Chris Preimesberger

How IT Professionals Can Survive, and Thrive in, an Automated World For network engineers who’ve seen the recent IBM Watson commercial where the mystical cube detects and remediates thousands of security threats automatically, it would be easy to think that the robot overlords are set to take their jobs. Well, that’s only partly true. Networking […]

We’ve all seen it: The data security industry has been on a wild ride during the last three decades, from the initial “glory attacks” of the 1990s and early 2000s, to the rise of financially motivated and hacktivist attacks, to current profoundly dangerous nation-state campaigns against governments, businesses and public infrastructure. As these threats have […]

LA JOLLA, Calif.–Qualcomm Technologies is juggling a few things right now, and they all are being managed here at its headquarters in a glorious, sun-drenched vacation destination, set a few minutes north of San Diego off Interstate 5. Item No. 1: Processor software competitor Broadcom is trying to pull off a hostile takeover of the […]

Clearly, the biggest international storage issue this year is that the European Union’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) goes into effect May 25. The repercussions of this we don’t know completely yet, but they will be extensive in scope. As a result, data management, storage and protection providers high and low are coming out with […]

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 […]