Klint Finley

Klint Finley is a Senior Writer at SiliconAngle. His specialties
include IT services, enterprise technology and software development.
Prior to SiliconAngle he was a writer for ReadWriteWeb. He's also a
former IT practicioner, and has written about technology for over a
decade. He can be contacted at angle@klintfinley.com.

Latest from Klint Finley

ServicesAngle Weekly Editorial Call: Node.js, Splunk Competitors and Hadoop for the Enterprise

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Each week the ServicesAngle has a conference call to discuss the week’s news and trends. It usually includes Editor Alex Williams; Wikibon analyst Jeff Kelley and myself. Sometimes we just do voice calls, other times we do videoconferencing. Sometimes we bring other …

DevOps Dossier: Fabric Engine

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Editor’s note: DevOps Dossier is a new feature that highlights the tools, people and companies that make-up the emerging DevOps culture. Stories cross agile development practices with enterprise class, mission critical operations standards. Fabric Engine is a multithreading engine that integrates with …

How a Former Vacuum Cleaner Salesman Became the New King of Node.js

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Yesterday Node.js creator Ryan Dahl announced that Node Package Manager (NPM) creator and fellow Joyent employee Isaac Schlueter is taking over Dahl’s role as the “gatekeeper” of Node.js. Today I caught-up with Schlueter to find out what’s in store for Node.js under …

Rypple’s Co-CEO on Android and the Mobile Workforce

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Today Rypple announced its first native Android application. It follows the revamped iOS version launched in September and the launch of its Social Goals 2.0 feature. Rypple’s co-CEO Daniel Debow talked with me yesterday about the company’s mobile strategy. Salesforce.com announced in …

Salesforce.com Relaunches Assistly as Desk.com

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Last September Salesforce.com confirmed its reported acquisition of hosted help desk company Assistly. Tonight Salesforce.com is relaunching Assistly as Desk.com, a new service for small businesses that has been completely rebuilt from the ground up by the Assitly team. Existing Assitly customers …

Node.js Creator Ryan Dahl Cedes Role as Gatekeeper to NPM Creator Isaac Schlueter

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Today Node.js creator Ryan Dahl announced on the Node.js developers mailing list that he is ceding his position as “gatekeeper” of the project to fellow Joyent employee Isaac Schlueter. Schlueter is also a core contributor to Node.js, perhaps best known for building …

Tim Caswell on Learning Node.js

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

As I’ve written before, Node.js is an increasingly popular platform in the DevOps community. It’s being used for monitoring in Dtrace and Nodefly, for deployment in Dreadnot and for gathering statistics with Statsd. But if you want Node.js talent, you’re probably going …

What Can You Use Hadoop For? How About a Scalable Vertical Search Engine?

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

What if your wanted to build its own custom search engine? It could be a public facing vertical search engine like Indeed.com, or it could be some sort internal search engine that helps you search your companies’ own documentation or customer information. …

NodeJam Announces A Winner From Pool of Apps Built on Node.js

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Yesterday at NodeSummit 35 startups competed in NodeJam. We couldn’t interview all of them, but we had several on theCube and we interviewed a few others from the demo floor. Ranging from online foreign language tutoring to an engine that adds multithreading …

3 Resources for Learning Puppet

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

DevOps is catching on, and Puppet is one of the hottest job skills in the IT world. If you work in systems administration, datacenter operations or a similar field (or want to), you should probably learn how to use Puppet. Learning new …

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Latest from Klint Finley

ServicesAngle Weekly Editorial Call: Node.js, Splunk Competitors and Hadoop for the Enterprise

DevOps Dossier: Fabric Engine

How a Former Vacuum Cleaner Salesman Became the New King of Node.js

Rypple’s Co-CEO on Android and the Mobile Workforce

Salesforce.com Relaunches Assistly as Desk.com

Node.js Creator Ryan Dahl Cedes Role as Gatekeeper to NPM Creator Isaac Schlueter

Tim Caswell on Learning Node.js

What Can You Use Hadoop For? How About a Scalable Vertical Search Engine?

NodeJam Announces A Winner From Pool of Apps Built on Node.js

3 Resources for Learning Puppet

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