Heather Johnson

Heather is a beat writer for SiliconANGLE's premier video production team theCUBE. She covers theCUBE events worldwide, spanning expert commentary on the hottest trends in IT.

Latest from Heather Johnson

Is Amazon the new OS? | #reinvent

NEWS By HEATHER JOHNSON11 YEARS AGO

Amazon AWS for the enterprise has become such the mainstay that Mike Dauber, general partner of early stage venture capital fund Amplify Partners, said that it’s practically become the new OS. “If you’re starting a company, you need to look at how are …

More data wrangling and preparation needed in analytics space | #reinvent

NEWS By HEATHER JOHNSON11 YEARS AGO

At Amazon re:Invent 2015, Amazon announced QuickSight, a cloud-powered business intelligence service that allows users to analyze and get insights from their data. The announcement evidences Amazon’s continuing foray into the analytics space. Self-service data preparation platform Trifacta, which partners with Amazon, …

Enterprise embraces innovation: Tackling cybercriminals in the cloud ecosystem | #reinvent

NEWS By HEATHER JOHNSON11 YEARS AGO

As the cloud becomes mainstream, cybercriminals have more to target. In its newly released Fall 2015 Cloud Security Report, Security-as-a-Service provider Alert Logic, Inc. reported that cyberattack methods aimed at cloud deployments grew by up to 45 percent. However, there was no increase …

Platfora brings accessibility to Big Data | #BigDataNYC

NEWS By HEATHER JOHNSON11 YEARS AGO

Jason Zintak, Platfora, Inc.’s new CEO, echoed the insights of many during BigDataNYC 2015 when he said that the focus of the neighboring Strata+Hadoop World event was on business use cases rather than cost or functionality. “The insights that people are gaining …

Databricks brings out the use cases | #BigDataNYC

NEWS By HEATHER JOHNSON11 YEARS AGO

During conferences such as Strata+Hadoop World, which takes place in conjunction with BigDataNYC 2015, attendees often want to know what makes a product special. Now that Databricks, Inc., the company founded by the creators of Apache Spark, has a few years under …

Aerospike delivers speed to explore new frontiers | #BigDataNYC

NEWS By HEATHER JOHNSON11 YEARS AGO

Aerospike, a NoSQL database that delivers speed at scale, may not be the least expensive product on the market (open-sourced products notwithstanding), but price isn’t its focus anyway. “Our primary message is that we enable you to do things you could never …

Making data ‘fast, easy, beautiful’ | #BigDataNYC

NEWS By HEATHER JOHNSON11 YEARS AGO

As businesses across industries recognize the value in analytics, Tableau Software, Inc. leads the charge with analytics software and business intelligence solutions for a wide range of businesses. The Seattle-based company recently released Tableau 9.1, which offers new capabilities and ways to analyze data. …

Hortonworks pushes analytics to the edge with DataFlow | #BigDataNYC

NEWS By HEATHER JOHNSON11 YEARS AGO

Open Enterprise Hadoop leader Hortonworks, Inc. announced at BigDataNYC 2015 and Strata + Hadoop World that its DataFlow support subscription is now available. Hortonworks DataFlow is powered by Apache nifi, an open-source project, and addresses opportunities presented by the Internet of Anything. …

Making ROI part of the Spark recipe | #BigDataNYC

NEWS By HEATHER JOHNSON11 YEARS AGO

InfoObjects, Inc., a technology consulting company, took a risk when it began offering Apache Spark training and recommending Spark for enterprise data and other sectors. “We took a big bet on Spark,” said InfoObjects CEO Rishi Yadav, who spoke with John Furrier and …

Exploring the ‘new alphabet’ of the IT ecosystem | #BigDataNYC

NEWS By HEATHER JOHNSON11 YEARS AGO

As we move into 2016, not only does the technology conversation need to change, but it must adopt a new alphabet, according to Abhi Mehta, CEO of Tresata, Inc., which provides a software platform for real-time customer intelligence management. “The ABCD of …

Heather Johnson

Latest from Heather Johnson

Is Amazon the new OS? | #reinvent

More data wrangling and preparation needed in analytics space | #reinvent

Enterprise embraces innovation: Tackling cybercriminals in the cloud ecosystem | #reinvent

Platfora brings accessibility to Big Data | #BigDataNYC

Databricks brings out the use cases | #BigDataNYC

Aerospike delivers speed to explore new frontiers | #BigDataNYC

Making data ‘fast, easy, beautiful’ | #BigDataNYC

Hortonworks pushes analytics to the edge with DataFlow | #BigDataNYC

Making ROI part of the Spark recipe | #BigDataNYC

Exploring the ‘new alphabet’ of the IT ecosystem | #BigDataNYC

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