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).

AT&T Networking Code Goes Open Source

February 1st, 2017 Comments Off

Network virtualization functions are poised to be automated, prompting the Linux Foundation to launch an open networking automation initiative aimed at leveraging a code donation to the open source group by networking giant AT&T. AT&T's (NYSE: T) ECOMP software ...

Startup Targets Runtime Container Security

January 31st, 2017 (1)

Promising stronger and faster security for application containers in production, a startup has unveiled a new continuous security approach based on adaptive behavioral learning. The approach is said to secure distributed applications delivered via containers at their most vulnerable ...

Pure Storage Makes Splash With ‘Big Data Flash’

January 30th, 2017 Comments Off

As data intensive storage workloads proliferate across a range of industries, storage vendors are attempting to upgrade and scale their platforms to speed the analysis of a torrent of unstructured data. The latest attempt comes from all-flash storage array ...

Cisco Buys App Monitor

January 26th, 2017 Comments Off

Cisco System's deal this week to acquire privately held application-monitoring specialist AppDynamics represents a bet that enterprises will increasingly rely on distributed applications and other data services that need to be closely monitored. Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) acquisition of the ...

Security Survey: The Botnets are Coming!

January 25th, 2017 (2)

A new infrastructure vulnerability study confirms what became apparent late last year: botnets are exploiting inherent security weaknesses in Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The infrastructure security report released by Arbor Networks Inc. also warns that the release of ...

Automated Software Testers Attract VC Funds

January 24th, 2017 Comments Off

Automated software testing is gaining momentum as enterprises look to accelerate DevOps by moving beyond manual steps such as scripting of code. The added agility is seen as another way of getting distributed applications out the door faster while ...

Cumulus Networks Rolls Switching Appliance

January 20th, 2017 Comments Off

Cumulus Networks rolled out new switching hardware and open networking software this week packaged as a turnkey appliance that targets new adopters of web-scale networking along with earlier adopters accustomed to sourcing datacenter network platforms as appliances. Cumulus, Mountain ...

Hyper-Converged IT Making Inroads in Datacenters

January 19th, 2017 Comments Off

Infrastructure refresh projects centering on datacenter hyper-convergence are planned over the next 12 months by nearly half of respondents to an industry survey, underscoring the conclusion that virtualized infrastructure is entering the mainstream. The survey of datacenter buying preferences ...

HPE Buys Hyper-Converger Simplivity

January 18th, 2017 Comments Off

Making use of the "dry powder" accumulated via the spin off of its software business last year, Hewlett Packard Enterprise is acquiring hyper-converged infrastructure specialist Simplivity Corp. to expand its hybrid IT offerings. The buyer (NYSE: HPE) said Tuesday ...

Investors Back Storage Startups

January 17th, 2017 Comments Off

The storage sector continues to attract investment as more vendors emerge to help enterprises cope with the demands of storage and quickly accessing more data. Earlier this month, a pair of storage startups announced significant late-round funding: all-flash storage ...