John Furrier

John Furrier is founder, co-CEO, of SiliconANGLE Media consisiting of SiliconANGLE.com. theCUBE.net, theCUBEresearch.com, and our AI Video Media Cloud. The combination of all these brands creates a new media company covering the intersection of computer science and social science. Furrier's vision is of a future that uses technology and data to create quality content and user experiences while creating and growing quality communities. Simply put: To extract the signal from the noise! Our motto: we cover everything "where Computer Science meets Social Science". Furrier lives in Palo Alto, California.

Latest from John Furrier

Matt Schvimmer on ServiceNow HR service automation

I recently had a chance to sit down with Matt Schvimmer of ServiceNow to talk about the news of their HR Service Automation application.  The conversation was about how their Service Automation platform can deliver an HR application that makes it easier for organizations to automate HR case management.  This new application from ServiceNow manages the ...

Todd Bashor on Instant Mobility from ServiceNow @theCUBE Conversation

I had a chance to sit down with Todd Bashor, Director Platform Product Management of ServiceNow, to talk about their new instant mobility solution that they just announced. ServiceNow announced that ServiceNow users across the enterprise can access services from any mobile device. SiliconANGLE.tv New Video Playlist:  Data Enhanced Social Video Player Youtube link: http://youtu.be/cyZj1_aLISo ...

Matt Schvimmer on ServiceNow HR service automation

I recently had a chance to sit down with Matt Schvimmer of ServiceNow to talk about the news of their HR Service Automation application.  The conversation was about how their Service Automation platform can deliver an HR application that makes it easier for organizations to automate HR case management.  This new application from ServiceNow manages the ...

NetApp and Cisco Announce Enterprise & Service Provider Cloud Solutions

Two Silicon Valley giants, Cisco Systems and NetApp Inc., are celebrating three years of collaboration in what has become a successful partnership for both companies. I had the pleasure of visiting the Cisco studios in Silicon Valley to record a video conversation on FlexPod for Enterprise and Service Provider clouds with executives Patrick Rodgers, VP ...

Lithium certified by Twitter for customer experience marketing

Lithium Technologies, supplier of social web technology for enterprises and brands, announced that Lithium Social Web has joined the elite Twitter Certified Products Program. Lithium is uniquely positioned in the ever growing customer support area of social data. Lithium Social Web enables brands to respond to millions of customer conversations on Twitter cost effectively and ...

Day 1 trending announcements at #BigDataNYC #HadoopWorld #StrataConf #hw2013

In four years in NYC covering the Hadoop ecosystem I haven’t seen this much action where the stakes are at an all time high.   In NYC this week for #BigDataNYC event, SiliconANGLE has teamed with @theCUBE and is live on the ground breaking news, launching startups, and analyzing the signal from the noise. What’s ...

Jerry Rice: Big Data Is Changing the NFL Fan Experience & Players – Rise of Fantasy Football

By James Foug and Alec Furrier As the NFL season kicks off, millions of football fans are preparing for the start of the 2013 season. Every year, more and more people are signing up for fantasy sports and as fantasy is growing, so is data collection. This data collection has become complex on the backend ...

Intel Announces Hyperscale Platform For Software-led Data Center With New Chips

With cloud computing, big data, and software defined datacenter markets pumping on all cylinders, performance and energy savings continue to be the hottest topic areas among industry leaders. Today, Intel announced new versions of their datacenter chips that are seven times faster then previous of Atom. Hyperscale computing is slowly but surely taking over the ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer To Step Down – His Email To Company

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer is stepping down.  Microsoft announced today that the board of directors make the decision to ask Steve Ballmer to resign in the next 12 months.  Ballmer will step down after the transition to a new CEO is in place. Microsoft Corp. today announced that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has decided ...

Analysis: HP Reports 3rd Quarter Earnings and Makes Executive Management Changes

HP reported their third quarter earnings and executive management changes today. Personal Systems and Printing revenue was down 11 percent and 4 percent year over year respectively.  Personal Systems and Financial Services revenue was down 11 percent and 6 percent year over year respectively. The main engine of their business is enterprise that was run ...