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

SpringCM Debuts Enterprise-Ready File Sharing Feature

Enterprise content management system provider SpringCM has added a new file sync feature to its platform. SpringCM Business Sync is dubbed as a much more viable alternative to consumer-focused alternatives because it doesn’t focus on just working. It also adds a very comprehensive layer of control on top of the core file synchronization functionality that’s likely ...

Cisco Cuts Over 1000 Jobs Amidst Market Changes

Networking kingpin Cisco is sending out about 1,200 pink slips in what its referring to as a simplification of the company. The full statement from Karen Tillman, vice president of corporate communication, explains the almost two percent of Cisco’s global workforce saying, “These actions, subject to local legal requirements, including consultation where required, are part of a ...

Dell Debuts New Data Retention Solution for the Enterprise

Hardware maker Dell has been eyeing the storage market for quite some time now. The company confirmed a huge commitment to this market at this year’s Dell Storage Forum, and is now gradually becoming more aggressive with its efforts. This week the manufacturer debuted a new big data retention offering that lists high-scalability as a ...

Splunk Takes Big Data to School

Machine data software maker Splunk is one the biggest success stories to have emerged out of the still-maturing analytics industry, and right now it seems that universities are among the highest priorities on its clientele list. The company released an overview of its performance in this area, which claims that over 275 academic institutions use ...

Nirvanix Hires New C-Level to Boost Media Strategy

Storage startup Nirvanix hired Dru Borden as its new chief strategic officer, with the goal of bolstering its clientele in the media business. Borden brings the best of both worlds to the company: executive experience coupled with the industry-specific IT expertise that Nirvanix needs to be able to market its hardware in this market.  He ...

Juniper Earnings Forecast: Profit Declines, Analysts Still Optimistic

Juniper Networks’ stock fell by more than 26 percent in the last three months from $20.60 to $15.02 today. The networking equipment maker reported steady revenue for eight consecutive quarters, but profit declined by an average of 46 percent year-over-year in the past four quarters, according to Narrative Science. Juniper will reveal its fiscal performance ...

Trapit Tops This Week’s Business Tablet App Roundup

Trapit is an AI coupled with a newspaper app that aggregates content that the user is interested in from around the web and not just from social networks. This is where the artificial intelligence kicks in: the service automatically customizes this personal stream based on engagement, and this week Trapit rolled out an iPad version. ...

The Cloud is Still Big, and so is Cloud Piracy

The Business Software Alliance and research firm Ipsos Public Affairs published a report about the state of cloud services in the consumer space and within the enterprise. The study polled 15,000 computer users in 33 countries and came up with a few statistics that reiterate the cloud is more than just a passing fad. The second ...

This Week in Big Data: Social Data, Visualization and Log Management

There were a few interesting analytics-related updates this week, starting with Salesforce’s new service. The popular SaaS provider debuted Radian6 Insights, a tool that promises to analyze social media data and present it in such a way that can benefit an organization. Users can use it to identify things like customer demographics and reactions to ...

Dell Puts Aside $60M for Big Data Storage Startups

Michael Dell was one of the speakers at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, and he elaborated on the newest element of his company’s storage company. Dell is evolving. The hardware vendor, which makes most of its income from selling desktops to consumers and organizations, is shifting towards higher-margins areas such as data center ...