Marlene Den Bleyker
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Building an infrastructure for 21st Century technology | #VMworld
What is an infrastructure for the 21st Century? According to Amir Khan, founder, president and CEO of Viptela, Inc., from the Internet and connectivity perspective, the industry is at what he calls the “railroad stage,” and we need to get to the “airplane stage” in order to support the enterprise of the future. Khan joined ...
Catapulting more women into leadership roles, a micro-step at a time | #WomenInTech
Regardless of the industry, women are still lagging behind men when it comes to leadership positions. One woman who is championing inclusion for females in leadership roles in the creative field is Kat Gordon, founder of The 3% Conference and advertising creative director. She developed The 3% Movement Manifesto: Diversity = Creativity = Profitability. Gordon ...
Spark innovation: Catalyst Optimizer simplifies complicated queries | #GuestOfTheWeek
Databricks Inc. is bringing Apache Spark to the enterprise, and Michael Armbrust, lead developer of Spark SQL at Databricks, created Spark SQL’s Catalyst Optimizer, a query API that is a fundamental piece of Spark. The Catalyst Optimizer enables much of the functionality in Spark and supports Databricks’ new DataFrame API that makes Big Data processing accessible ...
Boston startup is bringing back managed hosting | #WomenInTech
With the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytics driving the need for more data storage, startups such as ClearSky Data, Inc. that are providing fully-managed global storage network solutions to help the enterprise keep up with its data demands are getting noticed and funded. Ellen Rubin, cofounder and CEO of ClearSky Data, sat down for ...
Digital strategist knows who will reap the rewards from digital spoils | #GuestOfTheWeek
For the first time in decades, the enterprise is going through a major transformation, and according to theCUBE’s Guest of the Week, it is tough, and those businesses that don’t get evolve with technology and go digital will be left behind. Joe Weinman, digital strategist and author of Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing, stopped ...
OpenDaylight Project: Community rallies around open-source SDN | #WomenInTech
Lisa Caywood recently joined The Linux Foundation as the director of Ecosystem Development at the OpenDaylight Project (ODL), which is the leading open-source platform for programmable, Software-Defined Networks (SDN). Widely adopted by service providers, telcos are using ODL to disentangle key network obstacles that are related to automated service delivery; network resource optimization; Cloud and NFV; research, ...
‘Wrangling in’ the herd of containers | #OpenStackSV
During the development process of Rancher Labs, Inc., the founders of the open-source container project were not sure if the platform would take off quickly or at a longer-burning pace. Their research showed that many companies large and small had containers on their radar, and saw the project instantly build steam. During OpenStack Days: Silicon ...
GE doubles down on machine learning | #GuestOfTheWeek
General Electric Corp. is expanding on its Internet of Things (IoT) initiative with GE Predix, a platform enabling developers to create apps that connect to industrial assets and deliver real-time information. Greg Petroff, chief experience officer at GE Software and executive director of platform evangelism for GE Predix, joined Jeff Frick (@JeffFrick), cohost of theCUBE, ...
Pulling back the curtain on data scientists | #WomenInTech
There is a shortfall of data scientists in the technology marketplace. And at Infor, Inc., the company is dedicated to recruiting the best scientists, mathematicians, economists and engineers through the company’s Dynamic Science Labs based Cambridge, MA. This team collaborates with customers to improve their data and overcome industry challenges by using science. Leading the ...
DOT CDO: Open Data Policy is a team sport | #GuestOfTheWeek
The transportation systems across the United States collect a vast amount of data — from the roadways to the railways, as well as air traffic and anything that travels. The federal government is collecting this data to improve travel safety and efficiency for citizens nationwide. Daniel Morgan, Chief Data Officer (CDO) at the US Department ...