Chris Preimesberger

Download our in-depth report at our sister publication, eSecurity Planet: The Ultimate Guide to IT Security Vendors eWEEK has an online library going back to 2000 and a lot more legacy information in our file storage going all the way back to 1983, the year we started in business as the PC Week newspaper at […]

Here is the latest article in the 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 […]

Data is always at or near the top in a listing of a company’s most important assets. To monetize their key business data, enterprises use analytics tools that search, prepare and evaluate the data; insights are then generated in order to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. One issue that has plagued corporations for […]

Qualcomm and Netgear on Aug. 30 introduced a new voice-activated smart-speaker device, called Netgear Orbi Voice, that is similar to Alexa, Siri and Google in that it understands speech and can carry out requests. But there’s a big difference: This one is part of a WiFi mesh network that actually strengthens itself and becomes more […]

As time moves along, it has become quite apparent that IT enterprises—especially the largest, most depended-upon providers—have had to find a way for their products work together in the huge global marketplace. IT in 2018 is all about interconnection, cooperation and so-called “coopetition”; no company can be an island in this international landscape and expect […]

NoSQL database developer Couchbase on Aug. 30 launched something that Docker/microservices/container-deployment developers may find rather intriguing: the first NoSQL autonomous operator for Kubernetes. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company, which also makes what it terms the “world’s first engagement database” focused on UX (user experience), described Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes is an application-specific controller that automates […]

Just when you thought cloud storage and collaboration-tool maker Box eventually has to run out of ideas for new products, it comes up every year with about a dozen more just in time for its annual BoxWorks conference. For one thing, the Redwood City, Calif.-based company Aug. 29 introduced a new, more complete collaboration with […]

Toronto-based data storage and recovery provider Asigra, which has been doing networked data backup since the IT dark ages (1986), on Aug. 29 introduced and is demonstrating a new automated backup appliance at VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas. The TrueNAS Backup Appliance is the result of a partnership with San Jose, Calif.-based iXsystems. The package […]

Here is the latest article in the 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 […]

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 […]