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.

CEO Belluzzo: Why Quantum Offers a Fresh Alternative

Rick Belluzzo, CEO and chairman of San Jose, Calif.-based data storage disk/tape drive maker Quantum, sees the IT landscape from many different perspectives. Belluzzo, 53, was a key factor in building Hewlett-Packards considerable reputation in the printer and desktop computer business in the 1990s. He also served as Silicon Graphics CEO from 1998 to 2001 […]

Onaro Offers New View into Oracle Apps

ORLANDO, Fla.—Storage management software maker Onaro announced Nov. 2 that database and IT infrastructure giant Oracle has joined its Service Connections program, which develops solutions to help businesses get new storage service management installations up and running. The Boston-based company revealed the new partnership at Storage Networking World here. Oracle joins Cisco Systems and Hitachi […]

Xyratex Demos New SAS Systems

ORLANDO, Fla.—Xyratex, an IBM spinoff that makes storage enclosures for OEMs and software integrators, demonstrated its new line of Serial-Attached SCSI hardware at Storage Networking World here. /zimages/2/153752.jpg SAS provides enhanced performance, reliability and scalability that overcome many of the limitations of traditional parallel iSCSI implementations, Xyratex spokeswoman Lisa Hart told eWEEK. Xyratex, based in […]

Deduplication, Dancing Robot Steal Storage Show

ORLANDO, Fla.—A wise-guy robot from Xiotech personally greeted many of the 1,200 visitors to the show floor at the Storage Networking World conference here this week. “Hi there,” the blue-eyed robot said to a reporter who walked up to take a closer look. “Hey, yourself,” the reporter said. “Youve got some pretty big blue eyes […]

EMC Buys De-Duplication Specialist Avamar

ORLANDO, Fla.-EMC, the world market leader in several information management and storage sectors, on Nov. 1 announced a signed agreement to acquire privately held Avamar Technologies, a provider of enterprise-class data protection software that features data deduplication technology. EMC made the announcement at Storage Networking World here. Data deduplication, which eliminates redundant data throughout the […]

Scentric Tackles Risk, Compliance Issues

Scentric, a developer of what it calls “the worlds first universal data classification solution,” on Oct. 31 launched Scentric Destiny R2, the latest version of its flagship product that aims to solve critical information governance problems through data classification and policy-based data management. Scentric Destiny is the first universal package for cataloging, classifying and controlling […]

Verari Introduces Blade-Based Storage Subsystem

ORLANDO, Fla.—Blade server maker Verari Systems Oct. 31 introduced its BladeRack 2 VB5150 Storage Subsystem, which uses a new architecture to address a broad set of network-attached storage requirements in both the high-performance computing and enterprise markets. The San Diego-based company introduced the new system here at Storage Networking World. The VB5150 is the first […]

Datacore Disaster Recovery Software Dials Back the Clock

ORLANDO, Fla.—DataCore Software on Oct. 31 released Traveller CPR (Continuous Protection and Recovery), new advanced continuous data protection and high-availability mirroring software that lets storage administrators roll back to any previous point in time prior to a disaster, virus attack or other disruptive event. DataCore, based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., officially will introduce the product […]

Microsoft, IBM Target Archiving

Microsoft is hooking up with IBM for the first time to help large companies handle an increasingly worrisome problem: e-mail archiving for e-discovery, legal and audit reasons. Starting Oct. 19, Microsoft and its channel partners began recommending a new IBM e-mail archiving product to enterprise customers through a business partner program based on hardware, software […]

HP to Introduce Dedicated Storage Blade

Hewlett-Packard will introduce three new products on Oct. 31 at Storage Networking World in Orlando, Fla.—its first C-class blade server dedicated to storage, an ultra-high-speed virtual tape library gateway and a storage area network “starter kit” for small and midsize businesses. Although all three could work well in a large enterprise storage environment, HP is […]