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Kathryn Buford

As a scholar, social entrepreneur, and consultant, Kathryn has led and consulted on projects for The Embassy of Jamaica, Americorps, BBC, Sony Entertainment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and various small businesses, creative agencies, nonprofits and media brands. Her writings and commentary have appeared in publications like BBC, GOOD, CNBC and Live Unchained -- her former blog (of 6 years) for women and creatives across the African Diaspora. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park with concentrations in social theory and social and cultural entrepreneurship.

Latest from Kathryn Buford

Tech’s best stories for social good: 2019 in review

CUBE EVENT COVERAGE By KATHRYN BUFORD7 YEARS AGO

At its best, technology doesn’t just make society more efficient and economically competitive. It also helps make the world better. Unprecedented steps, such as Google’s 1 Billion Initiative, reflect a continuing and growing trend that links technology with positive social impact. Increasing “tech for good” is …

Inside Dataiku’s data-science, future-proof platform

BIG DATA By KATHRYN BUFORD7 YEARS AGO

At the risk of becoming irrelevant, many legacy companies are making greater efforts to harness cloud-based technology. Dataiku is a data-science platform that provides a collaborative environment for data scientists and business analysts to design and launch data reports and predictive machine …

Saildrone optimizes AWS to crunch massive amounts of ocean data

BIG DATA By KATHRYN BUFORD7 YEARS AGO

The ocean is essential to human livelihood, but oceanographers have not had sophisticated technology to understand its vastness. Building entirely on AWS infrastructure, Saildrone Inc. is gathering massive amounts of data to help organizations like tee National Aeronautics and Space Administration and …

Navigating the new data sprawl in a multicloud world

CLOUD By KATHRYN BUFORD7 YEARS AGO

“This is not your father’s data ecosystem” is the idea that cloud customers and big providers are still understanding and navigating the emerging world of computing. The days of data-in-a-box are gone. Now, customers are tasked with cobbling together different cloud services to meet their …

Finding headroom to lead the next generation of storage

INFRA By KATHRYN BUFORD7 YEARS AGO

Those that fly under the radar are the ones flying the fastest. The rise of storage service provider Infinidat Inc. makes it seem that simple. The organization claims technology at the price point of hard drives with the performance capabilities of solid state media, …

Data security is still everyone’s responsibility

SECURITY By KATHRYN BUFORD7 YEARS AGO

As cloud computing has become more expansive and complex, so has the world of hackers. Threats to the cloud have become even more prevalent and difficult to detect. Within just one month, during September 2019, at least 57 malware apps generated around …

Edge compute creates exciting possibilities for emerging technology

CLOUD By KATHRYN BUFORD7 YEARS AGO

Edge computing provides groundbreaking innovations to enterprise cloud organizations, including nearly instant code transfer, reduced latency, and enhanced performance. The lightning speed of edge compute is due to the placement of the platform. Unlike public cloud, edge compute is placed as close as possible to the point of …

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