Chris Preimesberger

Application delivery controllers (ADCs) have been integral in managing traffic and helping organizations avoid outages. In fact, they’ve been around for decades as legacy hardware solutions, but now new software-based ADCs are being developed that are making the ADC even more adept at preventing outages—even on days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, where spikes […]

As artificial intelligence and machine learning offerings grow in popularity and move into production systems, enterprises are increasingly looking to utilize these technologies to automate critical business processes–from infrastructure maintenance to data management to customer services and beyond. While there can be significant, tangible value in embracing automation technologies, realizing their full potential requires more […]

Hybrid cloud management specialist HyperGrid, which enables enterprises and managed service providers to build new-gen cloud systems, on Nov. 14 launched version 6.0 of its HyperCloud platform. HyperCloud is what its mothership describes as “the next generation of the industry’s first intelligent hybrid cloud management platform.” HyperCloud 6.0 adds Amazon Web Services Lambda and Microsoft […]

On Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 72nd 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. 14: “The High/Low on No- and Low-Code Development” […]

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 […]

It’s taken a number of years for many enterprises to trust the cloud to protect their business data in servers that are often far, far away. Progress has been made; twelve years after AWS introduced its Simple Storage Service (S3) cloud in 2006, cloud storage and production workloads now comprise just over half of all […]

There are iPhone loyalists and Samsung loyalists, but which smartphones will be selling out this holiday season? According to a new survey by Swagbucks, an rewards- and loyalty-program company operated by Prodege, LLC, adults and teens are split between the two. Overall, adults are most excited to purchase a new Samsung smartphone, with a third […]

At Samsung’s SDC developers’ conference in San Francisco this week, the South Korean IT hardware and software giant introduced new-gen developer tools for its Bixby and SmartThings analytics platforms and to build mobile apps for its new One UI platform and the ground-breaking Infinity Flex Display. This phone, which is expected to go into production […]

Hyperconverged storage software maker Maxta, which is growing a niche clientele in a hot segment that includes Nutanix and others, has launched an analytics-insight platform to go with its frontline product. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company claims that its new MxIQ data analytics product, released Nov. 6, gives users real-time visibility into their private cloud […]

Coupa Software, which makes a cloud-based set of tools that enables users to manage enterprise spending, on Nov. 7 introduced a new intelligent platform that enables businesses to make better decisions at each transactional step of their business spending-management strategy. Coupa Pay is comprised of a set of payment and financing solutions that can handle […]