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Hart Hoover of OpenStack Says “Closed Cloud Days Are Numbered”
In their ongoing coverage of the O’Reilly fluent conference, John Furrier and Jeff Frick spoke with Hart Hoover in theCube. The three discussed the evolution of OpenStack, its agility across multiple platforms and common concerns for OpenStack customers. Furrier also describes Rackspace as pioneers of the DevOps movement and concludes by reviewing its overall contribution ...
Modulus CEO Sees a Booming Future for NodeJS | #fluentconf
In SiliconANGLE’s ongoing coverage of the O’Reilly Fluent conference, John Furrier spoke with Charlie Key, Modulus CEO, in theCube. The two discussed Modulus’ impetus, mission and philosophy when it comes to innovation and collaboration with developers. Key also shares his thoughts on the popularity of NodeJS and what it will take to keep its momentum. ...
Tech as a Commodity – Clients Want Services, says KPN CIO
Petra Zijlstra, Chief Information Officer of KPN and Maarten le Noble, Manager of ServiceNow for KPN, spoke with Dave Vellante in theCube to discuss their implementation and experience of ServiceNow. KPN focuses mainly on fixed and wireless communications and dominates the industry in the Netherlands with over 26,000 employees. Zijlstra explains the catalyst for implementing ...
Expect to See More Cloud Services Brokerage Firms | #servicenow
In the ongoing ServiceNow 2013 event coverage from in theCube, Dave Vellante spoke with Jason Wojahn Operations Vice President of the Americas BusinessUnit, ServiceNow, Cloud Sherpas. Vellante and Wojahn discuss why it has taken a while for such applications to catch on, how ServiceNow distinguishes itself and the role of big data in the field. ...
Co-Innovation Between EMC and CSC is Thriving
In theCube’s ongoing coverage of Sapphire Now, John Furrier spoke with Tony McCoy, Vice President, Americas Service Providers/Alliances, EMC and David Parsons, Corporate Vice President, Global Alliances and Chief Marketing Officer, CSC. McCoy and Parsons’ partnership is fostering what Furrier refers to as “co-innovation.” The panelists discuss the evolution of the cloud, challenges for “as ...
Now Is Not The Time to be Scared of Virtualization, says SAP | #sapphirenow
In SiliconANGLE’s ongoing coverage of the Sapphire Now 2013 conference, John Furrier spoke with Henrik Wagner of Global SAP Practice at EMC and Hsinte James Yen of SAP Basis. In The Cube they discuss the advantages of the SAP environment, particularly concerning virtualization. Yen’s advice to potential SAP end users is straightforward: “[Don’t] be afraid. ...
Google Unveils $9.99 “AllAccess” Music Service, Rivals Spotify + Pandora
Google unveiled “Google Play MusicAllAccess” its much rumored (and awaited) music subscription service at the 2013 Google I/O conference, which rivals Spotify and Pandora. According to Mike Isaac of AllThingsD, what distinguishesAllAccess from Spotify, is that it is accessible across the Internet – “which is nicer than Spotify’s desktop client” – and available on Android ...
With Nearly $1Million in Seed Funding, Everwise Uses Big Data to Reinvent Mentoring
With the popularity dating sites like eHarmony, Match.com, OkCupid and the like are no longer simply waiting for the stars to align to meet that special someone. The new online platform, Everwise, has capitalized on the networking trend as the “eHarmony for finding the right career mentor.” Everwise allows users to select from a variety ...
Teen Designed Emergency App Keeps Your Loved Ones At Ease and Reflects Importance of Youth Innovation in Tech
There was a bad weather storm. You were stuck in traffic. You were running late. One of these things happened at the worst time possible – when your friends, family and loved ones were wondering if you were ok. Unfortunately, they couldn’t reach you because your cell phone battery faded. The recently launched Oh ...
Virtualizing Lessons From The University of San Diego
Mike Somerville, Systems Support and Chief Cloud Evangelist at the University of San Diego joined Dave Vellante in theCube during the EMC World 2013 Conference this week. Vellante and Somerville discuss the University of San Diego network and the institution’s decisions to virtualize and use VBLOCK. The University of San Diego uses a CISCO based ...