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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).Study: NSA Spying Fallout Extends Beyond Cloud
June 9th, 2015 Comments Off on Study: NSA Spying Fallout Extends Beyond Cloud
U.S. National Security Agency digital surveillance programs that were previously estimated to cost U.S. cloud vendors as much as $35 billion in sales by 2016 could "far exceed" that total as a ripple effect threatens the competitiveness of the ...
Data Leaks Seen Driving Cloud Storage
June 8th, 2015 Comments Off on Data Leaks Seen Driving Cloud Storage
The leakage of corporate data though public file sharing services and the resulting security consequences are prompting more enterprises to consider cloud storage options such as storage gateways that are replacing file servers and tape storage, a new study ...
Tight IT Budgets Could Slow Gov’t Clouds
June 4th, 2015 Comments Off on Tight IT Budgets Could Slow Gov’t Clouds
The gears of government bureaucracy grind slowly, but gradually federal agencies are adopting cloud-based IT infrastructure and the enterprise tools it makes possible, according to a new market survey. However, "stretched IT budgets" are slowing the shift to cloud-based ...
Cisco to Acquire Piston Cloud Computing
June 3rd, 2015 Comments Off on Cisco to Acquire Piston Cloud Computing
A wave of technology industry consolidation continues as established companies coping with market disruptions tap into their cash reserves to both acquire new capabilities while seeking synergies in areas like the steady shift to hybrid clouds. The latest example ...
Intel Xeon Gets Graphics Boost as Video Floods Datacenters
June 2nd, 2015 Comments Off on Intel Xeon Gets Graphics Boost as Video Floods Datacenters
A day after announcing it would integrate FPGAs with its Xeon processor to create a datacenter-focused system-on-chip, Intel rolled a new version of it Xeon processor family with new datacenter graphics capabilities. Intel said its Xeon E3-1200 v4 family ...
Intel Eyes Datacenter, IoT with Altera Deal
June 1st, 2015 (1)
Intel is targeting the integration of its processors with FPGAs in the datacenter and for the Internet of Things (IoT) with its $16.7 billion deal announced Monday (June 1) to acquire programmable logic vendor Altera Corp. The world's largest ...
HP Looks to Accelerate All-Flash Datacenters
June 1st, 2015 Comments Off on HP Looks to Accelerate All-Flash Datacenters
Hewlett-Packard is aiming to accelerate the transition to the all-flash datacenter with a package of scalable arrays and services tuned to all-flash storage. The flash introduction also provides additional momentum to efforts aimed at reducing the cost of pricey ...
Cloud Survey Finds Improving Data Security
May 29th, 2015 (1)
Despite ongoing concerns about security and privacy in the cloud, a new survey finds that cloud providers are steadily improving data security while the growing availability of private cloud services has allowed customers to specify security and data-protection measures ...
Avago-Broadcom Deal Creates Comms Chip Leader
May 28th, 2015 Comments Off on Avago-Broadcom Deal Creates Comms Chip Leader
The inexorable shift of chip making to Asia continued this week with the announcement that Singapore-based semiconductor manufacturer Avago Technologies Ltd. will acquire U.S. mainstay Broadcom Corp. in a cash and stock deal valued at $37 billion. Broadcom, Irvine, ...
Booming Security Market Reflects Shift to Cloud
May 27th, 2015 Comments Off on Booming Security Market Reflects Shift to Cloud
Seemingly nonstop reports of network security breaches—the latest one at the Internal Revenue Service—and heightened awareness about the need to button down corporate infrastructure appears to be reflected in a survey of the global security software market released this ...