R. Danes, Author at SiliconANGLE

Women in Tech

Blockchain needs idiot-proof interfaces to break mainstream

By R. Danes Mar 26, 2018

Does anyone really understand the blockchain’s distributed ledger system or the digital mechanisms of cryptocurrency? Even entrepreneurs knee-deep in technology’s latest emerging markets will confess they are still learning. Perhaps the potential for modern cryptography is best shown and not told.…

Big Data

Data demolition derby: Incumbents could ram startups off the road

By R. Danes Mar 23, 2018

Speed, agility, cloud-native origins — on the surface, everything about technology startups makes them better equipped for today’s data-driven race. But older enterprises have troves of big data hidden under their tortoise shells that may…

Cloud

IBM taste test tries to beat DX competition to the punch

By R. Danes Mar 22, 2018

What do companies banging around the digital-transformation obstacle course need to soothe the contusions? Probably not a technology trial sign-up that asks their mothers’ maiden name. “When users come, you have to give them…

Big Data

Applied IoT with AI thinks through dizzying data streams

By R. Danes Mar 21, 2018

So a manufacturer connects a gadget to a wireless communications network and, suddenly, it’s an “internet of things” device. So what? The power of applied IoT is realized only when data from devices is gathered, juiced…

Big Data

ING feels data governance squeeze — and hugs back

By R. Danes Mar 21, 2018

Companies of all stripes can learn from those laboring under strict data-privacy regulations, like financial institutions. For them, the discipline necessary to govern data can pay dividends — ironically — in the realm of…

Infra

Good infra, service fences make good neighbors in cloud data warehouse

By R. Danes Mar 20, 2018

Why cloud-native data warehousing instead of the traditional on-premises breed? Because the later fits like a square peg in the cloud’s round hole of unlimited scalability and elasticity, according to Michael Nixon (pictured, left), senior…

Infra

Is software-defined storage the diving board to digital transformation?

By R. Danes Mar 20, 2018

Whoever said you can’t teach an old hound new tricks failed to get the message out to NetApp Inc. The legacy storage provider is pivoting to software-defined storage and data management, and it wants to…

Guests of the Week

Fail fast on the trip to AI true north, says Googler

By R. Danes Mar 19, 2018

Businesses are aiming to digitally transform themselves in hopes of staying abreast of disruptive competition; the bullseye is applied artificial intelligence across a range of business processes. The tyranny of choice visited on them…

Big Data

Hot data cataloging collapses the thousand steps to value

By R. Danes Mar 14, 2018

Data cataloging is emerging as one of the surest routes through the big data muddle in enterprises. Its powers lay in combining and collapsing steps that would otherwise run end-users ragged. “There are a…

Big Data

People-powered data catalog is phonics for data literacy

By R. Danes Mar 14, 2018

Big data analytics projects are flailing like asphyxiating tuna; some analysts claim the failure rate has soared to 85 percent. Could it be that the pile of software tools and formulas aren’t letting human…

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