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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).Telecom Carriers Prefer Juniper, Cisco
January 12th, 2018 Comments Off on Telecom Carriers Prefer Juniper, Cisco
The quest for bigger network pipes need to transport big data is driving the market for Ethernet switching and other enterprise network equipment. Industry tracker IHS Markit reported this week that a quartet of router and Ethernet switch manufacturers ...
Dual Role Emerges For Microservices
January 11th, 2018 Comments Off on Dual Role Emerges For Microservices
Microservices, the agile architecture on which applications are built as a collection of different smaller services rather than an entire application, are being used to rework existing applications along with new IT initiatives, a vendor survey found. Red Hat, ...
Juggling Security With Greater Data Access
January 10th, 2018 Comments Off on Juggling Security With Greater Data Access
Securing critical data while simultaneously making it more accessible is the challenge for enterprise IT departments, a new vendor survey finds. In a report released Wednesday (Jan. 10), big data integration specialist Syncsort said it examined what data protection ...
Machine Learning Fuels U.S. Patent Surge
January 9th, 2018 Comments Off on Machine Learning Fuels U.S. Patent Surge
Technology innovators intensified efforts over the last year to secure intellectual property rights on transformative technologies ranging from AI to blockchain platforms. While IBM maintained its overwhelming lead in U.S. patent awards, Chinese manufacturers continue to make steady progress ...
Memory Boom Propels Samsung Past Intel
January 4th, 2018 Comments Off on Memory Boom Propels Samsung Past Intel
The turbulent—and profitable—memory chip market has a new leader: Samsung Electronics has overtaken Intel Corp. as the world's largest memory supplier, ending Intel's 25-year reign. Gartner reported Thursday (Jan. 4) that the South Korean electronics giant surpassed Intel during ...
Microsoft Extends Hybrid Cloud Push With Avere Deal
January 3rd, 2018 Comments Off on Microsoft Extends Hybrid Cloud Push With Avere Deal
Microsoft continued its foray into the high-end cloud storage sector with a deal this week to acquire hybrid cloud data storage and management vendor Avere Systems. The deal announced on Wednesday (Jan. 3) follows Microsoft's acquisition last August of ...
NodeSource Raises Cash as Node.js Expands
January 2nd, 2018 Comments Off on NodeSource Raises Cash as Node.js Expands
Capping what could be called The Year of Open Source, Node.js JavaScript runtime vendor NodeSource announced the results of its latest funding round on Christmas Day 2017, raising its total venture investments to more than $34 million since its ...
Blockchain Backers Planning Enterprise Rollouts
December 22nd, 2017 Comments Off on Blockchain Backers Planning Enterprise Rollouts
Among the growing list of blockchain initiatives launched this year, the open-source Hyperledger Project is gathering momentum with the release of its first production implementations, including the introduction of its first blockchain framework for enterprises. Launched last year by ...
Net Virtualization Gets Real in 2017
December 20th, 2017 Comments Off on Net Virtualization Gets Real in 2017
Despite a slowdown in global investment in networking technology, particularly in Asia, 2017 is seen as the year when network virtualization came of age. Meanwhile, industry groups are rolling out open networking platforms aimed at accelerating deployments in the ...
FPGAs, ASICs Seen Driving Machine Learning
December 18th, 2017 Comments Off on FPGAs, ASICs Seen Driving Machine Learning
As machine learning makes steady progress in enterprise datacenters, industry observers are forecasting the emergence of a new wave of machine learning chips in the coming year, a market currently dominated by graphics processors. In it's annual technology forecast, ...