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).

API Hub Mashape Opens Up Kong Platform

April 28th, 2015 (1)

The API marketplace Mashape has released its Kong application development tool as an open source platform that is billed as among the first management layers for emerging micro-services. The San Francisco-based company said its open source release would eliminate ...

Apple’s Siri Leverages Apache Mesos

April 27th, 2015 Comments Off

Question: What makes the latest version of Siri, the personal assistant and "knowledge navigator" in the Apple iOS, tick? Answer: The Apache Mesos open-source cluster manager, according to a Mesosphere blog post. Apple developers announced the shift to Apache ...

Ex-NFL Star Patrick Willis Tackles Storage Technology

April 23rd, 2015 Comments Off

Former star NFL linebacker Patrick Willis is trading his football spikes for a corner office with a Silicon Valley storage technology company. San Jose-based Open Source Storage said it has appointed Willis executive vice president for strategic partnerships for ...

Dell Brings Multi-Rate Switching to the Datacenter

April 23rd, 2015 Comments Off

Dell rolled out a series of "open networking" switches and platforms for software-defined datacenters this week designed to widened the data pipe to as much as 100-GbE switching speeds. Dell also announced the addition to IP Infusion Inc., the ...

Freescale Targets SDN With Switching Platform

April 22nd, 2015 Comments Off

Software-defined networks are getting a nudge from hardware vendors, including chipmakers. With an eye toward advancing SDN deployments that are expected to ramp up this year, Freescale Semiconductor introduced a network services switching platform this week that is described ...

Container Push Refocuses on Trusted Platforms

April 21st, 2015 Comments Off

Red Hat, among the most vigorous proponents of delivering applications via Linux containers, acknowledges that enterprise adoption of container technology hinges on trusting the platform. Only then would true portability of applications be achieved and, with it, greater use ...

Hybrid Cloud Shift Fuels Automated Security

April 21st, 2015 Comments Off

Cloud infrastructure providers are increasingly looking for ways to automate cloud security as more customers migrate to hybrid cloud configurations in which enterprises maintain an on-premise infrastructure for sensitive data and intellectual property. Hence, the market for companies offering ...

IT Help Wanted, Especially Security Experts

April 16th, 2015 Comments Off

They say security breaches are like heart attacks: You don't start exercising until you've had one. It appears that a lengthening series of high-profile security breaches using increasingly sophisticated attacks have prompted IT vendors and their customers to hit ...

GigaSpaces Upgrades In-Memory Platform, Eyes Retail

April 15th, 2015 Comments Off

In-memory computing proponents are citing use examples like online retail shopping to make their case for what they claim is an emerging infrastructure based on in-memory data grids. Among them is GigaSpaces Technologies, the New York-based middleware vendor that ...

Datacenter, Cloud Security Platform Gets a Boost

April 14th, 2015 Comments Off

Some big numbers are flying around as technology investors sink more venture capital into startups promising to beef up security in datacenters and cloud infrastructure. The latest example comes from Illumio, the developer of a security platform for datacenters ...