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).

Filling Storage Gap Could Boost OpenStack Deployments

October 28th, 2015 (0)

As OpenStack cloud deployments slowly grow, so too do nagging concerns about complexity and the persistent difficulty of installing the open source platform, including much configuring and customizing. As they say, the first step toward solving a problem is ...

Survey: Database Shift to Cloud Fuels Competition

October 27th, 2015 (0)

As relational and analytic databases move from the datacenter to the cloud, a new survey finds most enterprises are sticking with incumbents as they adopt database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offerings. In a survey of database-in-the-cloud offerings released Tuesday (Oct. 27) by ...

IronNet, Founded by Ex-NSA Boss, Gains Funding

October 27th, 2015 (0)

A cybersecurity startup with a wealth of insider knowledge and a plan to leverage high-performance computing along with advanced visualization techniques has attracted the attention of well-known investors. IronNet Cybersecurity, the startup founded in 2014 by former U.S. National ...

Oracle Cloud Adds Data Visualization

October 26th, 2015 (0)

The database giant adds to its growing big data stack with a cloud-based data visualization service.

Enterprise Apps: Too Complicated for Mobile Workers

October 26th, 2015 (0)

Enterprise applications and the IT infrastructure used to deliver them remain too complex, prompting some to bypass sanctioned enterprise tools and instead use consumer applications to get done what needs to be done. That reality is among the conclusions ...

EMC, VMware Raise Eyebrows With Cloud Spinoff

October 23rd, 2015 (0)

The proposed $67 billion merger of Dell Inc., storage giant EMC Corp. and its VMware Inc. subsidiary got more complicated this week when the future Dell units unexpectedly announced a cloud spinoff. EMC (NYSE:EMC) and VMware (NYSE:VMW) followed up ...

Red Hat Integrating Newly Acquired DevOps Tools

October 22nd, 2015 (0)

Less than a week after announcing its acquisition of IT automation tool and DevOps specialist Ansible, Red Hat said it has closed the transaction and begun integrating the startup's open-source tools into its hybrid cloud management infrastructure. Joe Fitzgerald, ...

Docker Closes App Gap With Tutum Acquisition

October 21st, 2015 (0)

Seeking to bridge the gap between application development and production deployment, container leader Docker Inc. said this week it has acquired Tutum Inc., a two-year-old developer of a cloud service for deploying and managing distributed applications in Docker containers. ...

Docker Containers Get Security, Performance Boost

October 20th, 2015 (0)

As the reality of enterprise production environments catches up with the hype over Docker application containers, vendors have been plugging security holes while attempting to expand flexibility for container deployments. Of particular concern is the security of container images. ...

Sinclair Oil Taps Qumulo Storage

October 19th, 2015 (0)

The oil and gas sector is slumping, cutting back on exploration and drilling as energy prices continue to slump. Perhaps based on the strategy that it's best to invest during a downturn, Sinclair Oil announced this week it is ...