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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).Heptio Looks to Reduce Container Complexity
September 13th, 2017 Comments Off on Heptio Looks to Reduce Container Complexity
Startup Heptio announced its latest funding round this week as it seeks to drive application container orchestration deeper into enterprise IT infrastructure by making the technology more accessible to frontline systems engineers. The Seattle-based startup launched last year by ...
AWS Embraces AMD For Faster Graphics
September 12th, 2017 Comments Off on AWS Embraces AMD For Faster Graphics
Last week Amazon Web Services (AWS) streaming service, AppStream 2.0, introduced a new GPU instance called Graphics Design intended to accelerate graphics. The new instance is based on AMD’s FirePro S7150x2 Server GPUs equipped with AMD Multiuser GPU technology. ...
Rackspace Expands Cloud Services With Datapipe Deal
September 11th, 2017 Comments Off on Rackspace Expands Cloud Services With Datapipe Deal
Responding to what it says is growing customer demand for overseeing multiple clouds at scale, managed services specialist Rackspace said it is acquiring cloud rival Datapipe. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, Rackspace said Monday (Sept. 11) ...
Mesosphere Adds Kubernetes in Platform Upgrade
September 8th, 2017 Comments Off on Mesosphere Adds Kubernetes in Platform Upgrade
Micro-services specialist Mesosphere is bringing the leading container orchestrator to its datacenter operating system as part of its latest release of its flagship platform. Version 1.10 of the company's DC/OS includes a beta version of Kubernetes, the de facto ...
IBM’s Latest AI Effort Targets Algorithms, Physics
September 7th, 2017 Comments Off on IBM’s Latest AI Effort Targets Algorithms, Physics
Investment continues to flow into artificial intelligence research, especially in key areas such as AI algorithms that promise to move the technology from specialized tasks to broader applications that leverage big data and exploit machine and "continuous" learning capabilities. ...
HPE Reports Q3 Gains Along With Cloud Deal
September 6th, 2017 Comments Off on HPE Reports Q3 Gains Along With Cloud Deal
Hewlett Packard Enterprise reported better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter ending July 31 despite what it described as continued "commodities cost pressures" related to tighter memory supplies for servers. It also announced a cloud acquisition. The hybrid IT specialist ...
Huawei, Microsoft Partner on Public Cloud
September 5th, 2017 Comments Off on Huawei, Microsoft Partner on Public Cloud
Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecommunications giant, is partnering with Microsoft to bring server, database and other enterprise applications to the Huawei cloud. The companies announced the public cloud partnership during a Huawei event in Shanghai. The deal with China's ...
HPE, Micro Focus Complete Software Merger
September 1st, 2017 Comments Off on HPE, Micro Focus Complete Software Merger
A year after exiting the enterprise software business to sharpen its focus on hybrid IT infrastructure for datacenters, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Micro Focus have completed the spinoff to and merger of HPE's software assets with the U.K. pure-play ...
Make Way For ‘Citizen Developers’
August 30th, 2017 Comments Off on Make Way For ‘Citizen Developers’
Harried DevOps teams are getting help from colleagues with no formal training and little experience in programming, an emerging class of workers dubbed "citizen developers" who are expected to make their mark on enterprises over the next two years. ...
Western Digital Buys Flash Vendor Tegile
August 30th, 2017 Comments Off on Western Digital Buys Flash Vendor Tegile
Consolidation in the enterprise storage sector continues with Western Digital Corp.'s acquisition of Tegile Systems, a provider of flash and persistent memory storage in datacenters. The deal announced Tuesday (Aug. 29) is expected to close during the week of ...