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

Banks are where the rubber meets the road for Hadoop adoption | #BigDataNYC

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

Banks and large financial institutions are “where rubber meets the road in terms of Hadoop adoption,” says WANdisco Chairman and CEO David Richards. He explained that the technology investment is easily justifiable because, according to customer experiences, Hadoop allows them to …

Analyst hints at Big Data targets for investors as businesses grope for solutions | #BigDataNYC

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

Traditional warehouse installations are struggling with data volumes and velocity. They are expensive and inflexible, said Jeff Kelly, Principal Research Analyst at Wikibon.org. According to data management practitioners, warehouse technicians and data scientists surveyed by Wikibon, organizations are currently looking at new, …

DevOps is a cultural challenge, not a technological one | #Splunkconf

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

DevOps requires organizations to have everyone “bought into the culture,” keeping them focused on the same goals, and being inclusive throughout the different departments, according to Dave Fiveash. The Global Market & Counterparty Risk Support Manager at Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) …

The morphing of CenturyLink into a data services company | #Splunkconf

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

Currently undergoing a massive transformation into a data services company, CenturyLink turns to data management solutions from Splunk, Inc. The third largest telecom in the USA, CenturyLink uses Splunk to “break down data silos very easily,” explained Matt Olson, the company’s principal architect. …

How Splunk uses crowdsourced apps to leverage customer expertise | #Splunkconf

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

The crowdsourcing model is critical to every software business today, according to one Big Data executive. That is why Splunk Inc. focuses on increasing the quality of contributed content from customers and partners. Splunk’s Chief Strategy Officer Stephen Sorkin said that contributed …

Splunk goes wherever there are data streams to collect | #Splunkconf

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

“The way we interact with data will be driven by search,” said Splunk Inc. Chief Technology Officer, Todd Papaioannou. Splunk relies on search to extract value from unstructured data, being what Papaioannou referred to as “the next-gen data fabric of unstructured data.” …

Speed-dating on a train: How locomotive data saves $1 billion | #Splunkconf

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

From spreadsheet hell and complicated data relationships to speedy and actionable data, New York Air Brake Corp. details how it uses Splunk, Inc. products to solve its data management problems. For starters, Splunk enables New York Air Brake to to save its customers $1 billion …

Splunk reveals plans for breaking into new markets| #Splunkconf

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

Splunk Inc.’s biggest chunk of licensing revenue comes from existing customers. Challenging traditional models where existing customers pay for maintenance, Splunk’s revenue is generated because customers typically start small and then sign on for significant upgrades. Within this business model, “it’s critical …

Splunk shares plans for new data streams: Mobile, mainframes and beyond | #Splunkconf

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

Splunk turned the world of data upside down by adopting a store first and structure later model, a critical advantage, according to the company’s Senior Vice President of Products Guido Schroeder. “Every successful technology company had something in it that really …

Open source has already won in the Information age | #Splunkconf

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

Open source has already won the enterprise, and we’ll continue to see use cases expanding into new environments, according to Red Hat, Inc. CIO Lee Congdon. During a live interview at this week’s Splunk conference, Congdon explains the reasons behind open source’s …

Alina Popescu

Latest from Alina Popescu

Banks are where the rubber meets the road for Hadoop adoption | #BigDataNYC

Analyst hints at Big Data targets for investors as businesses grope for solutions | #BigDataNYC

DevOps is a cultural challenge, not a technological one | #Splunkconf

The morphing of CenturyLink into a data services company | #Splunkconf

How Splunk uses crowdsourced apps to leverage customer expertise | #Splunkconf

Splunk goes wherever there are data streams to collect | #Splunkconf

Speed-dating on a train: How locomotive data saves $1 billion | #Splunkconf

Splunk reveals plans for breaking into new markets| #Splunkconf

Splunk shares plans for new data streams: Mobile, mainframes and beyond | #Splunkconf

Open source has already won in the Information age | #Splunkconf

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