Kristina Farrah

A ninja, a tech enthusiast and a lover of sparkly things. Writing in the tech space has become an important part of my role as an observer and historian. As passionate as I am in what I do, I look forward to telling stories of how technological advancement broke out to unprecedented levels, and that I was right there in the middle of it –watching the world change before my very eyes.

Latest from Kristina Farrah

Dell’s Phil Soran on Fluid Data: What it is and Where it’s Going

Compellent CEO Phil Soran stopped by at the Cube and talked about the concept of fluid data and how it spans across the entire Dell portfolio. Compellent’s been talking about this concept for a very long time now.

Dell Storage Forum: Day 2 Wrap Up

Day 2 is pretty much a sequel of information to benefit Dell’s channel partners, added with some guided training and hands-on labs for customers. A hands-on lab is dedicated for every Dell Storage product from basic configuration of arrays to integrations with common applications and partner's software.

HP Discover 2011: Green Tech and a Trifecta of Product Releases

The first day of HP Discover conference in Las Vegas center on business analytics, power management and storage management for data center, as well as released a trifecta of new products. HP Discover is one of the harbingers of the cloud’s vivid future. The following topics were discussed

Personal Cloud Reigns for Apple, Microsoft Kinect

Not too long ago, giving users the ability to access data anytime, anywhere via approved devices a.k.a. cloud computing, was just an idea. More than anything, Apple has pretty much positioned itself for this kind of service, offering some highly potent hardware with an established user base. After 3 fails, it seems like they will ...

Apple Counters Android, WWDC 2011 Commences

The mobile scene has its eyes on the annual Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference that will embark today, and just like any other big event, there are speculations of what will be announced and showcased even if it has yet to start. We are certain of three topics though; the Mac OS X Lion and iOS ...

Rock Health Hails 10 Startups for the 2011 Seed Accelerator

There have been numerous competitions to encourage startups to develop new ideas and products that will help shape the future of information technology. Centered on developing applications around health care, Rock Health, the SF Startup accelerator for Health Care Apps, announced the 10 winners of its inaugural, intense five-month program designed to produce disruptive applications ...

Skype Unwraps New Open Standard Interface for Encoding Cameras

At Computex held in Taipei, Taiwan, communications platform provider Skype unveils UVC 1.4, a new standard interface for communication to H.264 cameras. It will become Skype’s unofficial standard for video calling as it gives silicon vendors the chance to develop cameras compatible with Skype applications via Skypekit.

SpringPad Adds More Retail Partners, Combining Convenience and Deals

Now with over one hundred partners, Springpad, the smartnote app that more than a million people use to keep track of anything they want to remember, added Shopping.com to its list. Its existing prominent partners include Groupon, Fandango, OpenTable and Facebook. Springpad delivers news, discount, deals and others based on the list of users save ...

The Best of EMC World 2011

IT conferences and trade shows is the pulse of the industry. It determines the condition of the market, as well as identifies the factors that will impact its future. The recently-held EMC World 2011 showed that the IT industry is in fine fettle, and is likely to show things that will wow us in the ...

Will Apple Right its Wrongs with iCloud?

So Apple’s finally throwing it 4th shot in online media service with iCloud. Yes, it’s the 4th time around. Apple’s failure saga started back in 2000 when they launched iDisk, followed by .Mac, and then by MobileMe, a paid online service for synchronizing personal information which was notorious for having way too many bugs and ...