Collen Kriel

Collen Kriel is a beat writer for SiliconANGLE covering consumer technology with a focus on mobile. He has a passion for words, the Internet, the Web and all things tech. He endures a minor fascination with people who define themselves by the brand of smartphone they own. Prior to writing for SiliconANGLE he worked as an account executive in the IT industry, directly for, or in association with companies like Mimecast, IBM, VMware and Micros. He is an avid traveller currently making his way around South East Asia

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Watch live: exploring Pure Storage’s next market prospects at Pure//Accelerate 2017

What’s the next market for Pure Storage Inc.? Why is it choosing to remain an independent storage offering in the age of hyper-converged information technology environments? Looking to answer these questions and others, SiliconANGLE is at the flash storage provider’s annual conference Pure//Accelerate 2017, taking place in San Francisco, California, with exclusive commentary and interviews from ...

Watch live from DataWorks Summit 2017

How can open-source technology scale for big data management in the enterprise, and how is the famed Hadoop platform holding up as an open-source method for big data management? Hadoop finds itself at a crossroads in light of increased complexity and growing competition from Apache Spark, which is set to dominate the big data landscape ...

Watch live from AWS Public Sector Summit 2017

As Amazon continues to infiltrate the enterprise with commercial web services, can it translate private sector success for the public sector as a market growth opportunity? Looking to answer this question and others, SiliconANGLE is at AWS Public Sector Summit, taking place in Washington D.C., with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, ...

Android O Developer Preview 3 is out: final APIs, color-coded media notifications and more

Three weeks after announcing the second preview of the Android O operating system at its I/O developers conference, Google Inc. has launched Developer Preview 3 with final application programming interfaces. While the wait continues for the official name of the latest Android OS, Google has confirmed that the upcoming Android version will be version 8.0. There ...

Exploring Apache Spark’s challenges and opportunities at Spark Summit 2017

What are the current challenges and opportunities for Apache Spark in the enterprise? Who’s making the best effort at Spark products and ecosystem development? To answer these questions and others, SiliconANGLE is at Spark Summit 2017, taking place in San Francisco with exclusive commentary and interviews from the mobile studio theCUBE. (* Disclosure below.) As ...

Watch live interviews and coverage from HPE Discover 2017

Following the divestment and splitting up of so much of its software services, does Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. have the resources to bring together the best of its hardware offerings? Looking to answer this question and others, SiliconANGLE is at HPE Discover 2017, taking place in Las Vegas, with exclusive commentary and interviews from the ...

Apple launches 10.5-inch iPad Pro and new iOS 11 productivity features

Despite a declining tablet market, Apple Inc. Monday announced a new 10.5-inch iPad Pro at its Worldwide Developer’s Conference. Only slightly bigger than the 9.7-inch model, the reduced bezels allow users to enjoy additional screen real estate. The Apple iPad is still the most popular tablet on the market, shipping 8.9 million devices worldwide in ...

These are all the new iOS 11 features Apple announced for consumers and developers

Apple Inc. has announced its latest operating system for iPhone and iPad users, unveiling IOS 11 at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference currently underway in San Jose, California. The developer preview of iOS 11 is available now for all iOS Developer Program members. A public beta will be available later this month. In addition to the below ...

What to expect from Apple’s developer conference Monday – and how to watch it live

Apple Inc.’s annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference, where it often debuts its always hotly anticipated new products, starts on Monday in San Jose, California. Although most of the weeklong event is focused on developers and software, the first day of WWDC often showcases new consumer hardware, and this year is likely to follow suit — especially ...

Apple may launch Siri-controlled smart speaker at WWDC next week

Apple Inc. has started manufacturing its long-awaited Siri-controlled home speaker, a premium device that could focus heavily on sound quality. And it could officially launch as early as Monday at the company’s developers conference. But it won’t ship until later in the year, according to Bloomberg, which spoke to people familiar with the matter. Apple was first ...