Elizabeth Kays
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Eliminating ‘zombie’ and ‘vampire’ data | #HadoopSummit
Lawrence Schwartz, chief marketing officer at Attunity Ltd., told theCUBE at Hadoop Summit 2015 that even with all the hype, Hadoop is really starting to come into its own. “The nice thing is over the past few years, we’ve kind of seen the promise,” he said. “You’ve kind of seen some adoption, people trying projects. ...
Hadoop: Crossing the chasm to the mainstream?| #HadoopSummit
A big question at Hadoop Summit 2015 is still whether Hadoop has “crossed the chasm” to the mainstream. Ashley Stirrup, CMO of Talend, Inc., thinks it’s close, but not quite there. “If you look at Hadoop, it provides tremendous value in terms of performance and cost savings, and yet it’s still pretty hard to work ...
Building tools of mass innovation | #DockerCon
Stu Miniman, senior analyst with Wikibon, and Jeff Frick, GM of theCUBE, kicked off their coverage of the second DockerCon with some impressive stats. This year’s event is about four times bigger than the first, with over 2,000 people attending, a very physical reminder of the growth of interest in the company. They’ve had a ...
Pivotal’s Big Data Suite captures data, insights and then operationalizes findings| #HadoopSummit
Sundeep Madra, VP and GM of the Data Product Group at Pivotal Software, Inc., told theCUBE at Hadoop Summit about the solutions Pivotal is offering in the Big Data space. “Last year, we launched the Big Data Suite, which is a packaging of our Big Data Products,” Madra said. “What we’re doing now is we’re continuing ...
Data integration for business transformation| #HadoopSummit
For Big Data to add value to a business, it’s crucial to have the systems in place to transform, integrate and deliver appropriate data to the end user. According to Donna Prlich, VP of Products and Solutions Marketing at Pentaho Corp., in an interview with theCUBE at Hadoop Summit, that’s where her company comes in. ...
Hadoop, industry hasn’t reached the peak of innovation | #HadoopSummit
The Hadoop ecosystem is approaching a new industrial revolution, and it’s all based on emerging data management methods. Where does the industry go from here? In theCUBE’s Day 1 kickoff of Hadoop Summit, George Gilbert, a Big Data analyst at research firm Wikibon.com, and Abhi Mehta, founder and CEO of Tresata, Inc. joined SiliconANGLE’s founder ...
The path to hybrid Cloud | #HPDiscover
Kerry Bailey, SVP of Cloud at HP, and Andrew Cox, SVP of Cloud Platform Solutions at Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., joined theCUBE at HP Discover 2015 to talk about the shift to Cloud among enterprises. At Synchronoss, a provider of mobile device activation and backup solutions for carriers and individuals, the infrastructure is crucially important, especially ...
The all-flash predictability promise | #HPDiscover
Bruce Trevarthen, group CEO of Cloud services company theCloud Ltd., and Vish Mulchand, director of Product Marketing for HP Storage, appeared on theCUBE at HP Discover 2015 to talk about the shift to all-flash. Mulchand is a big supporter. “The initial deployers of all-flash have all had very good experiences,” he said. “They’ve been able ...
The journey to solutions, not products | #HPDiscover
HP’s recent reorganization from products to solutions is like “manna from Heaven” for Craig Partridge, director of HP’s Data Center Platforms Consulting, who works exclusively with HP products, he’s thrilled with the changes. “I mean, this is all we do,” he said in an interview with theCUBE during HP Discover 2015. “We spend all our ...
The all-flash tipping point | #HPDiscover
Craig Nunes, the VP of WW Marketing for HP Storage, and Mike Abram, manager of Datacenter Infrastructure at Alcoa, Inc., gave their perspectives on the transition to flash memory in an interview with theCUBE during HP Discover 2015. Nunes said that in many ways, although the conversation centers around affordability, it’s important to remember the ...