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

FalconStor’s New Deal Hopes to Streamline International Growth

dataStor has signed up to be FalconStor’s sole  distributor in the Australia and New Zealand, according to the local channel publication. FalconStor made a name for itself by making fast backup appliances for modern environments, while dataStor is a big name Australian VAR that supports a large ecosystem of resellers in the region. These vendors ...

HP CEO Stays True to Analytics Vision: “100% Committed to Autonomy’s technologies”

Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has found herself the center of the recent Autonomy controversy: she’s the one who disclosed the $8.8 billion write down on the deal at her company’s last earnings call, and she’s leading the charge against Autonomy’s former management. But for Whitman, it’s nothing personal – and she still has a lot ...

HP Discover Day 1 Recap: Big Data + Software-Led Infrastructure [VIDEO]

SiliconANGLE CEO John Furrier and Wikibon principal contributor Dave Vellante HP Discover have spent all day interviewing industry insiders at HP 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany. They wrapped up Day 1 with a recap session about storage (full video below), analytics and everything else HP has been working on. Furrier starts off by providing some background ...

Sponsored Stories Cost Facebook $20M, But No Word on Revenue

Facebook is aggressively pursuing new growth opportunities to boost its revenue, and convince investors that it has the capabilities to monetize over 800 million active users worldwide. One of the company’s attempts is Sponsored Stories, a system that aims to make advertisements more relevant to users by associating them with their contacts. The feature was ...

Another Ego Boost for QLogic: Channel Strategy is Working

QLogic received quote the ego boost from Demartek, an independent research firm that found its 8Gb and 16Gb Fibre Channel offerings outperform that of competitors by a great margin. The results of the recent TPC-H benchmark study were published in the company’s December 2012 Fibre Channel HBA Evaluation report. The report found that QLogic FlexSuite 2600 Series ...

Hello World! ScaleIO Opens Up its SDN Solution

ScaleIO is a young startup that’s still working on getting its name out there, but what it lacks in marketing it more than makes up for with its software.  ScaleIO’s flagship product is a scale-out storage system that replaces regular SAN with a virtual parallel that runs on local disks rather than more expansive external ...

HP’s New Single Architecture: The Breakdown for Big Data, Services + DevOps

Hewlett-Packard is competing with EMC, IBM and Dell over the big companies and government agencies that are keeping up with the latest in IT.  Throughout the past few months the hardware vendor has been consistently reinforcing its portfolio with new infrastructure solutions that address the three big trends in the market.  This week marked a ...

HP Unveils New Big Data Offerings from Vertica, Autonomy

Hewlett-Packard announced a slew of new technology solutions and services at the HP Discover conference held this week in Frankfurt, Germany. The new offerings include sophisticated software, eDiscovery products and training programs aimed at large organizations that are adopting big data analytics. Among these latest additions to HP’s portfolio is the Autonomy Legal Performance Suite, ...

EMC Buys MoreVPR Maker, Boosts Greenplum Line-up

EMC acquired More IT Resources Ltd, according to an official blog post by Greenplum senior director of strategy Mike Maxey. The developer is responsible MoreVRP, a database monitoring platform that allows users to optimize performance and control. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the transaction was likely substantial. The company lists Deutsche Telekom, ...

This Week in the Cloud: Panorama9 and a Strong AWS Proposition

This week’s top developments included the launch of new cloud management software for Mac, as well as several AWS-related updates. Panaorma9, a maker of on-demand IT monitoring tools for small to medium businesses, extended its flagship platform beyond Windows with the newest patch. The update consolidates the management of Windows- and Mac OS-based machines to ...