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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).

Pivot3 Expands Security, Virtualization Partnerships

August 29th, 2017 Comments Off on Pivot3 Expands Security, Virtualization Partnerships
Pivot3, the hyper-converged infrastructure specialist, and a trio of partners are joining forces to add workload encryption and other capabilities to its software-defined platform for datacenters. The startup based in Austin, Texas, said this week it is collaborating with ...

Crypto-Currency ‘Mining’ Boosts GPU Demand

August 28th, 2017 Comments Off on Crypto-Currency ‘Mining’ Boosts GPU Demand
The booming GPU market propelled by new implementations ranging from "GPU clouds" for deep learning to HPC applications is getting an additional lift from growing demand for "add-in" graphics boards used in servers and, more recently, "mining" Ethereum virtual ...

CSRA Emerges as U.S. IT Powerhouse

August 25th, 2017 Comments Off on CSRA Emerges as U.S. IT Powerhouse
A well connected IT services provider formed through the merger of established government contractors is steadily extending its reach from providing cloud services the U.S. military to training the next wave of cyber security specialists. CSRA Inc., Falls Church, ...

AMD Lines Up New China Datacenter Partners

August 23rd, 2017 Comments Off on AMD Lines Up New China Datacenter Partners
As the server market stalls, processor makers continue to search for greener pastures. Among the most promising is the booming Chinese datacenter market, where processor maker Advanced Micro Devices announced expanded partnerships this week with a trio of hyperscale ...

Tight DRAM Supplies Jar Server Market

August 22nd, 2017 Comments Off on Tight DRAM Supplies Jar Server Market
Tightening global supplies of DRAM chips are beginning to bite with reports surfacing this week about rising server memory prices as chipmakers struggle to meet growing demand. Among the first signs of tighter DRAM supplies and rising prices was ...

Attacks, Regs Driving Security Spending

August 21st, 2017 Comments Off on Attacks, Regs Driving Security Spending
Reflecting growing cyber security threats, global spending on information security products is expected to rise by 7 percent this year, according to a new forecast. Gartner Inc. pegs the global market for information security products and services at $86.4 ...

As Datacenters Bulge, Switch Maker Claims Record

August 17th, 2017 Comments Off on As Datacenters Bulge, Switch Maker Claims Record
Cloud migrations, big data and mobility are reshaping the datacenter as more servers are linked and bandwidth capacity joins scaling as essential requirements. Those needs are creating opportunities for network gear vendors as datacenters make the jump to bigger ...

Docker Gets Upgrade as Container Market Heats Up

August 16th, 2017 Comments Off on Docker Gets Upgrade as Container Market Heats Up
As concerns grow over the slow migration of application container technology beyond backend development, container leader Docker is rolling out the latest release of its enterprise container service for managing Linux and Windows applications. The release adds support for ...

Microsoft Bolsters Azure With Cloud HPC Deal

August 15th, 2017 Comments Off on Microsoft Bolsters Azure With Cloud HPC Deal
Microsoft has acquired cloud computing software vendor Cycle Computing in a move designed to bring orchestration tools along with high-end computing access capabilities to the cloud. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to the web site Crunchbase, ...

Splunk Beefs Up Cloud Monitoring Tool

August 15th, 2017 Comments Off on Splunk Beefs Up Cloud Monitoring Tool
As enterprises accelerate the shift to a hybrid private/public cloud model, a growing list of data analytics vendors are stepping up to offer cloud monitoring and other tools designed to ease cloud migrations that are expected to consume the ...
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