R. Danes
Latest from R. Danes
Redefining identity in today’s cloud world
A Verizon 2016 report on security found that two-thirds of breaches now involve stolen credentials. Another recent report from the analysts at Forrester Research Inc. found that 80 percent of breaches involved privileged or root accounts for infrastructure and so forth. The takeaway, says Tom Kemp, chief executive officer at Centrify Corp., is that a simple username ...
Is artificial intelligence the ace up Google Cloud’s sleeve?
Google Cloud is currently a distant third place on the podium with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Is this not odd for a company with such enviable tech inside its own walls? And can Google turn its collection of geeky IT tools, particularly those in artificial intelligence, into a comprehensive offer that enterprises can’t refuse? “[Google is] ...
Anticipating ‘what-if’ moments: rethinking disaster recovery in the cloud
Digital transformation means many things to many people. To Tarun Thakur (pictured), co-founder and chief executive officer of Datos IO Inc., it means that the application now defines the choice of IT stack underneath. Often, he said, this means moving to the cloud, which in turn, requires a fundamental rethink of disaster recovery. Enterprises need to be ...
A vertical play: Can niche services win Google Cloud users from AWS?
Cloud providers that have tried to best Amazon Web Services at their own game have not met with success. To avoid winding up scrap metal in the AWS derby, Google Inc. is taking a detour; by offering enterprises services honed for specific use-cases, can they cut corners and finish first? “They’re creating a lot of really compelling ...
Open source takes a crack at networking bottleneck with containers, more
Internet of Things and 5G are among the new technologies that attendees at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, Spain, were all abuzz about this week. The elephant in the room, of course, was the networking bottleneck that has to burst before organizations can really evolve. Open-source expert Lauren Cooney (pictured), told John Furrier (@furrier), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE ...
Message to self-driving auto makers: You can’t do it alone, says VC
Some self-driving car makers are incorporating more and more extras like face-recognition and augmented reality displays. Bob Stefanski, managing director of eLab Ventures, said that this may be a winning approach for manufactures looking for an edge in the market. But, Stefanski told John Furrier (@furrier), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile live streaming studio, that one ...
Can Girls Who Code and early education help close tech’s gender gap?
To understand what type of woman chooses computing as a career, theCUBE spoke to Cornelia Davis (pictured), senior director of technology at Pivotal Software Inc. during the Women Transforming Technology Conference in Palo Alto, CA. Davis said her first reaction to computer science was essentially: Yuck. Davis told Rebecca Knight (@knightrm), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile live ...
Measuring the business impact of VMware’s socially conscious policies
VMware Inc. said it is committed to socially responsible policies; to the company that does not mean simply writing a check to a charity or mandating a hiring quota. At the Women Transforming Technology conference in Palo Alto, CA, Sindy Braun (pictured), vice president of social impact at VMware, said that the company’s good karma finds ...
Training leaders of the future requires eclectic approach, say analysts
Speakers at the Women Transforming Technology event in Palo Alto, CA, examined top-of-mind issues for women in tech, including the gender gap in technology leaders. During the event, Rebecca Knight (@knightrm) (pictured, left) and Jeff Frick (@JeffFrick) (pictured, right), co-hosts of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile live streaming studio, discussed what defines a leader and how colleges and companies might better ...
A supportive corporate culture needs more than just free lunch, says engineer
When researchers and others suggest that tech companies change their cultures to accommodate individual differences, many people question what that might actually entail. Josie Gillan (pictured), senior director of engineering at Cloudera Inc., accepted her role at the company in part because of its supportive culture. “And what I mean by that is not, it’s got free ...