Chris Preimesberger

About

Chris J. Preimesberger is Editor Emeritus of eWEEK. In his 16 years and more than 5,000 articles at eWEEK, he distinguished himself in reporting and analysis of the business use of new-gen IT in a variety of sectors, including cloud computing, data center systems, storage, edge systems, security and others. In February 2017 and September 2018, Chris was named among the 250 most influential business journalists in the world (https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/top-250-business-journalists/) by Richtopia, a UK research firm that used analytics to compile the ranking. He has won several national and regional awards for his work, including a 2011 Folio Award for a profile (https://www.eweek.com/cloud/marc-benioff-trend-seer-and-business-socialist/) of Salesforce founder/CEO Marc Benioff--the only time he has entered the competition. Previously, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. He has been a stringer for the Associated Press since 1983 and resides in Silicon Valley.

Box Offers New-Gen Compliance Monitoring, Validation for Life Sciences

Alongside the launch of a new product, Box has brought to the fore yet another acronym some people are going to have to get to know: GxP. GxP is a general abbreviation for “good practice” or “best practice” quality guidelines and regulations. The “x” is a placeholder for the various fields—the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, financial or […]

IBM Shows Positive Revenue Growth for First Time in Six Years

Back in October, IBM issued a third-quarter earnings report that, despite a slip in revenue, still exceeded Wall Street analysts’ estimates, suggesting that the venerable IT giant may be returning to revenue growth after five-and-half years of flat results and declines. On Jan. 18, that suggestion looked even more prescient. In its Q4 earnings report, […]

IT Science Case Study: Creating More Efficient Loan Transactions

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 […]

7 Steps to Deploying Network Automation in Your Infrastructure

7 Steps to Deploying Network Automation in Your Infrastructure Digital business demands that systems and people be agile in deploying new application services and in troubleshooting network problems. A key element to agility is network automation. The concept of automation may seem fairly straightforward; you use tools or scripts to execute manual tasks and workflows […]

Delphix Improves Data Masking Inside DataOps Platform

Delphix, celebrating its 10th year in business in 2018, has put all its chips on something called DataOps to carve out its niche. The company uses DevOps, DataOps and a tool called Data Pods to provide its own brand of IT data management that has been earning close looks from a growing number of potential […]

Why CA Technologies is Moving into Collaborative Robotics

CA Technologies is adding collaborative robot research and development to its already-packed product dance card. The New York-based company already has bustling businesses in mainframe software, automation, API distribution, security and several others. Nonetheless, on Jan. 17 CA revealed that it is moving to partner on something called cobotics–a collaborative robotics project–by working alongside Finland’s […]

Veeam Acquires N2WS to Protect AWS Workloads

Switzerland-based Veeam, which develops software for backing up and managing vSphere and Hyper-V virtual environments, on Jan. 16 announced the largest acquisition in its 11-year life: an all-cash $42.5 million buyout of N2W Software. NS2S, as it is known, was founded in 2012. It specializes in developing customized cloud-native solutions that transition servers, applications and […]

IT Science Case Study: Managing iPads to Cheer Up Kids in Hospitals

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 […]

Vertiv Expands Thermal IT Management With Acquisition of Energy Labs

Vertiv, the data center systems maker formerly known as Emerson Network Power, revealed Jan. 16 that has acquired Energy Labs, a privately owned, U.S.-based manufacturer of custom air-handling systems. The acquisition is designed to strengthen Vertiv’s position in the data center thermal management space and enables expansion into commercial and industrial segments with industry-leading cooling […]

Startup Komprise Getting Traction in Tough-to-Crack Storage Market

Privately held analytics-driven data management startup Komprise has updated its platform and revealed some end-of-year business numbers.  The 3-year-old Campbell, Calif.-based company said it recorded record global sales growth despite tremendous competition in the data storage market. It claims a 500 percent year-over-year increase in the number of enterprise customers across all industries and regions–including […]