Maria Deutscher

Maria Deutscher is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE covering all things enterprise and fresh. Her work takes her from the bowels of the corporate network up to the great free ranges of the open-source ecosystem and back on a daily basis, with the occasional pit stop in the world of end-users. She is especially passionate about cloud computing and data analytics, although she also has a soft spot for stories that diverge from the beaten track to provide a more unique perspective on the complexities of the industry.

Latest from Maria Deutscher

Red Hat Introduces Open-Source Big Data Storage Solution

Red Hat further clarifies their intentions behind its acquisition of open storage management firm Gluster with the launch of the Red Hat Storage Software Appliance, a big data file system based on open-source technology. The offering, based on the GlusterFS 3.2 platform and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, is designed for companies that analyze large ...

Custom App Optimization with New Relic’s Latest Integration

Cloud-based app performance monitoring service New Relic has been integrated into CloudSwing, an open-source PaaS by OpenLogic. CloudSwing is based on the concept of allowing the user to do a lot of customization in order to optimize how their apps are running in the cloud, and entered general availability in September. OpenLogic says it’s doubled ...

IBM’s Futuristic Ideas for High-Performance Computing

IBM is introducing Watson to the big data world. The supercomputer includes a lot of components developed by the company – and some of which have been proved to be quite useful for IBM customers in the medical industry looking to extract value from their data. The latest step IBM has taken is introducing its ...

Dell Expands Salesforce Integration with Service Cloud

Dell has extended its CRM portfolio, the Dell Cloud Business Applications (DCBA) suite, by adding the Salesforce Service Cloud customer interaction service to line-up. This update extends the capacity already provided by the existing apps, including Sales Cloud, which Dell already supported. “Dell Integrated CRM with Salesforce Service Cloud helps small and medium businesses not ...

VMware Wins Public Contract as it Expands Ecosystem

VMware has had a busy year in 2011, and their penchant for advancement will most likely be extended as we move closer to 2012. EMC’s virtualization subsidiary has been working on establishing new partners and monetizing that community, and one of its most recent gains is a deal to virtualize Richland School District Two. The ...

ActiveState Joins OASIS to Boost Stackato Agenda

ActiveState, the company that developed some of the most widely used distributions of Python and Perl, joined the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, or OASIS in short. Diane Mueller, director of enterprise product management for the company will be leading the initiative and is now a part of the OASIS Topology and ...

IBM Bets $440M on Retail Analytics, Acquires DemandTec

IBM announced it has acquired the San Mateo, California-based DemandTec in an all cash deal for $13.20 a share, or about $440 million.  DemandTec offers analytics software-as-a-service for the retail industry, helping companies identify consumer trends and customer behavior.  It’s insight that can be applied to optimize merchandising and marketing.  Among the retailers that use ...

Autonomy Keeps Its Culture Under HP Rule

Autonomy’s Mike Lynch made some comments about the exact degree of the integration with Hewlett-Packard during the Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Summit in London. He stressed that his company’s “high-speed culture” needs to remain the way it is.  The British unstructured data analytics software maker merged with HP after a $10.3 billion acquisition initiated by former CEO ...

New Chip Industry Evolves Around High Density, Mobility

The chip industry is driven by a number of consumer and enterprise trends, which all center on the demand for higher performance for lower costs. Vendors are addressing this topic in both segments, and several milestone developments have been gaining the public’s attention lately. One of the main highlights of the past month is the ...

MapR Releases v1.2 of its Hadoop Distribution

MapR released the latest version of the MapR Distribution for Apache Hadoop, introducing a number of significance enhancements. “MapR Distribution Version 1.2 vastly expands the selection of developed and deployed applications,” said Jack Norris, vice president of marketing, MapR Technologies. “These applications will also benefit from MapR’s continued innovations providing high availability, dependability and increased performance.” ...