Brian Njuguna

Brian is a staff writer for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio. He has written for a variety of publications, including Blockchain.News and Capital.com. Brian has a penchant for technological innovations, including blockchain, cloud computing, data science, and cryptocurrencies, as he believes that they will reign supreme as the world gears toward the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He loves to attend rugby sporting events, travel, and listen to music. Brian lives in Nairobi, Kenya, and holds a bachelor’s of economics and statistics from Kenyatta University.

Latest from Brian Njuguna

Dell and VMware set the ball rolling for telcos to go cloud-native

The cloud-native space continues to gain steam based on the resilience, flexibility, performance and agility benefits it provides. Through the VMware Telco Cloud Platform, Dell Technologies Inc. and VMware Inc. have partnered to enable network operators to achieve telco-grade resilience and service availability by deploying virtual network and cloud-native functions, according to Odded Solomon (pictured, ...

The rise of AI: Anyscale works to simplify AI workloads with open-source project

The rise of artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm, with new developments like ChatGPT being the talk of the town. A major stumbling block arises, however, because AI is incredibly computational intensive. Anyscale Inc. is tackling this challenge using an open-source framework called Ray, which speeds up the experimentation cycle and enhances developer productivity, ...

Microsoft and Dell help architect the telecom network of the future

Based on the desire by communications services providers for open network architecture, tech partnerships are proving to be a giant stepping stone toward this objective. Microsoft and Dell Technologies Inc. is one such example, as they expand their partnership into the telecom space to make it easier on organizations to acquire, deploy and support new technologies.  The ...

Telcos hit crossroads navigating openness without sacrificing performance and reliability

In the telecom world, a transition is happening similar to the one seen during the mainframe era to the client server, according to David Nicholson (pictured), industry analyst for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. Since a move to the cloud propels agility, openness and flexibility, legacy telecom providers must undertake a delicate balancing act of ...
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Astronomer meets data orchestration demand using Apache Airflow

To build data-driven organizations, enterprises have to deal with a plethora of tooling, making data orchestration fundamental. As the driving force behind open-source workflow management platform Apache Airflow, Astronomer Inc. uses it to author, monitor and schedule data pipelines for optimal data orchestration, according to Paola Peraza Calderon (pictured, left), co-founder and product leader at ...

Using simple conversations to redefine self-service DevOps

The siloed information accustomed to DevOps usually triggers various challenges, such as environment provisioning, manual deployments and lack of integrated architecture. By revamping the world of DevOps using conversational AI, Kubiya Inc. seeks to take these pain points away by enabling teams to express their intent in natural language, according to Amit Eyal Govrin (pictured, ...

MinIO treats object storage as a first-class citizen for enhanced Kubernetes performance

To accelerate the application modernization journey, enterprises are taking the multicloud route and Kubernetes is a key facilitator. Since multicloud enterprises running Kubernetes need object storage, high-performance object storage company MinIO Inc. comes into the picture, as evidenced by it recently hitting a billion docker downloads, according to Garima Kapoor (pictured), co-founder and chief operating ...

eBPF enhances cloud-native security through a kernel approach

The evolution taking place in the enterprise technology space has made security emerge as a standalone discussion topic. The current state of security architecture is creating a whack-a-mole approach, but extended Berkeley Packet Filter, or eBPF, programs seek to be a game-changer in cloud-native security by incorporating observability, networking and security tools into the kernel, ...

IHG enhances guest experience through a cloud-based mesh network

Since good enough isn’t good enough anymore, business-critical applications are moving to the cloud for enhanced capabilities. As a global hospitality company, IHG Hotels & Resorts previously used cloud-native constructs for networking, which were cumbersome since automation was lacking. Aviatrix Systems Inc. helped tackle this challenge through a mesh-network solution for an elevated guest experience, according ...

Dataiku aims to teach everyone how to analyze data with machine learning platform

Putting data in the hands of every business user has become fundamental in today’s enterprise ecosystem. As an end-to-end data science and machine learning platform, Dataiku enables any professional to be a data analyst for better decision-making through democratization, according to Jed Dougherty (pictured), vice president of platform strategy at Dataiku. “I don’t know if ...