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.
Today: Parallels (makes cross-platform business productivity software) Company description: Parallels Inc., a global leader in cross-platform solutions, makes it simple for customers to use and access the applications and files they need on any device or operating system. They help businesses and individuals securely and productively use their favorite devices and preferred technology, whether it’s Windows, […]
Is cybercrime-as-a-service poised to become an actual business trend? Don’t be surprised to see it happen in 2020. Security-breach news became so common in 2019 that readers’ eyes often glazed over at the headlines. Ransomware and phishing, as in 2018, were out of control; state-run hackers were working around the clock and making money; passwords […]
With streaming video becoming more and more strategic in B2B and B2C user experiences, new-gen video platform provider Kaltura has decided now’s the time for expansion. Kaltura’s services connect a lot of important dots in the production of video communications and provide valuable services; yet the company stays quietly in the background minding its own […]
Download our FREE Cloud Backup Report based on 155+ real user reviews. Download our FREE Cloud Monitoring Software Report based on 105+ real user reviews. HYCU, which provides data backup, recovery and monitoring for hyperconverged IT infrastructures, has announced some major additions to its new-gen SaaS offering–this time for Google Cloud Platform (GCP). When Comtrade […]
Delphix, creator of the DataOps school of new-gen data management, on Nov. 21 announced the latest release of its flagship platform that includes a list of new openness and extensibility capabilities aimed at fueling rapid application development for enterprises. Delphix’s Dynamic Data Platform is the data management package it launched two years ago that offers […]
Serverless computing–otherwise known as FaaS (function as a service)–doesn’t mean there isn’t a server doing the heavy lifting; it’s about the user not seeing or maintaining the server and not caring where in the world it’s located. It’s all about getting the work processed in a timely manner somewhere where you aren’t watching. The idea […]
Download our FREE Cloud Backup Report based on 155+ real user reviews. Download our FREE Cloud Monitoring Software Report based on 105+ real user reviews. The internet pretty much runs the world right now, and servers run the internet. That’s how important these powerful enterprise computers are. Businesses rely on servers to store and process […]
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 80th monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be “The High/Low on No- and Low-Code Development.” It will be moderated by eWEEK Editor-in-Chief Chris Preimesberger. Some quick facts: Topic: #eWEEKchat Nov. 13: “The High/Low on No- and Low-Code Development” Date/time: Nov. […]
CIOs are under intense pressure today to be fast, flexible and innovative, as well as extremely cost-effective. Each of those is a challenge unto itself. IT Ops teams play a fundamental role here. They must discover, monitor, manage and optimize multi-cloud services, application containers, serverless deployments, data sets from across the business and edge-computing devices. […]
Xilinx, known over the years for its brand of embedded field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), has come out with a new open-source development platform that enables developers to use familiar languages such as C++ and Python to create new applications for its programmable chips. An FPGA is an electronic component used to build reconfigurable digital circuits. […]