Chris Preimesberger

Who would know more about details of the hacking process than an actual former career hacker? And who wants to understand all they can about how the minds of hackers work, what strategies they prefer and what methods they are currently using? SecOps folks, that’s who. Cybersecurity company Randori, which specializes in attack-surface management and does […]

To counteract the spread of COVID-19, many in-person events have gone virtual. If your business is considering hosting a virtual event, here are nine event platforms you can consider. Hosting a virtual event or conference is a great way to create a fun and engaging experience for your customers and clients. However, the platform you […]

The data storage and protection company formerly known as Toshiba Memory America—now called KIOXIA (phonetically kee-oak-she-uh) America—has introduced a new set of functions in its home-built KumoScale storage software.  The new features bring a next-generation networked storage approach to applications managed by the Kubernetes framework while delivering the speed of NVMe flash. KumoScale software can now […]

Startup Open Raven, which specializes in data protection for large-scale cloud storage deployments, on Nov. 18 launched its Open Raven Cloud-Native Data Protection Platform, designed to operationalize big data security and privacy in the cloud. To prevent data breaches, Open Raven automates asset discovery and data classification, provides real-time mapping and policy-driven protection for Amazon […]

Today: Catchpoint (digital experience management) Company Description: Catchpoint is a leading digital performance intelligence software company that provides unparalleled insight into your customer-critical services to help you consistently deliver amazing digital experiences. Catchpoint is the only performance-monitoring platform that provides integrated synthetic and real user monitoring, comprehensive test types, real-time analytics, and a diverse node network […]

Samsung has already moved on to its first Galaxy Fold smartphone, so I’m wondering: Does this make the wonderful Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G flagship smartphone, comprised of merely one surface, obsolete already–even though it only came out this summer? No, of course not; we’re just kidding. But we have to say that Samsung definitely has […]

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. PDT/2 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 92nd monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be  “New Tech to Expect in 2021,” and it will be moderated by eWEEK Editor Chris Preimesberger. Some quick facts: Topic: “New Tech to Expect in 2021”   Date/time: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 11 a.m. […]

At eWEEK, we report on advances in conventional data centers and in cloud services providers, but we don’t report on interconnection centers often enough. That changes here in this article. Data center interconnect (DCI) hardware and software connect two or more data centers together over short, medium or long distances using high-speed packet-optical connectivity. There […]

Storage and data protection provider NetApp has incorporated new updates to its cloud-connected ONTAP data management software, including a more flexible Keystone Flex Subscription service and a new NetApp SolidFire Enterprise software-defined storage package.  The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company on Oct. 26 also introduced something it calls The Spot “storageless” as-a-service system that ostensibly enables developers […]

During the last few years, we have learned that being data driven has little correlation to size or geography and has only a marginal correlation to vertical industries. In fact, data-driven companies range from small health-care firms to large banks–and even include mid-sized non-profits. While the traditional categorizations of businesses have little to offer, we […]