Chris Preimesberger

Even though it has been available for several years, blockchain technology is still a mystery to many business people. It is best known as the distributed database technology at the heart of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. It is hardened against tampering, preventing even its operators from revising or otherwise meddling with its continuously growing list […]

It took some doing and a few years of development, but VMware now supports microservices container development right out of its vSphere Cloud Foundation box. Thought you’d never see the day? Well, it’s here. Yes, VMware’s hypervisor and virtual machines compete directly against these open-source-based containers being offered by companies such as Docker, Red Hat, […]

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 […]