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

QLogic Thinking Flash for the Future

Storage networking solutions provider QLogic may be venturing into a whole area, according to Stifel Nicolaus analyst Aaron Rakers. He had a chat with Logic CEO Simon Biddiscombe, who suggested that his company is interested in putting its existing experience with infastracture into building PCIe flash cards.  Biddiscombe also noted a particular interest in Fusion-io, ...

Cisco’s Restructure Plan: Invest in Partner Ecosystem

Networking giant Cisco took a hit in recent years as an overly complicated internal decision-making system took over, and slowed down the company to a grinding halt from a market standpoint.  After several very slow quarters the company is now restructuring, and it’s doing that in more ways than just cutting costs and making layoffs. ...

Dell Invests Further in Force10, Still Teams with Brocade

Dell, just like its long-time competitor Hewlett-Packard, is ticking its game up a notch in the enterprise space as its consumer business starts to show signs of decline.  Networking is one of the areas the hardware giant has ventured into, notably with the acquisition of Force10 back in August.  Now Dell is looking to integrate ...

Data is what You Need to Change Consumers’ Minds

This week’s DEMO Fall 2011 conference has really brought some innovative attention back to the social enterprise space.  A lot of companies showcased here, and some – like Hewlett-Packard – discovered some interesting statistics that may help marketers optimize their campaigns. A study conducted by HP Labs using  Rankr, a web-based mobile polling app developed ...

Fusion-io Gets DOD Support, and the Navy Too

Flash-based storage acceleration solutions maker Fusion-io has been growing steadily for some time now, and this is true for most of the segments it operates in.  That includes the public sector and government agencies using its offerings to boost their existing IT infrastructure. The latest development?  Fusion announced its technology has been tested and found ...

Cloud Security Proves its Necessity

Security in the cloud is a big deal for both customers and enterprises, and solution providers have started to take note.  Microsoft is one of them, now that it said that Windows 8 will be shipping with some features of Security Essentials built in.  To be more specific, malware detection (including the kind delivered via ...

Cisco’s To Do List: Cut Revenue Forecasts, Bash Competition

Networking giant Cisco is still the number one player in the industry, but its investors have not been all that optimistic as of late.  This is due to declining earnings, and Cisco caused more reason for concern, having just cut its revenue forecast for the next three years.  CFO Frank Calderon said that his company ...

WalMart Acquires OneRiot, Beefs Up Digital Strategy

Wal-Mart, the retail giant that also happens  to be the number one employer in the world, has taken a slight turn with its strategy and has begun to focus on expanding its digital product portfolio.  Its latest move is the acquisition of OneRiot, a startup that helps companies to better target their social media and ...

SAP Acquires Hemisphere, Expands Mobile Growth Strategy

German business software giant SAP acquired Right Hemisphere for an undisclosed amount; Right Hemisphere is a company that develops 3D visualization tools for enterprise users. the company’s goal is to simplify employees’ workflows and overall efficiency adding another elemental to usual collaboration and communication. “Employees will be able to make process and procedural adjustments on the ...

ServiceMesh the Latest to Support OpenStack

Enterprise cloud solutions provider ServiceMesh announced that it has extended its ServiceMesh Agility platform to support OpenStack, the open-source cloud OS initiative first kicked off by Rackspace and NASA, along with several others. ServiceMesh Agility allows customers to setup OpenStack clouds, as well as well deployments based on other popular offerings by VMware and Amazon Web Services. ...