Heather Johnson

Heather is a beat writer for SiliconANGLE's premier video production team theCUBE. She covers theCUBE events worldwide, spanning expert commentary on the hottest trends in IT.

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Storage industry not yet at the ‘easy button’ | #NEXTConf

Nutanix, Inc. is aggressively pursuing the hyperconverged market, according to theCUBE cohosts Dave Vellante and Stu Miniman, who wrapped up day one of Nutanix’s .NEXT 2015 conference. “They lay out a path for a multi-hypervisor multicloud world,” said Miniman. “It’s exciting to see how far they’ve come.” Making storage invisible “Nutanix is trying to accelerate ...

Analyst sees positive future for innovative security companies | #Infa15

Informatica Corp. continues to find new ways to move technology forward. And according to John Myers, managing research director for Enterprise Management Associates, Inc., Informatica’s decision to go private — as evidenced by its decision to accept a $5.3 billion offer to be acquired by private equity firm Permira and the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Security gets a do-over | #Infa15

The security side of IT faces challenges in both function and manpower. Security hustles to keep up with the growth of information, while its leaders hustle to find qualified talent. “We have to figure out new ways to build products and secure products both for customers and enterprises,” said Bill Burns, VP and Chief Information ...

Everything goes back to storage | #Infa15

“Our loyalty ratings are through the roof,” said Debbie O’Brien, Informatica Corp’s VP of Global Communications. “There’s a huge need for our products and that really emulates through the conference.” O’Brien spoke to theCUBE cohosts John Furrier and Jeff Frick as Informatica World 2015 wrapped up. The following are some of the highlighted topics discussed during ...

The future of the Chief Data Officer | #MITCDOIQ

The CIO role and integration of a Chief Data Officer (CDO) is a growing hot button for many companies. And theCUBE cohosts Dave Vellante, Wikibon chief analyst, and Paul Gillin, SiliconANGLE enterprise editor, concluded a successful MIT CDOIQ Symposium with a discussion about the future of these two roles. Vellante argued that the CDO role is still ...

Brazil gets up to speed on Big Data | #MITCDOIQ

Assesso, a technology company with more than 30 years of experience in Brazil, leads the market with its data quality software. QIBRAS, Information Quality Brazil, of which Assesso is a member, aims to implement strategies, methodologies and techniques of quality information and data in professional and academic activities. During MITCDOIQ Symposium 2015, theCUBE, SiliconANGLE’s Media ...

Big Data morality, according to SAP | #MITCDOIQ

Enterprise software company SAP SE, as a guest and sponsor of the MIT CDOIQ Symposium, brings with it the idea of Big Data morality. Ken Demma, VP, Office of the CIO, Anlaytics, for SAP, told theCUBE, SiliconANGLE’s Media team, that SAP’s approach comes from “practical perspectives in analytics,” he says. “We’re going to be talking ...

Spark is hot, but not ready for prime time | #HadoopSummit

theCUBE cohosts John Furrier, Jeff Frick, and George Gilbert discussed the convergence of Cloud and analytics as they concluded talks for the recently concluded Hadoop Summit 2015. Furrier noted that Hadoop, an open-source data management tool, has proven its place as far as the Cloud is concerned, winning the hearts of Cloud service providers. “Hadoop is ...

The definition of what goes into Hadoop broadens | #HadoopSummit

In his talk during Hadoop Summit, Hortonworks, Inc. president Herb Cunitz compared the developments around Hadoop to the evolution of the railroad. theCUBE cohost John Furrier remarked at Hadoop Summit 2015 that he sees this fabric of standardization, as well as the expanse of business opportunity that lies beyond Hadoop. theCUBE cohost George Gilbert agreed. ...

If Hadoop has crossed the chasm, what’s it mean for customers? | #HadoopSummit

During Hadoop Summit 2015, more than one industry expert discussed with theCUBE whether Hadoop had “crossed the chasm.” Insiders have certainly noticed the increase in use cases and bigger names that have come on board. But how do the customers view this chasm, if at all? “The chasm provides us with a ‘Where’s Waldo’ type ...