Alex Williams

Alex Williams is an editor for SiliconAngle and lives a charmed life in Portland, Or.

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Top 10 Open Source Startups

NEWS By ALEX WILLIAMS15 YEARS AGO

The Momentum Index published its latest report, ranking 96 open-source startups. Out of its rankings, Momentum sees three emerging trends: The freemium pricing models work. Startups that use the model see early proof of traction. Talend could be an IPO candidate. Kaltura …

Aaron Swartz Gets Indicted on More Charges in Connection with MIT Break In

NEWS By ALEX WILLIAMS15 YEARS AGO

Aaron Swartz, the technology scholar, Internet activist and early Reddit employee, has been indicted on more charges in connection with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) incident this past summer. Swartz, as you may recall, was initially indicted in July on charges …

Will the Jive Software IPO Be Next Year or Is an Acquisition More Likely?

NEWS By ALEX WILLIAMS15 YEARS AGO

In August, Jive Software filed its S-1 with the Security Exchange Commission to trade on the NASDAQ as a publicly traded company. Prior to that, there had been word that the company would be doing an IPO late this year. But now, …

Cisco and Vyatta: Competitive or Compatible?

NEWS By ALEX WILLIAMS15 YEARS AGO

Earlier this week, Vyatta raised another $12 million for its virtual network security technology. In an interview with Vyatta executives on Monday I asked about their competitors. Vyatta CEO Kelly Herrell said they are far ahead of the market and comparison is …

Apache Hadoop Gets its First Update in More Than a Year

NEWS By ALEX WILLIAMS15 YEARS AGO

Apache Hadoop has a new release, its first in more than a year. According to the Cloudera blog, the new release, Apache 0.23.0, has a number of new features and improvements, including HDFS federation and a new MapReduce framework. But as the …

Hadoop and NoSQL VC Funding Is More Than $350 Million – Up 266%

NEWS By ALEX WILLIAMS15 YEARS AGO

The 451 Group is releasing a report that says Apache Hadoop and NoSQL funding is more than $350 million. Funding has shot through the roof in the past few months with funding for Hadoop and NoSQL startups more than doubling to $157 …

Super Size Me – Amazon Web Services Launches “Extra Large” Supercomputer Clusters in the Cloud

NEWS By ALEX WILLIAMS15 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a new high performance computing instance and it’s a big one. In a blog post this morning, Jeff Barr of AWS described an instance that advances the idea of a supercomputer in the cloud. Granted, this is …

Vyatta Raises $12 Million From HighBAR Partners – Virtual Network Security Provider Showing Big Gains

NEWS By ALEX WILLIAMS15 YEARS AGO

The next wave in cloud computing is the transformation of the network. We’ve seen the virtualization of compute. Storage has since followed and now we are seeing the full virtualization of the network. Vyatta is at the leading edge of that transformation …

A Gorgeous Time Map Unconcerned About Distance

NEWS By ALEX WILLIAMS15 YEARS AGO

I can care less about the distance when I take the bus across town. I am far more interested in how long it will take me to travel the ten miles from my home in St. Johns to downtown Portland. What I …

A Hadoop Treasure Chest of All You Can Eat Big Data Goodness Courtesy of theCube

NEWS By ALEX WILLIAMS15 YEARS AGO

I am flying back from New York after spending two days at HadoopWorld. On the theCube, we did two days of video coverage, interviewing leaders in the community and discussing the event’s hot topics. Wikibon analyst Jeff Kelly took the time to …

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Latest from Alex Williams

Top 10 Open Source Startups

Aaron Swartz Gets Indicted on More Charges in Connection with MIT Break In

Will the Jive Software IPO Be Next Year or Is an Acquisition More Likely?

Cisco and Vyatta: Competitive or Compatible?

Apache Hadoop Gets its First Update in More Than a Year

Hadoop and NoSQL VC Funding Is More Than $350 Million – Up 266%

Super Size Me – Amazon Web Services Launches “Extra Large” Supercomputer Clusters in the Cloud

A Gorgeous Time Map Unconcerned About Distance

A Hadoop Treasure Chest of All You Can Eat Big Data Goodness Courtesy of theCube

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