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

HP Moonshot’s Key Selling Points : Footprint, Power + Price

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU13 YEARS AGO

Doug Foster, Executive Director, Research Computing and Enterprise Applications at Purdue University discussed the many applications of the just announced HP Moonshot technology with the Cube’s hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante at the New York launch event, exploring the impact on …

SQL is the Rosetta Stone of Big Data, Says Bradford Stephens of Drawn to Scale

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU13 YEARS AGO

Bradford Stephens, CEO and Founder of Drawn to Scale, discussed database trends in Big Data and the concept of real-time and how it varies from one provider to another, with theCube hosts Dave Vellante and David Floyer of Wikibon, live from the …

Data Scientists are Like Forrest Gump, Scrubbing Data with Toothbrushes

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU13 YEARS AGO

“I am Forrest Gump, I have a toothbrush, I have a lot of data and I scrub,” Josh Wills, Data Scientist Cloudera, whimsically described his profession to John Furrier and Dave Vellante inside theCube, live from Strata 2013. He also added that while …

Iran Hacker vs. Joe Biden Spotlights Security of Big Data Conversations

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU13 YEARS AGO

theCube show hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante bring you the break down of top news and issues monopolizing Big Data conversations in day 3 of at Strata 2013. The story of the day is the Iranian hacker threatening to commandeer US drones, …

Google Still Hails the Browser as the Future: Merged Cloud + Services for All

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU13 YEARS AGO

“I am a big fan of data as a living, breathing thing,” said Michael Manoochehri, Developer Programs Engineer at Google, talking about the concept of data as code with theCube show hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante at Strata 2013. Google uses protocol buffers …

Near Real-time Results in Fast Data Update + Analysis: ScaleOut’s Recipe for Success

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU13 YEARS AGO

The new twist of in-memory data grids is adding a ScaleOut Analytics software that allows for "parallel data computation into the data grid", which allows to "update fast-changing data and analyze it" within milliseconds, William Blain, Founder and CEO of ScaleOut Software …

Contextual + Situational Awareness: The Next Big Thing in Big Data

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU13 YEARS AGO

Strata 2013 Chair Alistair Croll discussed the day’s highlights in theCube, focusing on trends, interesting facts and issues involving Big Data, and a roundup of what has been going on at the conference (full video below). While using data is not a new …

HP is a Strong Big Data Player Because it Has Solutions in Every Layer of the Stack

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU13 YEARS AGO

“We are here to solve customers Big Data problems with an integrated solution,” Chris Selland, VP of Marketing, HP Vertica, shared in theCube, live at Strata 2013. The conference marks Hewlett-Packard’s biggest presence in the space thus far, as the company has strongly …

Cloudera-HP Duo Reduces Data Processing Costs by 90%

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU13 YEARS AGO

The Cube hosted a live conversation at Strata 2013 on the HP – Cloudera partnership to provide a common Big Data solution with Sanjai Marimadaiah, HP Strategy & Product Development – Big Data Solutions, and Tim Stevens, VP of Business and Corporate Development …

Speed will be the Main Competitive Advantage in Big Data, Says Steve Kenniston

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU13 YEARS AGO

Storage alchemist Steve Kenniston discussed Big Data trends, announcements and issues in theCube, live from Strata 2013. He explained that "data management of big data will be crucial to IT," as well extracting value from the data collected.

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Latest from Alina Popescu

HP Moonshot’s Key Selling Points : Footprint, Power + Price

SQL is the Rosetta Stone of Big Data, Says Bradford Stephens of Drawn to Scale

Data Scientists are Like Forrest Gump, Scrubbing Data with Toothbrushes

Google Still Hails the Browser as the Future: Merged Cloud + Services for All

Near Real-time Results in Fast Data Update + Analysis: ScaleOut’s Recipe for Success

Contextual + Situational Awareness: The Next Big Thing in Big Data

HP is a Strong Big Data Player Because it Has Solutions in Every Layer of the Stack

Cloudera-HP Duo Reduces Data Processing Costs by 90%

Speed will be the Main Competitive Advantage in Big Data, Says Steve Kenniston

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