Betsy Amy-Vogt

Betsy Amy-Vogt is a staff writer for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio. A digital nomad before the term existed, Betsy started her writing career at a tech startup in Austin, Texas, before taking her laptop off around the globe. When not writing tech news blogs or working on her latest sci-fi fantasy novel, she volunteers at Hekab Be bilingual library and community center in Akumal, Mexico. Got news? Tweet it to @siliconangle.

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Pensando challenges Amazon in a battle for cloud infrastructure supremacy

Unifying network components so they could be consumed in a holistic manner was the challenge Cisco System Inc. solved with the aptly named Unified Computing System, commonly known as UCS. Now, the challenge is making networking flexible as software consumption becomes an ever evolving, available everywhere, anytime model. With the launch of Pensando Systems Inc. ...

Pensando thinks from the edge and prepares for the future

Enterprise data centers are moving into the next level of cloud computing, where network is automated and software is centric. And preparing for a world where everything lives on the edge means opting for a cloud networking infrastructure that can handle both speed and security. But choosing solutions that are flexible, scalable and secure isn’t ...

Pensando’s Distributed Services Platform promises to bring hyperscaler advantages to every enterprise

Once upon a time, not so long ago, a team of innovators at Cisco Systems Inc. unified compute, network, storage and virtualization. Now, that same team is putting the focus on innovation for cloud infrastructure. “The technology and the innovation that Pensando brings to the market is unlike anything else that’s available today, that anybody ...
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Remote work set to become the ‘new normal’ post-COVID

Enterprise is looking toward a future shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. As both businesses and employees adapt to a new way of working, studies show that remote productivity rivals, and even beats, productivity achieved in a traditional office environment. “We’re finding that people are more efficient, quality is better and engagement is better with remote ...

Actionable advice on breaking into tech (and staying) as a woman of color

Tech has a horrible track record for diversity. Even a cursory glance at the statistics shows that minority numbers are low and retention even worse. The bottom line is that technology is shaping the world, with digital interactions occurring at home, work and play — and a predominantly male, white and Asian workforce has challenges creating unbiased technologies for ...

Tech companies simplify infrastructure as code to eliminate DevOps blockages

It’s hard to quantify which companies merit the label of “tech” right now. A glance across the Fortune 500 shows obvious tech giants, such as Apple and Intel. But across the board, technology has taken over business operations and has made software developers in demand at Wells Fargo & Co. as much as at Facebook Inc. “We ...

Q&A: PegaWorld iNspire reinvented as a virtual event amid pandemic

As major events such as IBM Think, DockerCon, and AWS Summit successfully transition from physical to virtual, unexpected benefits are coming to light. Higher attendance from a global audience, plus the chance to continue the conversation for longer than a few days in Vegas, are proving that going online is worth the effort. So, it seems the real ...

PegaWorld welcomes developers, as virtual event encourages collaboration and innovation

Many organizations have a disconnect between the people who use applications and those who create them. But any business that regards the information-technology team as a bunch of geeks whose mission is to create what they’re told to create is missing out on the value engineers can bring. And vice versa. “As a developer, if ...
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Pegasystems aims to provide backbone to dislocated business strategies

Strategic business plans have been set, shredded and set again under the pressure of COVID-19. First came the panic of how to navigate through the sudden switch as customers and employees went remote. Now, with the fires mostly under control, the long-term understanding of what failed and why is coming to the forefront. “[Organizations] realize ...
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Industry analyst to developers: Travel less, code better, be more inclusive

Distributed compute led to a new way of software development, as code became cloud native and open source created a software community without borders. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic is propelling the world into a more distributed way of life, with remote-first changing the work culture — possibly forever. That spills over into software development, as ...