Alex Williams, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Citrix Gives Cloudstack to the Apache Software Foundation and Turns its Back on OpenStack

By Alex Williams Apr 3, 2012

Citrix is turning Cloudstack over to the Apache Software Foundation and aligning closely with Amazon Web Services in a move that will force the very green OpenStack movement to take another look at its…

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Why Google Matters in HP’s $800 Million Deal With Travel King Sabre Holdings

By Alex Williams Mar 26, 2012

Sabre Holdings has a considerable data trove. Its holdings span reservation systems for airlines to the online travel service Travelocity. Its databases are spun out across the network. There are databases for IBM mainframes, Oracle…

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Analyzing Larry Ellison

By Alex Williams Mar 22, 2012

Welcome, Larry. Take a seat. Great to see you again How are you? “Third quarter earnings, doctor.” “Aah. How did it go?” Okay, let me start. Two things, all these geniuses mention HANA and…

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Boston API Jam’s Misogynistic Ad Copy Leads to Sponsor Exodus

By Alex Williams Mar 20, 2012

The Boston API Jam, hosted by Sqoot, and its bizarre, misogynist ad copy has convinced at least three companies to drop its sponsorship for the hackathon. Sqoot has apologized and claims it was actually trying…

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New IBM Analytics Package Comes With 9,000 Consultants Stirring the Cauldron

By Alex Williams Mar 20, 2012

IBM has so many analytics potions that it sometimes seems like they pour from a faucet. But let’s face it. You can serve a lot of drink when you have 9,000 consultants stirring the…

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EMC Reported To Be Buying Pivotal Labs – Extending Consulting Services

By Alex Williams Mar 16, 2012

EMC is buying Pivotal Labs, extending its consulting services into the realm of agile development. It’s a smart move for EMC, which needs to better position itself with companies seeking to build agile development…

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The Top 25 VMware-Focused Blogs

By Alex Williams Mar 16, 2012

vSphere-Land recently did its annual poll to determine the best VMware blogs for 2011. In total, the results feature 180 blogs. There were about 80 new blogs on the ballot this year, which is testament…

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How the Daily Dot Uses Data Journalism to Understand Tumblr, Reddit and the Role of the Influencer

By Alex Williams Mar 15, 2012

Like the past few years at SXSW, the buzz over the past week came down to what apps are hot and what are not. But the deeper questions will go unanswered for quite some…

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HP: A New Services Doctrine That is as Much About People as it is About the Machines That Serve Us

By Alex Williams Mar 15, 2012

HP announced its new Always On Support offering yesterday. It takes into account the new HP ProLiant Gen8 servers and the continued focus on converged infrastructures that HP is banking on in this age…

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How Ironic – Social Media Companies Have the Lowest Customer Service Rankings

By Alex Williams Mar 14, 2012

Zendesk runs help desks for 15,000 customers. The company recently crunched the data from these customers, analyzed it and as a result has set benchmarks for what companies should strive for in their customer…

Alex Williams

Citrix Gives Cloudstack to the Apache Software Foundation and Turns its Back on OpenStack

Why Google Matters in HP’s $800 Million Deal With Travel King Sabre Holdings

Analyzing Larry Ellison

Boston API Jam’s Misogynistic Ad Copy Leads to Sponsor Exodus

New IBM Analytics Package Comes With 9,000 Consultants Stirring the Cauldron

EMC Reported To Be Buying Pivotal Labs – Extending Consulting Services

The Top 25 VMware-Focused Blogs

How the Daily Dot Uses Data Journalism to Understand Tumblr, Reddit and the Role of the Influencer

HP: A New Services Doctrine That is as Much About People as it is About the Machines That Serve Us

How Ironic – Social Media Companies Have the Lowest Customer Service Rankings

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