promises to be a good year. So what exactly are the top technology trends for small businesses? Well, basically anything that a large enterprise needs […]

Cloud management provider Rubrik revealed Feb. 6 that it will acquire Datos IO, a rising developer of backup and recovery software for cloud-native NoSQL databases and big data file systems. Terms of the transaction were not released. Datos IO, which came out of stealth only 2 ½ years ago, built its reputation as a data […]

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 […]

When you’re watching Super Bowl LII (52) today on television—and you probably are, because the nosebleed tickets were going for $2,900 and the high was 5 degrees in Minneapolis—you  aren’t likely to be thinking about the science of lighting up the inside of U.S. Bank Stadium. But you should. On your high-definition screen (whether TV, […]

Improving Cyber-Security Hygiene: Nine Methods to Fight Off Intruders There’s no question that hacked credentials and thefts of business data and personal information are on the rise. The number of breaches caused by compromised usernames and passwords rose 18 percent in 2016, according to Verizon’s 2017 Data Breach Investigation Report. Today, more than four out […]

We’re seeing more and more bots popping up everywhere—on our smartphones, laptops, tablets and watches. It’s almost as though we, as regular buyers of products and services online, have to be supervised by these little electronic personalities to get something done. It is true that finding, downloading, installing, logging in and using applications is fast […]

There’s more news on how graphics processors developed for the consumer market are making major speed improvements inside the enterprise IT world of cloud services. IBM revealed Jan. 31 that the newest Nvidia V100 GPU–which has its roots in the video-game world–is now available on the IBM Cloud to accelerate artificial intelligence and high-performance computing […]

For all the talk, vendor promotions and media coverage about the so-called “digital transformation” age of the last five years of this decade, the actual changeover from old-school to new-gen systems isn’t moving nearly as fast as many enterprises would like. Research by several business authorities, including Gartner, Deloitte and Harvard Business School and companies […]

Seven Notable Challenges of Managing 100G Networks The move from standard 10- or 40-gigabit-per-second to 100G-bps Ethernet transport networks is on a faster growth ramp than many industry observers expected, and the use cases for transport at 100G bps are multiplying. The timing appears right: As companies continue to scale, and as their data needs […]

Merchant marketers are always trying to reach potential customers in specific demographics. We know all about the baby boomers, generations X, Y and Z, and so on. But how about that demographic consisting of so-called “unreachable” consumers? This would take into account a growing set of consumers who have little or no interest in conventional […]

It is readily apparent that IT security at the outset of 2018 isn’t making a lot of headway in stopping thieves in the murky world of online fraud. The bad actors always seem to be a lap or two ahead, while security providers appear to be running in place. Consumer credit reporting agency Experian’s “Global […]

Since 2008, every Jan. 28—which comes around again this Sunday—has been designed as the official “Data Privacy Day,” or “Data Privvacy Day,” as pronounced in the UK. Data Privacy Day (known in Europe as Data Protection Day) is an international event whose purpose is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. […]