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

Beyond Storage Virtualization: the Future of the Datacenter

TheCube Beyond Storage Virtualization Spotlight at VMWorld 2011, part 4 of today’s session, included Wikibon’s Dave Vellante as the moderator, along with Wikibon CTO and Senior Analyst David Floyer, Hewlett-Packard’s Marc Farley and Steve Kenniston of IBM (full video below–see parts 1-2 here, and part 3 here). David kicked off the discussion by saying that the ...

Storage Optimization Spotlight: Long Term Benefits of Compression

Steve Kenniston of IBM sat down in theCube for the third segment of the Storage Optimization Spotlight at VMWorld 2011 (see parts 1 and 2 here).  Kenniston is in charge of the IBM Real-Time Appliance for NAS, and real-time compression was the topic (full video below). “By us doing what I call compression offload, in ...

Simplified Cloud Management with ScaleXtreme’s New Release

, a maker of cloud management software announced two new cloud offerings, ScaleXtreme Xpress and ScaleXtreme Xpert.  This debut blends in into the company’s efforts to increase market awareness to its products, and there’s an emphasis on simplicity and  ease of use. “With the general availability of the final product editions, all customers now have ...

Cisco VP Talks Next Gen Mobility Needs for Virtual Apps

Soni Jiadani, senior vice president at Cisco stopped by theCube at VMware 2011 going on right now to discuss her company, and the IT industry as a whole (full video below). First of all, she started out by mentioning Cisco’s announcements from the conference.  The networking giant’s USC platform won the VMware benchmark for the ...

Surf’s Up! Google and OpenDNS Kick off the Global Internet Speedup

The Global Internet Speedup is a new initiative that just surfaced with one goal in mind: to make load times faster for web users around the world. The concept is pretty simple, and companies such as Google, Bitgravity, CDNetworks, DNS.com, and Edgecast have already signed up. Here’s what the project is tackling: “DNS is like ...

NetApp CEO Visits theCube at VMWorld 2011

Tom Georgens, chief executive of  NetApp, sat down at theCube at VMWorld 2011 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante. He started talking about his company’s fiscal performance–how this year segments such as the public sector and financial services took a hit–but growth remained steady over the board compared to last year’s 30 percent YoY growth.  The ...

Spotlight VMworld Panel: How the Cloud Affects Backup

Dave Vellante held a backup panel at VMworld 2011 with three industry insiders, Brad Maltz, CTO at ICI Drew Kramer, VP of technical operations for VMware; and Jerome Wendt, founder and lead analyst at DCIG (video below). They discussed how the cloud is affecting backup, and driving this industry to keep up with the current ...

EMC’s Steve Manley Talks Backup, Dedupe at VMworld 2011

Steven Manley, CTO of EMC’s Backup and Recovery group attended VMworld and made his first appearance in theCube.  He discussed backup, where EMC stands in this market, and his take on the industry. Manley kicked of the convo with Wikibon’s Dave Vellante by talking a bit about his role in the company, following with his ...

MapR No Longer the New Kid on the Block, Raises $20M

MapR, the startup that developed the M3 and M5 Hadoop distributions competing with Cloudera’s dominant distribution as well as the several other players currently hitting the market, has secured $20 million in venture capital. The funding round was led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates. “MapR ...

Fusion-io Launches ioCache at VMworld 2011

Fusion-io had some big news coming out of VMworld, the announcement of ioCache. The new offering is the fruit of a one year-long team up with ioTurbine, a developer of virtualized caching software in acquired only three weeks ago. Fusion-io CEO David Flynn took the opportunity to dismiss some speculations claiming that his company’s intention ...