R. Danes, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Can cloud alone speed up the public sector’s lead-footed pace?

By R. Danes Jun 21, 2017

Is cloud infrastructure really a magic wand to speed up government’s frustrating, slow-motion pace? Wouldn’t that require a cultural change as well? Never mind; cloud by itself transforms culture, according to Jeff Frick (@JeffFrick), co-host…

Cloud

Here’s why 32-year-old hardware company Lenovo keeps saying it’s not legacy

By R. Danes Jun 20, 2017

Lenovo Group Ltd., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and Dell EMC bring to mind the phrase “legacy hardware,” so why does Lenovo keep telling us it’s not legacy? It seems the answer is in the…

Infra

Can Lenovo’s phones and PCs give it a surprise one-up in digital transformation?

By R. Danes Jun 20, 2017

Lenovo Group Ltd. is darting in all directions, partnering in software-defined enterprise infrastructure, while its mobile phones and laptops are still on sale at the local Best Buy. Is there a method to the…

Big Data

Open-source variety is a blessing and a curse to enterprises, says Qubole

By R. Danes Jun 20, 2017

Instead of hobbling together open-source projects, why don’t failing enterprise big data teams just buy a proprietary product guaranteed to deliver the results they seek? “In the big data space, it’s hard to avoid…

Big Data

Are instant, big data apps ready for primetime?

By R. Danes Jun 20, 2017

Docker Inc. made its container technology for distributed software applications an overnight hit by putting an easy button on them. Can DataTorrent Inc., founded by Yahoo engineers, do the same for analytics? “There’s no…

Big Data

More ways to misread customers: the problem with more data for marketers

By R. Danes Jun 20, 2017

Why are marketing conversion rates stuck at one percent despite increasing customer touchpoints and analysis tools? More channels through which to interact with a customer might make it harder to follow him or her…

Infra

Can ‘application-defined networking’ fix glitchy apps and save money?

By R. Danes Jun 16, 2017

Code and compute might be changed around to improve end-users’ experience, but the network is the network, right? Actually, the application-first ethos is spreading to networking now with Software-Defined Wide Area Network, according to Davis…

Big Data

Does IoT need private storage clouds? Analysts on Pure Storage’s big data play

By R. Danes Jun 16, 2017

With Pure Storage Inc.’s recent grabs at artificial intelligence and big data software markets, it might soon have to drop “storage” from its name, according to Matt Kixmoeller, vice president of marketing and product management…

Cloud

With CIA credentials, can Amazon repeat commercial success in the public sector?

By R. Danes Jun 16, 2017

However Amazon Web Services Inc. may struggle in selling cloud to glacier-paced government agencies, at least one of those that readers may have heard of — the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency — just vouched…

Cloud

Startups snub Cloud Foundry, but legacy money talks, say analysts

By R. Danes Jun 16, 2017

Traditional enterprises trying to serve better software before some fresh-from-college coders Uberize — aka disrupt — them are turning out to be cash cows for Pivotal Software Inc.’s Cloud Foundry Foundation, its cloud-native platform…

R. Danes

Here’s why 32-year-old hardware company Lenovo keeps saying it’s not legacy

Can Lenovo’s phones and PCs give it a surprise one-up in digital transformation?

Open-source variety is a blessing and a curse to enterprises, says Qubole

Are instant, big data apps ready for primetime?

More ways to misread customers: the problem with more data for marketers

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