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

Big Political Data Helps Attract Latino Voters

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

Latino voters will be crucial in 2012 political campaigns and Presidential hopefuls are taking special steps to win this group’s support. But, how will candidates know how to reach the Latino audience and measure the effectiveness of their efforts? Luminar, according to …

Cloud Foundry Panel Says Software Defined and Automated Data Centers Will “Rock the Economic House” [VIDEO]

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

John Furrier continues SiliconANGLE’s exclusive VMworld coverage with a panel on Cloud Foundry. James Watters, VMware Director of Cloud Foundry and Lucas Carlson, Appfog CEO, discuss their experiences and perspectives on how the DevOps world changed with the changing demand of cloud, …

VMware Backup and Recovery Trends, VMworld 2012 Spotlight Segment

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

Dave Vellante and Stu Miniman of Wikibon.org continue their VMworld 2012 coverage in this spotlight segment on backup and recovery for VMware customers and practitioners. Vellante and Miniman high-level overview examines industry trends concerning virtualization, the enduring utility of tape, backup stress …

VMware CIO Says Company Will Prioritize Rapid Release Cycle, Software Defined Data Center Transition and User Experience for the Next Year

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

In their continuing and exclusive coverage of VMWorld 2012, John Furrier and Dave Vellante spoke with Mark Egan, VMware Chief Information officer. The panelists discuss organizational challenges to implementing IT as a service, Cloud Foundry usage, the increasing need for multi-vendors and …

Pat Gelsinger’s Big Vision for VMware’s Next Year

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing and exclusive coverage of VMworld 2012, John Furrier and Dave Vellante spoke with new VMware CEO and keynote speaker, Pat Gelsinger. The newly appointed head (officially presiding September 1st) shares keys to innovation and disruption in the field as …

“Our Biggest Competition is the Status Quo” says Fusion-IO CEO, David Flynn [VIDEO]

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of VMworld, John Furrier and Dave Vellante spoke with David Flynn, CEO of Fusion-IO. In its first year as a public company, Fusion-IO boasts an impressive earning’s report, 82% growth and acquisition of IO Turbine. In this conversation, …

Rise of the New Chief Marketing Technology Officer [Infographic]

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

According to John Koetsier’s recent VentureBeat article, the big data explosion has made Chief Marketing Technology Officers (CMTOs) hot commodities. Sophisticated analysis of large amounts of data has provided unprecedented access to market and customer data around the world and in real-time. As a …

Data Art vs. Visualization? The Distinction is Unproductive, says Artist Jer Thorp

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

Where does data visualization begin and data art end? Jer Thorp, resident Data Artist at the New York Times (a position he created for himself), believes the distinction is unproductive. Combining his background in genetics with his digital art practice, his award-winning, …

The Next Great Tech Entrepreneurs Will Live By The Cheetah Code, New Film On African Innovation

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

Editor’s Note: Portions of this article have been excerpted from The Cheetah Code Press Release and writings by Jon Gosier. Jon Gosier, founder of MetaLayer (audience choice winner of Strata’s 2012 startup showcase), is combining his experience at film school and Lionsgate …

Storing Data as DNA, Harvard Researchers Say Test Tubes Can Contain “the whole Internet”

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD14 YEARS AGO

Test tube data. It may sound strange, now, but genomics researcher and serial entrepreneur, George Church, told the Wall Street Journal encoding data in DNA “could be the wave of the future” for archives. Church was the senior researcher of a Harvard …

Kathryn Buford

Latest from Kathryn Buford

Big Political Data Helps Attract Latino Voters

VMware Backup and Recovery Trends, VMworld 2012 Spotlight Segment

VMware CIO Says Company Will Prioritize Rapid Release Cycle, Software Defined Data Center Transition and User Experience for the Next Year

Pat Gelsinger’s Big Vision for VMware’s Next Year

Rise of the New Chief Marketing Technology Officer [Infographic]

Data Art vs. Visualization? The Distinction is Unproductive, says Artist Jer Thorp

The Next Great Tech Entrepreneurs Will Live By The Cheetah Code, New Film On African Innovation

Storing Data as DNA, Harvard Researchers Say Test Tubes Can Contain “the whole Internet”

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