Alex Williams, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Strata Conference Mini Maker Faire: Robots and the Data Crush [Video]

By Alex Williams Mar 2, 2012

Robots, visualizations and wine – the combination gives it the feel of an O’Reilly Makers Faire. It was actually the Strata Conferece’s Mini Maker Faire, which featured all sorts of Arduino inspired and sensor…

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Strata Conference: What is Big Data?

By Alex Williams Feb 29, 2012

I walked the convention center floor at the Strata Conference today and asked people: “What is Big Data?” It’s such a broad term. The people I interviewed certainly made that point. Services Angle I…

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Spring Hadoop Signals A Maturing Ecosystem

By Alex Williams Feb 29, 2012

In a discussion yesterday with EMC Data Scientsit Dr. Pedro DeSouza, the conversation turned to the immaturity of the Hadoop ecosystem Today, the ecosystem grew a bit more as VMware announced Spring Hadoop here…

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Race to the Middle: EMC Looks to Post-PC Era With New Security Services

By Alex Williams Feb 29, 2012

The shift to smartphones and tablets makes it nearly impossible t0 secure on a per device basis. Employees may use 40 different services. How do you protect yourself in that kind of world? Wikibon’s Dave…

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A Map for the Strata Conference: Who Goes to a Data Conference About Data?

By Alex Williams Feb 28, 2012

The Guardian staff is here for the Strata conference. For the event, Editor Simon Rogers analyzed the data from the more than 2,000 developers attending to see where they came from, what they want…

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As the App Culture Builds, Dell Accelerates its Shift to Services with New Line of Servers, Flash Capabilities

By Alex Williams Feb 27, 2012

Michael Dell took the stage today at a Dell event with a focus on the demands that come with companies now reaching a maturing stage with its extensive virtualized infrastructure and the continued drive…

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How Google, IBM and Yahoo Use Big Data to Predict the Oscar Winners

By Alex Williams Feb 26, 2012

The Google blog has a post about what search data say about tonight’s Academy Awards. IBM has its Oscar Senti-meter, a tool it developed with the L.A. Times and the University of Southern California Annenberg…

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Mark Hurd Calls Taleo an “Additive,” to Oracle Fusion

By Alex Williams Feb 24, 2012

Here’s the quote of the day from Oracle President Mark Hurd: Taleo is completely additive to Oracle Fusion HCM. Additive? So Taleo will improve the flavor of Oracle Fusion? Here’s another one from Hurd: Oracle…

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Kanban2Go: A Drag and Drop Zen-Like To Do App That Actually Works

By Alex Williams Feb 23, 2012

I can’t get into Pinterest. It’s fun and all. But I need ways to do my work better, get my posts done and make sure I am not forgetting anything. But I want to…

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Marten Mickos Gets a Buzz Cut and Eucalyptus Starts Hitting its Stride

By Alex Williams Feb 23, 2012

Eucalyptus Systems CEO Mårten Mickos made a bet with his engineering team. Beat the deadline for the next release and he’d let them shave his head, complete with the Eucalyptus logo. The engineering team…

Alex Williams

Strata Conference Mini Maker Faire: Robots and the Data Crush [Video]

Strata Conference: What is Big Data?

Spring Hadoop Signals A Maturing Ecosystem

Race to the Middle: EMC Looks to Post-PC Era With New Security Services

A Map for the Strata Conference: Who Goes to a Data Conference About Data?

As the App Culture Builds, Dell Accelerates its Shift to Services with New Line of Servers, Flash Capabilities

How Google, IBM and Yahoo Use Big Data to Predict the Oscar Winners

Mark Hurd Calls Taleo an “Additive,” to Oracle Fusion

Kanban2Go: A Drag and Drop Zen-Like To Do App That Actually Works

Marten Mickos Gets a Buzz Cut and Eucalyptus Starts Hitting its Stride

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