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).

App Developer Netlify Looks Beyond Web Servers

October 9th, 2018 (0)

The enterprise shift away from web server applications towards APIs and microservices is spawning new platforms where web applications are developed on networks rather than servers requiring more management while presenting scaling challenges. The move to replace web servers ...

In-Memory Neural Net Chip Cuts Data Movement

October 5th, 2018 (0)

A university-industry research team is reporting a performance advance for neural networks with the development of a chip with potential applications for image recognition in autonomous vehicles and robots. The chip design relies on in-memory processing and the replacement ...

AI, Blockchain Hype Hasn’t Translated into Investments

October 4th, 2018 (0)

All the talk and hype surrounding AI, machine learning and blockchain technologies has so far failed to translate into actual spending on new IT initiatives, concludes a new industry “reality check.” Instead, the survey of about 250 CIOs and ...

Palo Alto Networks Acquires Cloud Securer RedLock

October 3rd, 2018 (0)

As more enterprise workloads migrate to the cloud, companies are looking for better ways to secure mission-critical data and applications as part of their hybrid cloud strategies. With that requirement undoubtedly in mind, cybersecurity specialist Palo Alto Networks Inc. ...

Kubernetes Update Boosts Security, Cloud Scaling

October 1st, 2018 (0)

Security and stability were the watchwords with the most recent release of Kubernetes, the third version of the production container orchestrator so far this year. The accelerating release cycle for the de facto standard cluster orchestrator illustrates its growing ...

AWS, Iridium Partner on Space-Based IoT Network

September 27th, 2018 (0)

Iridium, the satellite communication specialist, is nearing full deployment of a new constellation of telecom satellites that would plug gaps in cellular coverage. Iridium and launch partner Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, expect to launch the final 10 ...

In Challenge to Intel, AMD Eyes Server Upgrades

September 26th, 2018 (0)

AMD is zeroing in on datacenter overhauls as a means of chipping away at rival Intel Corp.’s x86 dominance of the enterprise IT infrastructure market. Some market analysts are bullish about the prospects for AMD’s aggressive push into a ...

Azure, Kubernetes Benefit from Hybrid Cloud Shift

September 25th, 2018 (0)

One in four companies in a new vendor survey said they rely on multiple cloud providers, twice as many as two years ago, with Microsoft Azure benefitting the most from the steady shift to hybrid cloud deployments. That shift ...

Microservices Help Scale Distributed Apps, Survey Finds

September 21st, 2018 (0)

The ability to scale applications and get products and services out the door faster are the primary reasons DevOps teams are embracing microservices, a new survey finds. Microservices are the foundation of an agile architecture on which applications are ...

Few ML Projects Moving to Production, Survey Finds

September 20th, 2018 (0)

The confluence of accelerators like cloud GPUs along with the ability to handle data-rich HPC workloads will help push more machine learning projects into production, concludes a new study that also stresses the importance of cloud migration and accompanying ...