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).

Container Projects Expand as Ecosystem Matures

April 18th, 2017 Comments Off

Application container technology continues to mature at an accelerating pace as it expands beyond cloud native deployments to address emerging platforms such as the Internet of Things while building blocks emerge to scale the existing container ecosystem. What that ...

IBM Coils Anaconda Around Power Processor

April 17th, 2017 Comments Off

IBM, which recently extended support for the Anaconda data science platform to its open source mainframe, takes another step this week by offering the data platform on its Cognitive Systems platform in collaboration with Anaconda developer Continuum Analytics. IBM ...

VMware Buys Cloud Monitoring Startup

April 13th, 2017 Comments Off

One week after selling its cloud operations to a European cloud-hosting provider, VMware Inc. said it is acquiring a cloud application monitoring service provider as IT micro-services move deeper into enterprises. Terms of VMware's (NYSE: VMW) deal to buy ...

Hyperscalers Emerging From ‘Hype Phase’

April 12th, 2017 Comments Off

The number of companies fitting the description of "hyperscale" now accounts for 68 percent of the cloud infrastructure services market, a researcher found. Synergy Research Group said this week is has identified 24 companies that meet it definition of ...

Storage Security Emerges Along With Flash

April 11th, 2017 Comments Off

The vibrant storage sector is churning out a steady stream of products, tools and network platforms as datacenter operators struggle to keep up with and secure torrents of terabytes. Much of the focus in storage technology development focuses on ...

Cloud Shift, Strong Dollar Slow IT Revenues

April 10th, 2017 Comments Off

Global IT spending faces "headwinds" that include a rising U.S. dollar and a continuing slowdown in the server market as potential customers flock to the cloud. All this is reflected in anemic forecast for datacenter and over IT spending ...

New Malware ‘Bricks’ IoT Devices

April 7th, 2017 Comments Off

Despite repeated assurances that Internet of Things security issues are being addressed, so-called "in-the-wild" attacks on poorly secured devices reveal that securing the IoT still has a long way to go. The latest threat comes from a new malware ...

AWS Lead Slips as Multi-Cloud Advances

April 6th, 2017 Comments Off

New market intelligence emerges each week about the steady enterprise shift to the cloud as companies conclude they must upgrade their IT infrastructure to compete. A "cloud transformation" study released this week by market analyst 451 Research found that ...

Datacenter Giant Acquires VMware vCloud

April 5th, 2017 Comments Off

VMware is selling its cloud operations to a European cloud-hosting provider that is aggressively expanding its U.S. operations. French cloud provider OVH will acquire VMware's vCloud Air business in a deal expected to close by the end of June. ...

Seagate Seeks to Drive Down Flash Costs

April 4th, 2017 Comments Off

The number of all-flash storage options continues to grow as datacenters burst at the seams and operators look for ways to connect legacy and flash storage while reducing cost. The latest entry comes from Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX), which ...