Sean Martin

Sean Martin, CISSP, is an independent journalist and the president of imsmartin, an internationally-recognized analyst, business, and marketing consulting firm based in Redondo Beach, Calif. Sean brings nearly 25 years of experience in commercial product development, marketing and business management, having been involved in or responsible for the delivery, launch, and sales of hundreds of commercial products through software, hardware, mobile, services, and cloud. Sean writes on a variety of IT security, networking, big data, and legal topics in such publications as SiliconANGLE, SC Magazine, Network World, CIO Insight, and Legal Technology News/EDD Update.

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Hadoop Summit Recap: Posturing and Consolidation with Entrepreneurial Undercurrents

The fifth annual Hadoop Summit in San Jose has come to a close. As one would expect, theCube was streaming live coverage and analysis directly from the conference, hosted by SiliconANGLE founder John Furrier and Wikibon analyst Jeff Kelly. Often called the “ESPN of tech”, theCube was onsite, extracting the big data signals from the ...

IBM Edge 2012 Recap: The Executive Plan to Drive IBM Success

During IBM’s inaugural Edge conference in Orlando, FL, theCube was host to a number of executive, partner, and customer interviews conducted by SiliconANGLE founder John Furrier, Wikibon founder Dave Vellante, and Wikibon analysts John McArthur and David Floyer. This team not only conducted live video interviews during the conference, but also hit the conference sessions ...

Brazilian University Embraces Wireless, BYOD, and IPv6

As part of theCube’s continued coverage of the HP Discover conference in Las Vegas today, Wikibon founder Dave Vellante met with two practitioners from HP customer, Sao Paulo State University in Brazil. Represented by network analyst Jessian Cavalcanti and network manager Carlos Coletti, this is the university’s second year attending the conference. The Sao Paulo ...

Big Data and the Cloud – Take the Lead or Be Disrupted

Intel is a company driven by Moore’s law and possessing a culture that eats, drinks, and breathes innovation; they are always looking ahead, continuously moving forward, and constantly pushing itself to the next level. This doesn’t happen by accident – it is driven by the mission of a company organized and managed by leaders who ...

Getting Active/Active with Email Compliance: An IBM Customer Story

Customer stories are almost always good to hear; they can provide insight into how and why things are done a certain way, expose details on how challenges are overcome, and even describe why certain vendors and technologies are selected over others. During the IBM Edge conference, live from Orlando, FL, theCube was able to capture ...

HP Helps Deliver Mobility for Australian Students

theCube began its live coverage of the ~11,000-attendee HP Discover conference in Las Vegas today. Wikibon founder Dave Vellante and Wikibon analyst Stu Miniman kicked off the interviews with Gregory Bell, an HP customer and Head of Technical Services for Ballarat Grammar School in Australia. Located one hour outside of Melbourne, Ballarat Grammar is host ...

IBM Acquisitions Deliver Storage for the Rest of Us

The Edge conference in Orlando, FL is IBM’s opportunity to show off its wide range of storage solutions to the world. While IBM is typically known for its large enterprise offerings, some of its acquisitions highlighted during the conference make this year’s Edge “the storage coming-out party,” as said by Wikibon founder David Vellante. theCube ...