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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).Docker Platform Fills Gaps in Container Ecosystem
March 2nd, 2017 Comments Off on Docker Platform Fills Gaps in Container Ecosystem
Docker rolled out a batch of container services this week aimed squarely at enterprise developers and IT operators looking to leverage containers to push applications into production and scale them across hybrid cloud infrastructure. Along with a new services ...
Multi-Cloud Rivals See Opening in AWS Crash
March 1st, 2017 Comments Off on Multi-Cloud Rivals See Opening in AWS Crash
Cloud rivals pounced this week in response to a major outage at Amazon Web Services S3 cloud storage service, arguing that the high-profile crash underscores the need for enterprises to embrace a multi-cloud strategy that gives users a fallback ...
Harnessing App Development With ‘Low-Code’ Platforms
February 28th, 2017 Comments Off on Harnessing App Development With ‘Low-Code’ Platforms
One of the offshoots of the open source movement has been the gradual rise of "citizen application developers" operating on enterprise-grade "low-code" platforms. While the approach is seen as one way to meet the growing demand for enterprise applications ...
IBM Spins Out Analytics Platform For Utilities
February 27th, 2017 Comments Off on IBM Spins Out Analytics Platform For Utilities
An IBM-backed energy startup will attempt to advance the smart grid via a new cloud-based analytics platform designed to forecast renewable energy supplies along with the overall health of a statewide and regional power grids. IBM (NYSE: IBM) and ...
Google Cloud Adds Skylake, Fueling Performance Wars
February 24th, 2017 Comments Off on Google Cloud Adds Skylake, Fueling Performance Wars
As part of an ongoing effort to differentiate its public cloud services, Google made good this week on its intention to bring custom Xeon Skylake chips from Intel Corp. to its Google Compute Engine. Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) announced plans ...
U.S.: Cybersecurity Must Go Beyond Passwords
February 23rd, 2017 Comments Off on U.S.: Cybersecurity Must Go Beyond Passwords
If indeed we are operating in a "digital economy," standard security measures such as passwords are no longer sufficient to shield the underlying IT infrastructure from sophisticated hackers, asserts a panel of U.S. experts and advocates of "multi-factor" authentication ...
Wanted: IoT Interoperability, Security Specs
February 22nd, 2017 Comments Off on Wanted: IoT Interoperability, Security Specs
Yet another survey, this one by an Internet of Things standards group, emphasizes the need for interoperability and security standards as more devices are connected. Moreover, the survey of consumers by the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) uncovered growing demand ...
OpenShift Upgrades Aim to Boost Container Integration
February 21st, 2017 Comments Off on OpenShift Upgrades Aim to Boost Container Integration
Platform developers profess a desire to help harried developers connect applications to data across hybrid cloud infrastructure. Increasingly, they say, API-based architectures and software containers are among the viable options for getting distributed applications into production. With that in ...
Software Woes Seen Fueling ‘Low-Code’ Approach
February 17th, 2017 Comments Off on Software Woes Seen Fueling ‘Low-Code’ Approach
Access to enterprise software via the cloud or other services platforms may be booming, but the quality of code promoted as a way of streamlining daily operations falls far short, concludes a vendor survey. Those shortfalls have driven early ...
Public Cloud Adoption Up, Private Cloud Flat
February 16th, 2017 Comments Off on Public Cloud Adoption Up, Private Cloud Flat
The rise of hybrid cloud adoption among enterprises, powered by a substantial shift to multi-cloud infrastructure designed in part to retain flexibility, has resulted in market gains by rivals of public cloud leader Amazon Web Services, according to an ...