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

When the Game is Virtualization, Fusion-io Tells Competition to “Bring It”

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of Oracle Open World 2013, John Furrier and Dave Vellante spoke with Lee Caswell, Fusion-io VP of Virtualiation Product Group. The three discuss the importance of fast and consistent performance and end with a game of technology word …

The One Thing NetApp Does, Knocks It Out the Ballpark: Evolution of Storage #OOW13

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of Oracle Open World 2013, John Furrier and Dave Vellante spoke with Patrick Rogers, NetApp VP of Product Marketing and Alliances, in theCUBE. The three discuss the role of storage in driving innovation, cloud solutions and the importance …

Number 1 Service Provider for a Reason: Why EMC Has the Speed to Lead #OOW13

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of Oracle Open World 2013, John Furrier and Stu Miniman spoke with Eric Herzog SVP of Product Management and Product Marketing at EMC. The three discuss new trends in data storage, EMC’s continued success with Flash and what …

No More Black Box: EMC Protection Storage Architecture Proves Efficient #OOW13

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of Oracle Open World 2013, John Furrier and Dave Vellante spoke with Guy Churchward, EMC President of Backup Recovery Systems and Stephen Manley, CTO EMC Backup Recovery Systems in theCUBE. The three discuss EMC’s journey to delivering effective …

Enormous and Exploding: Now is The Time of Cloudera’s “Cloud Era” #OOW2013

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of Oracle Open World 2013, John Furrier and Dave Vellante spoke with Mike Olson, Chairman of the board of Cloudera and Chief Strategy Officer in theCUBE. The three discuss changes in the industry that now make it easy …

Why Businesses Are Either Creative Or Irrelevant: Q & A with Creative Class Group CEO, Rana Florida

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

It’s a well understood expression in business: Stagnation is regression; businesses either advance or fall behind. Creativity does not just give businesses the competitive edge, according to Rana Florida author of Upgrade and CEO of the Creative Class Group (CCG), it is …

Software Defined Storage Rises Through Perfect Storm | #VMworld

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of VMworld 2013, Dave Vellante and John Furrier speak with Criag Nunes, VP Storage Marketing for HP. The three discuss key trends in IT, focusing on Software Defined Storage (SDS). Vellante begins with the foundational question: “What is …

How FedEX Perfects the Hard Work of Effortlessness | #VMworld

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of VMworld 2013, Dave Vellante and Stu Miniman speak with Chris Greer, Chief Engineer of Architecture for FedEx. The three discuss the IT savvy and innovation it takes to make the effortlessness of international, same-day and guaranteed deliveries …

How Juniper and VMware Address the Toughest IT Challenges | #VMworld

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of VMworld 2013, Dave Vellante and Stu Miniman spoke with both Denise Shiffman, Vice President, Product Management and Strategy at Juniper Networks and Hatem Naguib, Vice President, Networking and Security at VMware. The three discuss Juniper’s unique offerings …

Why The Human Factor Makes the Difference in Digital Music: Spotify vs. Google All Access

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

What music lovers want and what they value can be quite different. Following suit of Pandora’s pioneering platform, many music services including Spotify and All Access have used human expertise to teach computers to identify and play songs in a style that …

Kathryn Buford

Latest from Kathryn Buford

When the Game is Virtualization, Fusion-io Tells Competition to “Bring It”

Number 1 Service Provider for a Reason: Why EMC Has the Speed to Lead #OOW13

No More Black Box: EMC Protection Storage Architecture Proves Efficient #OOW13

Enormous and Exploding: Now is The Time of Cloudera’s “Cloud Era” #OOW2013

Why Businesses Are Either Creative Or Irrelevant: Q & A with Creative Class Group CEO, Rana Florida

Software Defined Storage Rises Through Perfect Storm | #VMworld

How FedEX Perfects the Hard Work of Effortlessness | #VMworld

How Juniper and VMware Address the Toughest IT Challenges | #VMworld

Why The Human Factor Makes the Difference in Digital Music: Spotify vs. Google All Access

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