Chris Preimesberger

Windows personal computer users don’t often think about the BIOS in their devices—in fact, it’s safe to say a high percentage of PC users wouldn’t know a BIOS from a basketball. BIOS (basic input/output system) is the firmware a PC’s microprocessor uses to get the computer system started after you turn it on. It also […]

Today: Scality (software solutions for global data orchestration and distributed file and object storage) Company Description Scality is a global technology company based in San Francisco with development and support teams both there and in Paris. Recognized as a leader in distributed file and object storage by both Gartner and IDC, Scality offers software-defined solutions for […]

Not surprisingly, videoconferencing in the spring of 2020 is front and center for IT in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, when most people are sheltering safely at home to ride out the crisis. Schoolteachers, personal support groups, church committees, business associates—even White House cabinet members—along with myriad other groups and individuals are taking advantage […]

Apparently the global coronavirus pandemic isn’t affecting the IT software/hardware/services business the way it’s devastated others. More than 27,900 new IT jobs were created in the first quarter of 2020 in the United States, even with the COVID-19 work shutdown. About 6,700 of those were created in March alone. After reviewing the data and conducting a […]

As we’re painfully finding out, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has decimated the events and conferences of businesses, among many others. The IT event world is one of the hardest hit, since there are about 250 such conferences per year in the U.S. alone. Companies such as O’Reilly Media, Gartner, Informa and others have had to […]

On Wednesday, April 8, at 11 a.m. PDT/2 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 85th monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be “Trends in Collaboration Tools.” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK’s editor in chief. Some quick facts: Topic: #eWEEKchat April 8: “Trends in Collaboration Tools” Date/time: Wednesday, April 8, 11 a.m. PDT/2 […]

HYCU, which provides industry-respected data backup, recovery and monitoring for hyperconverged IT infrastructures, is taking its business one big, intentional step at a time. The Boston-based company, branded Comtrade Software until it renamed itself after its No. 1 product two years ago, on March 31—World Data Backup Day—announced a major addition to its new-gen Protégé […]

Even if you’re not a regular Bible reader, there’s a good piece of advice relevant to data backup contained in Matthew 25:13: “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.” Well, OK, the Apostle Matthew wasn’t exactly thinking about data protection way back then; he was referring to the end […]

Why Both HPs Had a Pivotal Year Hewlett-Packard Co., founded way back in 1939, has been one of the few true survivors in the volatile information technology products and services business. In 2015, the company split into two entities: HP Enterprise, which develops, makes and services all the servers, storage, networking and other enterprise IT […]

Today: Aerospike (next-generation NoSQL database) Company description: Founded in 2010, Aerospike is a privately held company headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with John Dillon the CEO. Aerospike has developed a next-generation NoSQL database that is trusted by enterprises around the world to help them build and deploy hyperscale data solutions with confidence. Unlike legacy NoSQL databases, […]