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

Attunity Brings Scientists Closer to the Data with Fresh Hadoop App

Attunity, a Boston-based enterprise software developer, unveiled a new version of its data replication solution for Hadoop. The update allows for more efficient transfer of information to, and from the analytics engine. Attunity RepliWeb for Enterprise File Replication (EFR) 6.0 features dashboards and notifications that make it possible to monitor large-scale movements from within the ...

Nimble Lands on CRM Watchlist for 3rd Year in a Row

Nimble is among the vendors named market leaders in CRM Watchlist 2013. This year’s edition of the annual study by Paul Greenberg, the president of The 56 Group, surveyed 153 CRM vendors and selected the top 33 on the list. “We are incredibly honored that Nimble was selected for a third consecutive CRM Watchlist recognition,” ...

How Will Europe’s Data Protection Laws Impact US Business?

The Council of Europe is celebrating Data Protection Day, a conference that marks the anniversary of the 2006 Convention 108 on user privacy. Pundits and law makers have gathered in Brussels today to discuss the most relevant topics concerning consumer data, from regulation on public cloud services to the viability of “smart” surveillance systems and ...

QLogic’s Quarterly Results do not Disappoint

Ahead of QLogic’s earnings call three months ago, I wrote about the company’s slacking financial performance and the market’s rather surprising response. The networking equipment maker posted major declines for several consecutive quarters, but many analysts stuck with their view that the firm’s strong OEM relations will be sufficient to reverse the downward trend. QLogic’s ...

Hadoop for Desktop, SAP Earnings Top this Week’s Big Data Roundup

This week Hortonworks introduced a new distribution option for Hadoop, while SAP updates us on the progress it’s made with HANA in the past three months.  MapR also grabbed a headline after publishing a list of its top customer wins from 2012. Starting with the aYahoo spin off Hortonworks, on Tuesday the big data startup ...

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Wants to Get Cozy with Major Mobile Players

Marissa Mayer, a former Googler who currently serves as the chief executive officer of Yahoo, gave a very insightful interview to Bloomberg Television at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.  Ahead of Yahoo’s earnings call next week, the new CEO covered her goals for the company and addressed the key technological trends that impact Yahoo ...

SAP Software Shows Off NFL Data as the Super Bowl Brings Attention to Sports Analytics

SAP’s latest side-project is the NFL.com Fantasy Player of the Year competition, an online dashboard that makes use of the company’s analytics technology to filter and display the stats of the league’s top players. “Fantasy football fans love stats almost as much as watching the action on the field,” said Jonathan Becher, chief marketing officer at ...

Microsoft Earnings Reflect Rise in Demand for Tablets

Microsoft’s bottom line took a hit in the fourth quarter of 2012, but the company gained in core areas, according to the financial results that the software maker disclosed yesterday. Microsoft’s net income dropped nearly four percent to $6.38 billion, or 76 a shares, from the $6.62 billion or 78 cents it delivered a year ...

Cisco Buys Mobile Software Infrastructure Startup for $475M – Is This SDN for Mobile Networks?

Cisco shelled out nearly half a billion dollars for Intucell, Israeli developer that makes management software for telecommunications companies. The company lists AT&T and several other major U.S. carriers as customers. Intucell’s self-optimizing network (SON) technology prevents dropped calls in heavily populated areas by responding to traffic shifts in real-time.  If too many users are ...

This Week in the Cloud: Funding, Phone Calls and Integration

This week Puppet Labs announced that it received $30 million in funding, Panorama9 introduced a new alert system for IT departments, and  Nirvanix teamed up with Intel. We also learned the specs of the upcoming Xbox 720, the cloud-powered Microsoft console that will take over the living room. Data center automation specialist Puppet Labs announced ...