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.
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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 […]
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 market. […]
The hype around artificial intelligence has reached a fevered pitch right about now, but the reality is that computers that can think like people are still a long way off. There is great value being offered by AI today, but it’s the form of human augmentation, in which humans train the AI systems, that can […]
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 market. […]
Following a five-year absence, Dell has returned to the public markets, undergoing a complex reverse IPO with VMware just before Christmas. It’s a development that could have enormous implications for enterprise data storage. Newly flush with public capital, Dell has a powerful tool with which to make acquisitions, and the company now has plenty of […]
From a focus on improving software delivery to discussing the metrics teams need to keep track of during periods of elevated traffic, the world of enterprise IT has been abuzz with exploring questions around DevOps, as it has been for the past few years. The idea of more frequent deployments, thereby getting to business value […]
As the U.S. economy continues to grow following the fiscal downturn of a decade ago—and, in parallel, as news of major security breaches continue to populate our news channels—we’re seeing steadily increasing investment from enterprises dead set on better protecting their intellectual property, which is also growing out of control. In aggregate, this is good […]
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 […]
On Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be “Edge Computing: IT’s Newest Greenfield.” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK’s editor in chief. This month, we have three special guests featured on the show: Jason Shepherd, Dell Technologies CTO of […]