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).

COVID Cabin Fever: Travel Uptick Detected as Curve Flattens

April 30th, 2020 Comments Off

An analysis of smartphone location data since mid-March reveals an outbreak of what’s been described as COVID-induced “quarantine fatigue.” University of Maryland researchers studying how social distancing and shelter-in-place orders are affecting travel patterns and the spread of the ...

Red Hat Adds Tools for ‘Open Hybrid Cloud’

April 29th, 2020 Comments Off

The rise of the Linux kernel nearly three decades ago and the open source operating system it begat has fundamentally changed the way enterprises operate, virtualizing IT infrastructure, ushering in the cloud era and, today, moving computing resources to ...

Micron Releases Open Source Storage Engine

April 28th, 2020 Comments Off

Growing enterprise demand for object-based storage along with the proliferation of all-flash memory infrastructure has prompted one hardware vendor to release an open source version of its memory-class storage technology. Micron Technology Inc. promotes its fast key-value storage engine ...

OpenShift Emerges as Focus of IBM Cloud Plans

April 24th, 2020 Comments Off

The basis of IBM’s hybrid cloud strategy revolves around its assertion that about 80 percent of enterprise workloads have yet to migrate to the cloud. First articulated by ex-CEO Ginni Rometty, that strategy was emphasized again this week by ...

Taiwan Is Open for Business: A COVID-19 Tech Template

April 22nd, 2020 Comments Off

Taiwan, tech-savvy and pandemic-prepared, has emerged as the gold standard for containing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Using hard lessons learned from previous epidemics, frequent earthquakes and other natural disasters, the island nation has so far successfully leveraged ...

IBM Flat Despite Cloud Gains, HPE Declares Dividend

April 21st, 2020 Comments Off

In a financial earnings season like none before, two of the world’s largest enterprise IT infrastructure vendors appear headed in opposite directions. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) declared a dividend this week ahead of its quarterly earnings report scheduled ...

Pandemic Uncertainty Clouds Chip Forecasts

April 15th, 2020 Comments Off

Uncertainty over the duration and impact of COVID-19 on the global economy is prompting uncertain forecasts in key technology segments like semiconductors, a market that was already seeing steep declines in equipment sales. For example, projections for the global ...

Linux Foundation Expands Fintech Reach

April 14th, 2020 Comments Off

The financial services sector continues to embrace the open source movement, often playing a leading role in establishing standards and best practices. A prime example is the pivotal role played by investment banker and financial services giant Goldman Sachs ...

Zscaler Reconfigures with Cloudneeti Deal

April 10th, 2020 Comments Off

Zscaler Inc., the cloud security specialist, has expanded its capabilities to fix infrastructure and other platform misconfigurations via its acquisition of Cloudneeti, a move that allows the buyer to extend its data protection for software services applications to public ...

Report: ‘Post-Quantum Cryptography’ Needed for Retroactive Risks

April 9th, 2020 Comments Off

A coordinated, long-term approach is needed to confront the “retroactive risk” to secure communications posed by quantum computing, warns a new report emphasizing that code-breaking applications based on quantum technologies could emerge by as early as the next decade. ...