Maria Deutscher

Maria Deutscher is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE covering all things enterprise and fresh. Her work takes her from the bowels of the corporate network up to the great free ranges of the open-source ecosystem and back on a daily basis, with the occasional pit stop in the world of end-users. She is especially passionate about cloud computing and data analytics, although she also has a soft spot for stories that diverge from the beaten track to provide a more unique perspective on the complexities of the industry.

Latest from Maria Deutscher

Why You Should Take a Services-Oriented Approach to Data Backup [VIDEO]

One of the “most pressing problems that plague IT since the dawn of computing.”  That’s how Wikibon co-founder and chief analyst Dave Vellante explains backup, offering his view and solution in a featured segment this week (see full clip below). According to Vellante, the fundamental issue about backup is that it delivers no tangible business ...

Virsto Buyout, Rumors and Passwords: This Week in the Cloud

The past few days were an exciting period for both the enterprise and consumer space. VMware made a major acquisition, a password management startup existed stealth with $15 million in the bank, and Cisco announced record quarterly earnings. On Monday SiliconAngle founder and CEO John Furrier reported that VMware acquired Virsto, a California-based developer of ...

API Analytics, Funding and Outsourcing This Week in Big Data

This week in Big Data: a high-profile cloud firm announced an analytics offering; an emerging Big Data developer secured funding, and MasterCard struck a services deal that sheds new light on the challenges of data science in the enterprise. Apigee, the developer of an API management service used by major brands to optimize their web ...

BlueStacks Launch is Big News for Windows 8 Users – Breaking Analysis

BlueStacks, the startup behind the   platform of the same name that lets you run Android apps on other systems, added support for Windows 8 this week. The launch of App Player for Surface Pro is big news for Windows 8 users, who can now access 750,000 plus Android applications from their PCs and mobile devices. Before ...

Analytics for Hire: Apigee Launches New Subscription API

Apigee, a startup that helps developers manage the way their apps communicate with the outside world, revealed a new subscription-based API analytics service. For an initial price of $5000 per month, users can leverage Apigee Insights to churn out statistics about the data that flows in and out of their apps. “The information an enterprise ...

Geek Love that Excites on Valentine’s Day

Love is in the air!  Geek love, that is.  Networking guru Stu Miniman showed up on this morning’s NewsDesk show for a special Valentine’s Day segment on user trends in the consumer space and enterprise. He begins by explaining the meaning of “love” for technology and technology brands. It’s all about the fans, he says: consumers ...

HStreaming’s Hadoop Framework Funded for Hybrid Analytics

HStreaming just announced that it has received funding from Atlas Venture, a high-profile Boston-based VC that owns a stake in sqrrl, Nimbus and dozens of other early-stage tech startups. The company did not disclose how much capital it received in the round. HStreaming is a San Francisco-based Big Data developer that specializes in streaming analytics, ...

Why Hire A Data Scientist When You Can Outsource With MasterCard?

Analytics — the golden nectar of the business world.  The finance industry has been on the data bandwagon for decades, always ready to leverage the newest technology.  This week MasterCard Advisors, the credit company’s services subsidiary, injected an undisclosed sum into a Chicago-based analytics provider called Mu Sigma.  A fresh way to help retail understand ...

Taming Big Data: 12 Best Practices for Analysts

Now that IBM has sunk its teeth into the big data market, it wants companies to start using its technology correctly in order to get the most out of their raw information.  The vendor’s latest infographic outlines 12 best practices that users should take into account in order to realize this goal. Big Blue places management ...

VMware’s Newest Acquisition: Staying Ahead of a Doubting Market

Every tech firm is in the midst of a massive transition right now, as new developments in datacenter architecture redefine the way we store, manage, access and secure data.  For VMware, the shine of innovation has eroded, revealing a company that’s determined to maintain the head start earned with its revolutionary approach to virtualization. Wikibon ...