Sloane Kali Faye

As a scholar, social entrepreneur, and consultant, Sloane has led and consulted on projects for The Embassy of Jamaica, Americorps, BBC, Sony Entertainment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and various small businesses, creative agencies, nonprofits and media brands. Her writings and commentary have appeared in publications like BBC, GOOD, CNBC and Live Unchained -- her former blog (of 6 years) for women and creatives across the African Diaspora. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park with concentrations in social theory and social and cultural entrepreneurship.

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AnsibleFest 2022 to spark next-level conversations about automation

Automation continues to rapidly transform enterprises and industries. And this year’s AnsibleFest event will bring together business leaders, developers and analysts for news, product updates and industry analysis on current technology trends, potential pitfalls and new market opportunities. TheCUBE industry analyst John Furrier spoke with Andrius Benokraitis (pictured), senior manager of technical marketing at Ansible by Red ...
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KubeCon to focus on much more than Kubernetes: theCUBE analysts weigh in

This year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA conference will bring together some of the most ambitious and creative leaders in cloud computing to present and discuss the latest industry trends and solutions. As the event title implies, Kubernetes, the open-source system for automating deployment, scaling and management will be the main focus. However, the business leaders, ...

Founders Federal Credit Union prioritizes cybersecurity and data recovery amid increasing security threats

The pandemic hit enterprises full force, requiring companies to demonstrate resilience and adaptability. This is especially true for an organization’s computing infrastructure, now forced to prioritize cybersecurity and data recovery. Key institutions have been tested in today’s vulnerable market, from banking to healthcare. Looking to support businesses in absorbing the shock of the current crisis is Dell Technologies ...

Cisco shares expectations for post-pandemic developer ecosystems

Imagine if COVID-19 hit five, 10 or 15 years ago when the information space surely would not have been able to transition quickly into a work-from-home environment. Without the network’s evolution to enhanced programmability over the past decade, many companies might not have survived the current pandemic. “The load, the number of hosts, the traffic, just ...

Simplifying complex data storage with IBM’s FlashSystem

As many enterprises transfer more and more data from their on-premises data centers, they are considering complex questions and entertaining complex solutions to face the challenges this moment in society presents. As such, enterprise leaders are ready to invest in simple data storage solutions, according to Eric Herzog (pictured), chief marketing officer and vice president ...

The ‘next normal’ will center on resiliency as much as storage

For many years, VMworld attendees used to jokingly call the conference “storage world.” Storage has usually gotten the lion’s share of attention from enterprise customers, according to Deepak Mohan (pictured), executive vice president of products at Veritas Technologies LLC. However, as companies become more vulnerable to breaches and attacks, resilience and recovery are also important. Storage systems require ...

In the new cloud era, IBM focuses on storage

Cloud computing has been a consistent theme over the years at VMworld. In this historic moment, cloud is especially significant at a time of increased virtualization. As the need for solid backup and recovery solutions grows, companies are considering radical steps, including taking all of their solutions off-premises and to the cloud. But is that ...

Multicloud solutions simplify complexity for the ‘next normal’ enterprise

Enterprise customers are navigating increasingly complex environments. Rapid changes to data storage, analysis and the array of new options that come with these shifts can be daunting. However, if companies are not able to simplify this complexity, they can be delayed and disadvantaged when getting tools and applications to their own customers. It may seem ...
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Cloud migration perception evolves from burdensome cost to worthwhile investment

In an increasingly digitalized world, enterprise leaders are moving to the cloud at an accelerated pace. Yet many are concerned doing so will require a costly investment of time, talent and capital. Citing his own experience helping companies virtualize, David Chang (pictured), co-founder and chief product officer at Actifio Inc., sees this idea as an ...

The future of enterprise is the future of DevOps, says ‘The Phoenix Project’ author

Enterprise is radically prioritizing developer operations at a time when the urgency of effective data storage, management and analytics is undeniable. As the saying goes: “Information without data is just an opinion.” Now more than ever, business leaders must make informed, data-driven decisions — each of which has financial implications. “Data has to be at the ...