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Wall Street sends S.O.S as threat of disruption looms | #DOES15
Wall Street bigwigs now have more to grouse about than bear markets and sign-wielding Occupiers. Gathering hype that finance might be the next industry Silicon Valley disrupts is making these bigwigs nervous, and they’re increasingly seeking cover in technological barricades. According to Adrian Cockcroft, technology fellow at Battery Ventures, financial firms like JPMorgan Chase & Co. are using technologies ...
Healthcare.gov changed conversation around DevOps and technology in Washington | #DOES15
The notorious, rickety launch of Healthcare.gov frustrated countless Americans and embarrassed the president and his aides. But it also served as a call-to-action for Washington, said Paula Thrasher, application delivery lead at Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC). The D.C.-area IT company works intimately with many government organizations to make programs and applications accessible to government employees and the ...
Automated testing to play major role in mobile evolution | #DOES15
Automated testing services will lighten companies’ in-house technological loads, according to Neil Manvar, solutions architect at Sauce Labs, Inc.. The San Francisco-based startup provides testing services using Appium and Selenium open-source tools. Manvar told Brian Gracely, cohost of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during the DevOps Enterprise Summit that he believes more and more companies will ...
Expedient sharpens its focus on security | #NXTWORK
Having many software solutions to offer customers already, Expedient Data Centers is turning its focus to security concerns, according to John White, director of product strategy at Expedient. “On the security side, it’s really getting interesting,” he told Stu Miniman and John Furrier, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during Juniper Networks, Inc.’s NXTWORK 2015 ...
Client-server to cloud is an evolution, not a revolution, says InterVision cofounder | #NXTWORK
The client-server era is coming to an end, acknowledges Jason Gress, president and cofounder of InterVision Systems Technologies, Inc. However, the transition from traditional client-server to the cloud ecosystem will be gradual. “Obviously the market is changing,” he told Stu Miniman and John Furrier, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during Juniper Networks NXTWORK ...
DigitalOcean continues to gain ground with its virtual private servers, droplets | #NXTWORK
“DigitalOcean is the cloud built for developers by developers,” said Luca Salvatore, network engineering manager at DigitalOcean, Inc. Salvatore told Stu Miniman and John Furrier, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during Juniper Networks NXTWORK 2015 that this is one reason for the company’s explosive growth over the past three years. Since its founding, the New York ...
The Uber effect: Digital disruption a growing concern for companies | #oow15
Business owners now have more than their bottom lines to keep them jittery — digital disruption from out-of-the-blue startups is becoming a major concern as well. The success of disruptive applications like Uber, Inc. and Airbnb, Inc. has left a lot of companies nervous that their industry might be next. For this reason, demand is ...
Is Cisco’s Unified Computing System taking security to the next level? | #oow15
Cisco System, Inc.’s Unified Computing System’s (UCS) technology enables more secure delivery of data packets between nodes thanks to the incorporation of Cisco Nexus Series switches. And, according to John McAbel, senior product manager of Oracle Solutions at Cisco, UCS may be the best bet for security in the industry. “By incorporating Nexus technology, we’ve proven that all ...
Will 2016 be the year for Big Data applications on flash? | #oow15
The future of flash belongs to the younger companies offering storage arrays, according to Ramesh Chitor, senior director of business development at Tegile Systems (Tegile, Inc.). Chitor spoke about the exciting growth of flash technology with Stu Miniman and Brian Gracely, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during Oracle OpenWorld 2015. The number of legacy companies offering ...
Social is moving faster than the web, says General Motors social strategist | #oow15
The possibilities for companies to leverage data to market to consumers on social media continue to grow. Whitney Drake, manager of social strategy and care at General Motors Co. (GM), talked with John Furrier and Jeff Frick, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during Oracle OpenWorld 2015 about the new world of business-to-consumer relations on ...