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.

IT Science Case Study: How to Optimize the Data Scientist Function

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 […]

Confluent Streaming Data: Product Overview and Analysis

eWEEK is compiling 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 […]

#eWEEKchat Aug. 8: Trends in New-Gen Mobility, Apps, Devices

On Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 70th monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be, “Trends in New-Gen Mobility, Apps, Devices.” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK’s editor of features and analysis. Some quick facts: Topic: #eWEEKchat Aug. 8: “Trends in New-Gen Mobility, Apps, Devices” […]

How to Secure an IoT System in a Mere Few Minutes

The internet of things market is potentially one of the greenest greenfields ever in the world economy. The sheer number of multiple billions of connected devices not only boggles the minds of hardware and software vendors, system owners and independent software developers—who all see dollar signs—but it also delights bad actors, who also see that […]

Okta Identity Management: Product Overview and Analysis

eWEEK is compiling 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 […]

Toshiba Releases New 12TB, 14TB Hard Drives for NAS Integrators

Despite 99 percent of data storage news revolving around NAND flash and other types of non-volatile memory in solid-state media, it’s easy to forget that mechanical hard drives with large capacities are still being manufactured and deployed often in production. Toshiba America Electronic Components last week launched its latest set of hard drives, the MN07 […]

IT Science Case Study: Building a Fast, Reliable e-Banking Application

Here is the latest article in a new 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 […]

#eWEEKchat Aug. 8: Trends in New-Gen Mobility, Apps, Devices

On Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 70th monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be, “Trends in New-Gen Mobility, Apps, Devices.” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK’s editor of features and analysis. Some quick facts: Topic: #eWEEKchat Aug. 8: “Trends in New-Gen Mobility, Apps, Devices” […]

SigOpt Automated Model Tuning: Product Overview and Analysis

eWEEK is compiling 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 […]

Research Indicates CEOs, Other Execs Routinely Steal Company IP

Security professionals have always contended that the weakest link in any security system isn’t the hardware or software—it’s nearly always a human or humans who interact with it. A new study from information security vendor Code42, released July 24, bears witness to this once again, only this time the research reveals a rather disturbing trend: That […]