Suzanne Kattau

Suzanne Kattau (formerly Suzanne Harnos) is Editor at SiliconANGLE where she focuses on cloud technology, consumer news and trends. She is a veteran computer journalist based in New York. Previously, Suzanne was an associate editor at BZ Media’s Software Development Times. Before that, she was an online editor at Ziff Davis Enterprise’s eWEEK and technical editor at CMP Media’s InternetWeek. She graduated from Hofstra University with a Bachelor’s degree in English.

Latest from Suzanne Kattau

Top 5 ways consumers can protect their data in the cloud: Q&A with SysAid CEO Sarah Lahav

Adopting a cloud policy is the driving force behind the success of many businesses today, but security remains a big concern for organizations considering a migration to the cloud. It’s more challenging to protect sensitive data such as confidential customer and payment information in a cloud environment. So, how do the security problems that are ...

How CENTRI Technology addresses cloud security: Q&A with CEO Vaughan Emery

As companies move from on-premises data storage to the cloud, it is critical that they prioritize security for their customers. Consumers, in particular, are increasingly concerned about cloud security in light of breaches this year, from those affecting International Dairy Queen, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to Staples, Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc. ...

Key cloud acquisitions by AWS rivals since 2012| #AWSreinvent

Ever since Amazon.com Inc. first announced its goal in 2012 to take over the enterprise cloud with its Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS rivals Cisco Systems, Inc., Dell Inc., Google, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and VMware Inc. have been trying to survive in this new hybrid, services-driven, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) world. To that end, all ...

How CipherCloud addresses cloud security: Q&A with CEO Pravin Kothari

Consumers are increasingly concerned about cloud security in light of breaches this year, from those affecting International Dairy Queen, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to Staples, Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS). Luckily, there’s a new wave of security vendors surfacing that are offering more innovative ways to address cloud security, one of ...

How FortyCloud addresses cloud security: Q&A with CEO Amit Cohen

There’s a new wave of security vendors surfacing that are offering more innovative ways to address cloud security in light of enterprises’ increasing concerns about how to securely migrate to the cloud. One of these vendors is FortyCloud LTD, a Mansfield, Mass.-based cloud security company that provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based solutions that enable companies to secure ...

Startup Risk I/O secures $4M for data-driven security intelligence, names new CEO

Security software startup Risk I/O today announced that it has raised an additional $4 million as part of its Series A financing round, bringing the company’s total capital raised to date to $10.5 million. The startup also today announced that it has named Silicon Valley security veteran Karim Toubba as its new CEO. Current investors ...

Is Oracle in trouble? Experts debate the outlook as Open World kicks off | #OOW14

For the third quarter in a row, Oracle, Corp. failed to meet many analysts’ expectations in its most recent earnings report. Is the software giant in trouble? It depends on who you talk to. As the Oracle Open World 2014 (#OOW14) conference kicks off today at the Moscone Center in San Francisco (from which theCUBE will be ...

HP launches App Store to push SDN innovation and open standards

With International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasting that the worldwide software-defined networking (SDN) market for the enterprise and cloud service provider segments will grow more than eightfold to over $8 billion by 2018, Hewlett-Packard Co. yesterday announced the general availability of the SDN App Store in a move designed to give third-party developers the tools they need ...

Open source is key building block for cloud, says HP | #OpenStackSV

When it comes to cloud infrastructure tactics in the enterprise, open source is the winning method among enterprise service providers who we see incorporating it into their own services now. For example, Hewlett-Packard Co. delivers private, hybrid, managed and public clouds to enterprise customers worldwide. HP recently announced that it’s acquiring Eucalyptus Systems, Inc., provider of ...

In support of hybrid and multi-clouds, Cloudyn raises $4M

Cloudyn, Ltd. today announced it has received $4 million in a Series A financing round, bringing the total investment in the Tel Aviv, Israel-based cloud startup to $5.5 million since its founding in 2011. Cloudyn said it will use part of the funding to enhance the Cloudyn Platform, its flagship offering, a cost-monitoring and optimization ...