Award-winning tech commentator Alexander Wolfe is editor-in-chief of InformationWeek.com, where he runs the editorial operations of the site. Wolfe's coverage of Intel, Microsoft, Google, and cutting-edge technologies has been recognized for its insight, deep understanding, and forward-thinking analysis.
The Wolfe's Den blog was a finalist in the 2008 Jesse H. Neal Awards, and its Server Den offshoot has become the go-to commentary destination for a deep-tech take on high-end computing. Wolfe is also a video blogger and recently appeared on MSNBC to discuss Apple's iPad.
As an editorial lead, Alex has demonstrated a solid track record of managing and collaborating with a team and achieving significant online traffic growth.
In his two decades as a technology editor, he has written and edited for IEEE Spectrum, Byte.com, Electronics magazine, and TechWeb. Wolfe was the launch editor for WindowsforDevices.com and has written extensively on embedded computing. At EE Times, Alex's broke the acclaimed 1994 story of the Pentium floating-point division bug.
Alex has appeared as an industry analyst on the television networks CNN, CNBC, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC.
He is also co-author of "From Chips to Systems: An Introduction to Microcomputers, 2nd Edition" (cover, right). His Op-Ed pieces have appeared in The New York Times and Newsday.
Alex has won five Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE) writing awards and an award from the Association of American Publishers.
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Apple iSlate Chatter Obscures Device Significance December 26, 2009
Apple's expected release of a humongous-screened iPod will legitimize the platform for business users. It could, in turn, revive Windows-based tablets and make Webpads the big alt.platform story of 2010.
CES Den: Cisco Video Thrust Telegraphs Bandwidth-Bandit Strategy January 7, 2010
Cisco CEO John Chambers' plan to support live consumer videoconferencing is a smart stealth move to drive bandwidth demands, and capture the resulting uptick in networking sales. Here's a strategic assessment.
Server Den: IBM Reloads Enterprise Branding March 8, 2010
IBM will adopt "Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet" as its data center marketing moniker, putting distance between today's "dynamic infrastructure" and the me-too catch phrases used by competitors.
Server Den: Juniper Fires Back At Cisco CRS-3 March 11,2010
As the networking behemoths battle over router speed claims, both are attempting to cement public personas, and clue in non-technical consumers on who they are.
Server Den: AMD Emphasizes Energy Efficient Opterons February 18, 2010
Our columnist interviews AMD chief marketing officer Nigel Dessau, who talks about the scrappy chip vendor's upcoming processors, the four stages of virtualization, and why scale-out servers could be the platform of the future.
Server Den Q&A: Dell CTO Elucidates Efficient Enterprise February 9, 2010
Paul Prince, chief technology officer of Dell's Enterprise Product Group, discusses his company's efficient enterprise strategy, and explains why virtualization and cloud computing are on the same continuum.
Server Den: Inside HP's Converged Infrastructure February 2, 2010
Gary Thome, chief architect of HP's Infrastructure Software and Blades group, talks power and cooling like you've never heard it before. Plus, why he thinks Hewlett-Packard's data-center play tops Cisco.
Wolfe's Den: Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers
November 21, 2009
Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at the chip giant, talks about the explosion of multicore processing, bringing security to cloud computing, and processor-based networking.
Wolfe's Den: HP Revs Data Center Strategy, Stabbing At Cisco
November 05, 2009
Hewlett-Packard has fired back at Cisco in the increasingly contentious race to field an overarching data-center strategy, which will enable enterprises to rein in the complexity of sprawling networks and rampant virtualization.
Wolfe's Den Podcast: Windows 7 Virtually Speaking
November 02, 2009
Our columnist ponders the demise of virtual private networks (VPNs), examines virtual hard disks (VHDs), and chats with Gavriella Schuster, Microsoft's Windows client general manager, and Ward Ralston, Windows Server product manager.
Wolfe's Den Interview: HP ProCurve Chief Technology Officer Paul Congdon
October 19, 2009
The CTO of Hewlett-Packard's network equipment division talks about virtualization, managing sprawl, where cloud computing fits in, and his IEEE standards work to make Ethernet the single converged fabric in the data center.
Wolfe's Den: Less Client, More Cloud For Microsoft After Windows 7
October 12, 2009
Intriguing evidence points to the fact that cloud computing services for both enterprises and consumers--in the form of Azure and Windows Live--will loom larger in Microsoft's future than anyone realizes.
Wolfe's Den Podcast: Trend Micro Takes Security To The Cloud
September 27, 2009
Eva Chen, CEO and co-founder of Trend Micro, talks about what cloud-computing users should do to secure their data and how her company is itself using the cloud to protect against the explosion of malware.
Wolfe's Den: Why Intel's Reorg Puts Maloney In CEO Successor Seat
September 21, 2009
How Intel's painful efforts to diversify beyond computer processors have dogged president Paul Otellini, and why they'll challenge Sean Maloney, the man viewed as next in line to lead the company following a management shakeup.
Wolfe's Den: AMD, Intel Remake Servers From Processor Up
September 09, 2009
Faster chips, which deliver an unprecedented bounty of CPU cycles at more efficient power levels, are opening up a new chapter in the reinvention of the data center. The latest crop includes AMD's Istanbul and Magny-Cours Opterons and Intel's Nehalem-EX Xeon.
Wolfe's Den: Recession Or Bust, R&D Spend HP Must
August 19, 2009
Research means different things to different companies. For Apple, it's its lifeblood. Microsoft's lab cranks code. At Intel, R&D is in the DNA. So what is it at HP, where Q3 R&D spending was recently slashed by $228 million?
Wolfe's Den: Mixed Review For Windows 7 Release Candidate
May 26, 2009
Our columnist loves the performance -- and impressive enterprise ecosystem -- of the upcoming successor to Vista. But he wonders if Microsoft isn't missing a chance to offer more help to the average PC user.
Wolfe's Den: AP Vs. Google Proves Web No Longer Wants To Be So Free
April 07, 2009
Online reuse has long been governed by a culture in which China is only slightly more of an intellectual-property outlier than your average 13-year-old Limewire music-file thief. But newspapers are now mad as heck (also, broke) and they're not gonna take it anymore.
Wolfe's Den: Windows 7 Deep Dive
March 03, 2009
Fresh from a Microsoft briefing, we delve into the key enterprise features of Windows 7, reveal some technical Powerpoint slides from Redmond, and wrap everything up with an opinionated video.
Wolfe's Den: Making Book On Windows 7
February 04, 2009
Here's why Microsoft's upcoming successor to Vista will be a winner. Our columnist also visually walks you through his experiences installing the Windows 7 pre-beta and beta.
First Look: Microsoft's Windows 7
January 02, 2009
Screen shots of the Vista successor, which was distributed as a beta at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
Inside The GPhone: What To Expect From Google's Android Alliance March 26, 2008
If you think the Google Phone is all talk, you're wrong: Here are eight technologies--GPS, multimedia, mobile Web browsing, gaming graphics, and more--which Open Handset Alliance members will bring to the upcoming mobile handset.
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