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

Facebook for iPad Tops Business Tablet Apps of the Week

This week brought several important enterprise updates to the mobile space, especially where Android is concerned.  It’s growing support that the enterprise sector is a ready and willing mobile audience, always in need of business-ready apps.  There were a couple notable new app launches for the business tablet user, among them the celebrated launch of ...

This Week in Cloud: Storage Key for Enterprise and Consumers

The past week in the cloud featured a lot of storage updates, both in the enterprise and consumer segments. The first highlight is a partnership between tech veteran IBM and storage startup Nirvanix to help expand IBM SmartCloud Enterprise storage services. SiliconANGLE founder John Furrier explained how the deal is a win-win for the two companies: ...

DataDirect Networks Strengthens Market Position with Recent Milestones

Big data storage firm DataDirect Networks is growing its market share by pursing an aggressive strategy that involves expanding their offering portfolio and strengthening the management team. The company’s most recent update is the announcement of Web Object Scaler 2.0, its object-based cloud storage appliance. DDN has been around for a decade and has established ...

Hadoop Leads Market Trends as Hortonworks gains Traditional Players

Open-source big data engine Hadoop has become one of the fastest growing trends in the IT world, and the number of companies that get involved with this ecosystem – both solution providers and users – consistently contributes to their growth. One of the latest names on the list is Microsoft. On the same day it ...

Windows 7 Officially More Popular than XP

Microsoft’s Windows XP has been the most popular OS in the world for over 10 years, even long after the next two versions of the operating system release. Vista was hardly a replacement to the far more stable XP when it launched, bit Windows 7’s smaller size, ease of use and a simplified install seem ...

IBM Joins EcoGrid, the EU’s Socially Green Project

IBM and the European Commission released a joint announcement saying that Big Blue is teaming up with an EU-backed consortium to kick off EcoGrid EU, a part-green, part-social experiment that’s meant to increase public awareness of renewable energy using connected devices. The  EcoGrid EU  will be piloted on the Danish island of Bornholm with 1/10 of ...

Fusion-io Preps for Second Earnings Call After Successful IPO

Flash storage acceleration solutions maker Fusion-io is getting ready for its first earnings call for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. This is the second time the company will report its earnings since going public back in June, so a lot of1 shareholders and analysts will be monitoring how Fusion-io has managed in the ...

Google Not Planning to Buy Akamai, Debunks Early Rumors

Yesterday Business Insider reported that internet search giant Google may be planning to acquire Akamai, a web acceleration solutions maker.  This resulted in a 10 percent rise in the latter’s shares, which have been going downhill in the past year due to a report by the company which said it’s struggling to keep up with ...

IBM Expands SmartCloud Portfolio to Partners, SMBs

IBM has been around for more than a century, and is a traditional player in the market, to say the least. However the company is always making strides to adapt to market trends in order to stay competitive, and in less than a century it moved from manufacturing tabulating equipment to offering enterprise cloud services. ...

Does Dell’s CEO have a “Steve Jobs Plan” for the Company’s Future? DellWorld 2011

Every major tech corporation has its own conference, and electronics giant Dell is no exception. Dell World is kicking off this week, and this year will be the last conference the company will be holding in Austin, Texas, also the location of its headquarters.  Michael Dell blames it on the lack of hotel rooms in ...