Brittany Greaner

A graduate of UW – Eau Claire, Brittany Greaner is a SiliconANGLE writer covering live news events with theCUBE. Telling stories has always been her passion, and she has written everything from short stories to haikus. An interest in international issues and human rights drove her to join Americorps VISTA for a year of service, where she worked with a local nonprofit to support refugees and immigrants in Pennsylvania. She has also lived in Japan for a year, where she learned how to shoot a bow like a pro and navigate trains like she wasn’t someone from small-town Wisconsin. Got news? Tweet us @siliconangle

Latest from Brittany Greaner

Navigating sink-or-swim tech to survive modern computing

Technology is advancing so quickly that many businesses are struggling to tread water, much less get ahead of the competition. Some feel forced to take risks and innovate with systems they might not fully understand, while others disrupt themselves just trying to survive. With so much noise from hoards of digital data, frequent software updates and machine ...

Mastering B2B service through predictive analytics and shared architecture

With a net promoter score of 86.6 and in the top 1 percent of B2B businesses, there is definitely something to be learned from the story of Pure Storage Inc. One reason the company’s score is so high is because customers rely on Pure Storage to deliver on its promises, according to Vaughn Stewart (pictured), vice president ...

Thinking outside the ‘storage box’ as data environments evolve

In order to survive and thrive in the current tech space increasingly dominated by data and multicloud environments, businesses must continue to think outside the box. As storage grows in popularity again after a stage of stagnation, ‘outside the box’ is less metaphorical and more literal, according to Eric Herzog (pictured), chief marketing officer and vice president of ...

Enabling effective data management in the multicloud universe

There are a number of data management strategies these days, including private or public cloud, on-premises or off-premises, or a hybrid of these solutions. Of these options, organizations are increasingly looking to multicloud and hybrid cloud computing to enable a more flexible and secure data management and storage approach. “Now we see more data is ...

Blockchain FinTech expert reveals secret to busting ‘regulation blockers’

Many companies view regulators as an intrinsic enemy to their progress. Instead of conversation around how they can work with regulators to make a better system, the general tone seems to be one of resistance, as if regulation’s very existence is meant to halt progress and make life more difficult for companies. But that doesn’t ...

When is it the right time to go serverless?

With the serverless community estimated to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 32.7 percent, serverless applications are becoming more widespread at an incredible pace. Such rapid growth in such a new technology leaves many people wondering when to go serverless and when to not. It doesn’t have to be a question, however, ...

Dialogflow developer community skyrockets to 600K in a year

A growth rate of 300 percent in any community over 12 short months would be considered a Herculean feat, but that’s just what Dialogflow has managed to do with its natural language understanding technology. Dialogflow is Google’s end-to-end development suite for creating conversational interfaces for websites, mobile applications, messaging platforms, and internet of things devices. “Dialogflow introduced ...

Google plays the long game with open source and multicloud

It’s no accident that Google LLC has created such a large network of loyal software developers as the search engine titan takes on enterprise cloud computing services. Much of its success in this arena has been going against the grain and doing what traditional businesses would say is dangerous — sharing your resources and opening ...
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Decoding the black box of AI: lessons in accountability

It is one thing to imbue machines with intelligence. It’s another to keep these powerful computing systems honest. Mankind’s moment could be tainted if artificial intelligence systems aren’t kept accountable, and right now AI can feel like a black box. Even AI’s creators do not fully understand how these intelligent systems reach decisions. “Ultimately, we want to ensure that ...

DevNet erases mundane tasks while boosting developer creativity

Cisco DevNet is becoming known for simplifying the life of the developer. Part of this shift is how the company is starting to interact with developers in general. Open source and collaboration have become the new normal. As such, DevNet is proving Cisco Systems Inc.’s commitment to that end, including a recently launched initiative to share ...