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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, IBM Partner on IoT App Development

July 13th, 2016 Comments Off on AT&T, IBM Partner on IoT App Development
AT&T (NYSE: T) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) will collaborate on Internet of Things (IoT) development as part of an arrangement that combines IBM's cloud and cognitive computing platform with the carrier's global network. The partners said Wednesday (July 13) ...

Chef Unifies DevOps Automation

July 12th, 2016 Comments Off on Chef Unifies DevOps Automation
The automation of DevOps continues to expand as does the integration of current capabilities such as security and governance along with new features like data analytics as enterprise users seek to accelerate and scale application deployment. DevOps specialist Chef ...

New Florida Chip R&D Center Targets Sensors

July 8th, 2016 Comments Off on New Florida Chip R&D Center Targets Sensors
It's been a good month for advanced manufacturing research in the U.S. with an expansion of a government smart manufacturing effort followed this week by a new chip design effort in Florida that will focus on high-speed electronics and ...

U.S. Leverages HPC, Analytics For Smart Manufacturing

July 8th, 2016 Comments Off on U.S. Leverages HPC, Analytics For Smart Manufacturing
A smart manufacturing initiative launched last month by the Obama administration would seek to jumpstart an early version of an industrial Internet of Things via networks of smart sensors to be used for advanced manufacturing. The White House announced ...

Tech M&As Decline Sharply in First Half

July 7th, 2016 Comments Off on Tech M&As Decline Sharply in First Half
Technology mergers and acquisitions have hit the skids during the first half of this year after booming in 2015, according to a merger tracking firm. London-based Mergermarket said this week the sharp decline in technology, media and telecommunications deals ...

‘Brexit’ Currency Swings Hit IT Spending

July 7th, 2016 Comments Off on ‘Brexit’ Currency Swings Hit IT Spending
The British exit, or "Brexit," from the European Union is adding uncertainty to global IT markets as the British pound sinks to new lows. Worldwide IT spending for this year is forecast to be flat, representing an increase over ...

NSA Looks to IT Industry to Harden Vulnerable U.S. Nets

July 6th, 2016 (1)
U.S. intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency, are increasingly turning to commercial solutions in their efforts to head off the alarming number of cyber attacks that culminated in last year's massive breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel ...

Pivotal Adds Ubuntu to Cloud Foundry

July 6th, 2016 Comments Off on Pivotal Adds Ubuntu to Cloud Foundry
The steady shift to cloud native infrastructure continues with a partnership between enterprise software vendor Pivotal and Linux specialist Canonical that will provide secure images from Canonical's Linux distribution Ubuntu on the Pivotal Cloud Foundry. The partners said Wednesday ...

Container Tool, Key-Value Store, Gets an Upgrade

July 5th, 2016 Comments Off on Container Tool, Key-Value Store, Gets an Upgrade
The latest version of a distributed key-value platform used to store data in containers across a cluster of machines and previously integrated with the Kubernetes cluster manager includes API and data model features designed to ease upgrades while supporting ...

Researchers Endorse ‘Quantum-Safe’ Cloud Security

July 5th, 2016 Comments Off on Researchers Endorse ‘Quantum-Safe’ Cloud Security
With cyber attacks on IT infrastructure growing more sophisticated and costly by the day, researchers are looking for new ways to stay ahead of hackers by strengthening encryption. Among the emerging tools are quantum random number generators that introduce ...
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