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

3+ Alternatives to Apache Hadoop

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Next week the SiliconAngle team is heading to the HadoopWorld event in New York City. We’ll be broadcasting theCube live and covering all the latest developments in the Apache Hadoop ecosystem. But it’s important to remember that Hadoop isn’t the only game …

Investigative Analytics: Cloudera Founder Launches New Startup Backed by Eric Schmidt

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Cloudera founder Christophe Bisciglia unveiled his new startup Odiago this morning, giving to the business side scoop to TechCrunch and the technical details to Curt Monash. The company is launching a product called Wibidata (“we be data”) specializing in data management and …

Two Big Talent Scores for enStratus: John Willis and James Urquhart

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Cloud governance and management company enStratus made two big hires in the past week: John Willis and James Urquhart, the new VP of Product Strategy. Willis is well known in DevOps circles and previously worked for Opscode and the DevOps consulting firm …

Forrester Analyst Richard Fichera Talks About HP Moonshot Use Cases and More

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Today the SiliconAngle team is at HP, covering the announcement of Moonshot, an ARM based low energy server technology. Among the guests on our live show theCube was Forrester analyst (and former director of blade system strategy at HP) Richard Fichera. SiliconAngle’s …

Puppet and Hadoop Among the Hottest IT Skills

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

The Wall Street Journal reports today that job site Indeed.com saw triple the postings including IT Puppet as a requirement for the period between April and June this year compared to the same period last year. Puppet is an open source IT …

Q&A: JavaScript Creator Brendan Eich on Standards, the Influence of Lisp and More

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Brendan Eich is the co-founder of the Mozilla Foundation and the creator of JavaScript. I recently sat down with him at SPLASH 2011 to talk about the future of JavaScript, the importance of standards and the influence (or lack thereof) of John …

Apple Acquires Another Mapping Company: C3 Technologies

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Apple has acquired 3D mapping company C3 Technologies 9to5 Mac reported today. This is Apple’s 3rd mapping acquisition and 2nd 3D mapping acquisition. In 2009 Apple acquired mapping company Placebase, and last year it acquired 3D mapping company Poly9. C3 Technology provides …

Codeacademy Gets $2.5 Million to Teach the Masses to Program

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Codeacademy (not to be confused with Code Academy) offers a free browser-based courses on programming, including one on basic programming concepts for absolute beginners and two on JavaScript for experienced programmers. Today the company announced that it has closed a $2.5 million …

Report: Use of Macs in the Enterprise is Rising, but Support Isn’t

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

According to a new report from Forrester, the use of Macintosh computers in the enterprise is rising, but support for Macs isn’t. Analyst David K. Johnson and his co-authors call on IT to repeal the ban on Macs. The report cites a …

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Latest from Klint Finley

3+ Alternatives to Apache Hadoop

Investigative Analytics: Cloudera Founder Launches New Startup Backed by Eric Schmidt

Puppet and Hadoop Among the Hottest IT Skills

Q&A: JavaScript Creator Brendan Eich on Standards, the Influence of Lisp and More

Apple Acquires Another Mapping Company: C3 Technologies

Codeacademy Gets $2.5 Million to Teach the Masses to Program

Report: Use of Macs in the Enterprise is Rising, but Support Isn’t

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