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Author Archives: George Leopold
George Leopold
George Leopold has written about science and technology for more than 30 years, focusing on electronics and aerospace technology. He previously served as executive editor of Electronic Engineering Times. Leopold is the author of "Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom" (Purdue University Press, 2016).HPE Opens Up Server Storage, Networking
March 8th, 2016 Comments Off on HPE Opens Up Server Storage, Networking
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) continues to open up its cloud infrastructure offerings with the release of a new storage server line as its targets the datacenter shift to specialized infrastructure and open source cloud computing platforms like OpenStack. ...
Survey: Virtual Storage Emerges as Key Cloud Need
March 7th, 2016 Comments Off on Survey: Virtual Storage Emerges as Key Cloud Need
Storage is a critical component of cloud services as providers seek to differentiate their offerings via storage platforms designed to handle more virtual workloads, an industry survey concludes. That requirement also has fueled various "multiple hypervisors" strategies as a ...
Docker Acquires Team Behind Apache Aurora
March 4th, 2016 Comments Off on Docker Acquires Team Behind Apache Aurora
Application container leader Docker has acquired the stealthy startup behind an open source project designed to keep applications and services up and running after a system failure. San Francisco-based Docker said Thursday (March 3) it is acquiring Conductant Inc., ...
Cisco Rolls Software-Driven Net Framework
March 3rd, 2016 Comments Off on Cisco Rolls Software-Driven Net Framework
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) rolled out its new network architecture this week designed to make it easier to deploy software-defined platforms, virtualization, analytics and other digital enterprise capabilities. The strategy aims to make promising but as-yet underperforming approaches like ...
The Do’s, Don’ts of Docker Containers
March 2nd, 2016 Comments Off on The Do’s, Don’ts of Docker Containers
Operating on the assumption that whatever it was, it was needed yesterday, enterprise micro-services in general and Docker application containers in particular are making serious headway among developers. The folks charged with developing and distributed enterprise applications have reached ...
IBM Bolsters Security Unit With Latest Cyber Deal
March 1st, 2016 Comments Off on IBM Bolsters Security Unit With Latest Cyber Deal
IBM moved to beef up its ability to respond to cyber attacks through the acquisition of "incident response" specialist Resilient Systems Inc. The deal underscores growing security concerns as more sensitive and vulnerable data is stored in the cloud. ...
Shippable Expands App Development Platform
February 29th, 2016 Comments Off on Shippable Expands App Development Platform
Shippable, the developer of a platform for speeding code development and delivery of enterprise applications, has added cloud options and tighter integration with source controllers like GitHub while expanding support for micro-services and applications containers. The Seattle-based startup said ...
Banks, Tech Firms Back Open Transaction Framework
February 26th, 2016 Comments Off on Banks, Tech Firms Back Open Transaction Framework
The point of operating a business is transactions. Hence, a new open source effort designed to create what amounts to an operating system for transactions has attracted major players from the financial and technology sectors. The Linux Foundation effort ...
Security, New Analytics Tools Top IoT To-Do List
February 25th, 2016 Comments Off on Security, New Analytics Tools Top IoT To-Do List
Bulletproof security and new data analytics head a list of emerging Internet of Things technologies seen as unlocking the promise of the construct over the next several years. In an IoT forecast extending over the next two years, market ...
Networking Test Bed Wrings Out Industrial IoT
February 24th, 2016 Comments Off on Networking Test Bed Wrings Out Industrial IoT
While a global network of connected devices and sensors touted as the Internet of Things (IoT) remains mostly on the drawing board, the industrial sector is rolling up its sleeves to wring out key components of an industrial IoT ...