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.

Six Industries Where Rugged Technology is Needed

When most people think of BYOD, they think of employees bringing their mobile devices to and from a traditional office building. but in reality, there are many industries where the “office” isn’t confined to four walls and a cubicle. In these tough conditions, a regular laptop or handheld won’t do. When looking to outfit a […]

Turbo Systems Launches Itself and Universal, No-Code Dev Platform

No/low-code development, a practice that’s been around for more than two decades but is now breaking out into the mainstream, has some news. Pleasanton, Calif.-based startup Turbo Systems has launched what it calls the “first universal, no-code engagement platform for the enterprise.” Turbo claims to provide an easy way for businesses to instantly create rich […]

Foghorn Systems: Product Overview and Insight

eWEEK is building a new IT products and services section that encompasses most of the categories that we cover on our site. In it, we will spotlight the leaders in each sector, which include enterprise software, hardware, security, on-premises-based systems and cloud services. We also will add promising new companies as they come into the […]

How Cloud Environments Will Evolve During Next Few Years

Many businesses are operating in the cloud to take advantage of the scalability and agility offered in these environments. As more and more organizations make the move, Gartner Research has predicted 80 percent of enterprises will retire their traditional data centers by 2025. Let us repeat: 2025! However, there’s a new trend emerging that might […]

#eWEEKchat March 13: Getting Relevance from Corporate Data

On Wednesday, March 13, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be “Getting Relevance Out of Corporate Data.” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK’s editor in chief. Some quick facts: Topic: “Getting Relevance Out of Corporate Data” Date/time: March 13, 2019 @11a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 […]

Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging System

Unified Messaging (UM) has been a key business application since it was first introduced, ensuring that messages do not fall into a black hole, unacknowledged and ignored. By centralizing voice messages, fax and emails into a single interface, UM increases efficiency and team collaboration. Microsoft’s Voicemail/Unified Messaging architecture is central to many Unified Communications (UC) […]

Align Technology: Product Overview and Insight

Company Name: Align Technology (health care technology) Company description: Align Technology is a global medical device company that develops its own specialized software to create innovative products such as Invisalign clear aligners, iTero Intraoral scanners and OrthoCAD digital services. These help dental professionals achieve the clinical results they expect and deliver effective, cutting-edge dental options to […]

Micron Unveils World’s First 1TB MicroSD Card at MWC

Data memory and storage maker Micron Technology Feb. 25 launched the world’s highest-capacity microSD card—one that holds 1TB of removable data. The announcement was made at the annual Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona. Micron’s c200 1TB microSDXC UHS-I card is the first microSD card in the market to use Micron’s advanced 96-layer 3D quad-level cell […]

Six Best Practices for Continuous Testing of Mobile, Web Apps

The explosion of mobile devices and the mass movement of relationships and transactions to web and mobile applications is changing the basic nature of customer expectations. In the process, this trend is forcing companies to upgrade and speed up the way they deliver products and services. Consumers expect a fast and flawless experience when interacting […]

IT Science Case Study: Finding Reliable Container Security Across Clouds

Here is the latest article in an eWEEK feature series called IT Science, in which we look at what actually 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 […]