Chris Preimesberger

Cloud services for business and consumer usage are now routinely bought and deployed, but it wasn’t that long ago when many people cast a skeptical eye on them as being simply a fad that might blow over. Security, access, latency, scalability—all of these posed growing pains in the beginning, but not so much anymore. Nothing […]

Eight Ways AI Will Transform Sales Strategies in 2018 One of the big trends in information technology is the availability of artificial intelligence (AI) just about everywhere. Industry analysts believe that next great technological revolution is now here, assisted by machine learning and cognitive learning applications we didn’t have only a couple of years ago. […]

Data management software maker MapR Technologies is boldly going where it has never gone before: It has added an afterburner of sorts to its platform. The San Jose, Calif.-based company now claims up to 10 times more speed in analytics query performance for both historical and operational data using the MapR Converged Data Platform.   […]

Aporeto doesn’t think enterprise security systems should trust anything or anybody too much. But it believes that security should bind itself to each application and watch over it like a guardian angel. The San Francisco-based startup has launched what it calls the first “zero trust” security package for the enterprise based on finely-tuned application identity, […]

We keep hammering away at this point here in eWEEK, and we’ll do it again today: We are at an important convergence of technology here in this, the first quadrant of the 21st century. It’s all here now: High connectivity bandwidths, super high-quality code and code libraries, unprecedentedly powerful processors that use less power than […]

Here’s the latest example of a new occasional feature in eWEEK called IT Science, in which we look at what really happens at the intersection of new-gen IT and legacy systems. These articles describe industry solutions. The idea is to look at real-world examples of how new-gen IT products and services are making a difference in production each […]

Toshiba Memory America, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Toshiba Memory Corp., has expanded its XG5 lineup of NVMe (non-volatile memory express) solid-state drives that are based on its 64-layer, 3D BiCS (Bit Cost Scalable) flash memory. The new XG5-P, made available Nov. 30, is a premium sub-series storage disk that doubles the capacity over previous XG5 […]

Artificial intelligence platform maker Neura, already known for its cognitive home automation applications, is moving to the mobile world. The 4-year-old Sunnyvale, Calif.-based startup, which uses machine-learning algorithms to analyze sensor data and create insights about end-user real-world experiences, on Nov. 29 released two new products: Neura for Connected Car and Neura for Transportation.  Neura’s […]

Why CIOs Need to Stay on Top of These Eight Trends in 2018 This has been a transformative year for the digital enterprise in more ways than one. This changeover is expected to continue into 2018 as organizations try to meet escalating consumer expectations in our on-demand economy. To satisfy their needs, it is critical […]

By next spring, Margaret C. Whitman, known internationally as Meg, won’t have to worry about the day-to-day business of a major IT corporation anymore. At least not for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. During HPE’s quarterly report to analysts and investors Nov. 21, the board chairman and chief executive officer revealed that she will be […]

Heading fast into 2018, it’s pretty much a lock that voice-enabled artificial intelligence and natural language control of devices and software is where it’s all headed—whether it involves a vehicle, a living room or walking down the street with a phone. Now we can add “in an office.” At the Amazon Web Services re:Invent 2017 […]

As worldwide demand for storage, servers, networking and mobile devices continues to skyrocket in order for enterprises and consumers to handle larger and more complex workloads, the semiconductor industry and all its supplies are seeing their businesses boom commensurately. Semiconductor industry analyst TrendForce reported Nov. 29 that the global revenue for semiconductor foundries is expected […]