Alina Popescu

A regular contributor to SiliconANGLE, Alina Popescu is a writer, self-appointed geek, and coffee addict. She has been blogging for over 8 years, covering various topics from tech to marketing and tourism. Find out more about Alina on her website or follow her on Twitter.

Latest from Alina Popescu

In Europe: If Your IT Startup Fails, You’re Done | #fluentconf

Ozana Giusca, Founder and Director of Romanian startup Tooliers.com, discussed her company’s offering and the differences between the European and the US IT&C market with theCube co-hosts John Furrier and Jeff Frick at the O’Reilly Fluent Conference 2013. Giusca stated that there are many skilled developers in Europe, especially in Romania, as there are many ...

Need for Speed, Web Edition : If Your Site’s Slow, You Will Lose Money

Courtney Nash, Editor at O’Reilly Media, discussed the future Velocity Conference with theCube host John Furrier, live at the O’Reilly Fluent Conference 2013.  Organized under the “Building a faster and stronger web,” the Velocity Conference “is about speed and power on the web,” Nash said. With the influx of mobile devices and all kind of ...

Time to Market + Available Tools Set the Winner in Native vs. Hybrid App War

Brandon Satrom, Program Management Lead, Cross Platform Tools and Services with the Telerik Kendo UI Division, discussed developer’s challenges, future trends and feedback around JavaScript at the O’Reilly Fluent Conference with theCube co-host John Furrier and Jeff Frick. The right tools The conversations at Fluent are “proof of the ubiquity of this platform,” Satrom commented on ...

JavaScript Developers Are “Eclectic” People : Must Be Web Platform Savvy #FluentConf Highlights

Peter Cooper, Founder of Cooper Press, discussed the highlights of this year’s O’Reilly Fluent Conference, major trends and next year’s plans with theCube co-hosts John Furrier and Jeff Frick. “We’ve gone to being more about the web platforms and less about pure JavaScript,” Cooper said, commenting on the evolution of the Fluent conference. There is more ...

Big Data Can Never Be Visualized, but Its Baby Brother Can

Irene Ros, Data Visualization & Open Source Senior Developer at Bocoup, discussed data visualization trends and best practices with theCUBE host Jeff Frick, live at the 2013 O’Reilly Fluent Conference. Bocoup does consulting, training, and community development to turn open source into a viable alternative to closed source software, giving it a sustainable future. Ros ...

IT’s Shift from Managing Infrastructure to Managing the Business | #servicenow

Arne Josefsberg, CTO of ServiceNow, explored the architecture, strategy and benefits of ServiceNow’s SaaS offering and application development platform, in a live interview with theCube co-hosts Jeff Frick and Dave Vellante at the ServiceNow Knowledge conference this week. Commenting on this year’s Knowledge conference,  Josefsberg mentioned it had been an “all around incredible experience for us,” ...

Advice on SaaS from a Co-op that’s Merged 3 IT Departments Across 2 Nations | #servicenow

Michael Glenn, Director of Architecture at Agropur, discussed the adoption of ServiceNow and his experience in using their SaaS offering for his multi-billion dollar dairy cooperative with theCube co-hosts  Jeff Frick and Dave Vellante live at the ServiceNow Knowledge conference. “We’ve been a ServiceNow customer for two years,” Glenn said, mentioning Agropur started like most ...

IT Should Be Able to Communicate to CEO, CFO and Any Other “Boss”, says ServiceNow’s Mike Scarpelli | #servicenow

Mike Scarpelli, CFO, ServiceNow, explored the financial take on IT, along with ServiceNow’s results and target market with theCube co-hosts Jeff Frick and Dave Vellante, live at the ServiceNow Knowledge conference. Commenting on the ServiceNow Knowledge conference, Scarpelli said that the biggest point of feedback from investors was about the large number of customers who are ...

CIOs + IT Expected to Innovate, Not Take Orders | #servicenow

Mitch Kenfield, Managing Director at KPMG, discussed the business of IT, the role of the CIOs in today’s world, and current technology trends with theCube co-hosts Jeff Frick and Dave Vellante, live at the ServiceNow Knowledge conference today. KPMG is “all about the business of IT,” Kenfield said. “We think of CIOs as a CEO ...

Consolidating SAP over Oracle Boosts Business Value Delivered by IT, Says Wikibon CTO David Floyer

David Floyer, Co-founder and CTO of Wikibon, addressed the business value conversation around SAP, HANA, consolidation on top of Oracle with theCube host John Furrier, live from the Sapphire Now conference. Analyzing major trends such as software-led infrastructure, consolidation and virtualization, the Wikibon recent research took a look at the value of consolidation of Oracle, ...