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

Hortonworks and Platfora see Hadoop as a key to partner strategy | #BigDataSV

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

Enterprises take a platform based, turn-key solution approach to Big Data and Hadoop, thus building an ecosystem around Hadoop is a key priority to Hortonworks. “Hadoop is no longer an option; it’s a key piece of the overall architecture. There has to …

Hadoop is now a board room discussion | #BigDataSV

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

IBM is counting on a long future with Hadoop, and the evidence is in their Big Data strategy. “Hadoop is no longer an IT discussion. CEOs are asking about Hadoop, so there’s a great interest in this topic. Hadoop is a board …

More acquisitions coming to the Hadoop space | #BigDataSV

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

The Big Data and Hadoop markets are seeing more consolidation, and the trend is showing across the industry. In their opening segment to BigDataSV, theCUBE co-hosts John Furrier and Jeff Kelly outlined the latest announcements in the Hadoop space and future trends …

Oracle advances in converged computing business | #datacenter

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

“Oracle is making a big march toward converged computing,” said Mike Jennings, CEO of Secure24. In his interview with theCUBE co-hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante at Oracle’s Next Generation Engineered Systems Launch Event, he said that “as a partner and a …

How San Francisco gov’t competes with Google for top tech talent | #datacenter

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

The City of San Francisco’s Controller’s Office says their main tech challenge is hiring the IT staff they need to compete with companies such as Google or Uber Technologies, Inc. Dennis McCormick, Deputy Director, Controller’s Office, City of San Francisco explained in his …

System z 13 is built to navigate the mobile transaction wave | #IBMz

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

IBM’s System z 13 is built for the mobile economy, showing that an emphasis on end-to-end data encryption and embedded analytics is key for the company and it’s customers. At IBM’s zNext event, Tom Rosamilia, Senior Vice President, IBM STG, stated in his live …

System z takes analytics, security, and transactional data in-processor | #IBMz

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

While in-memory table solutions currently represent the state-of-the-art standard of the industry, IBM’s new System z moves analytics on transactional data, with security and encryption running at the processor level. In her live interview from IBM zNext with theCUBE, Kathryn Guarini, Vice …

Cloud computing reboots the relevance of the mainframe | #IBMz

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

IBM’s 13th generation of System z has just been launched and its integration with the cloud brings the “mainframe back on the table as a relevant piece of infrastructure,” says Dave Vellante in his opening analysis with John Furrier that kicked off …

Simplicity in the Data Center is about more than hiding complexity | #HPDiscover

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

Product announcements at HP Discover Barcelona are the fruits of Hewlett-Packard Inc.’s investments in research and development in both storage and converged systems. David Scott, SVP & GM, HP Storage, said in his live interview with theCUBE co-hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante, …

HP Helion gets full release, all about open source | #HPDiscover

NEWS By ALINA POPESCU12 YEARS AGO

Hewlett-Packard Co.’s HP Helion is all about open source and sharing everything, according to the company. “It’s very exciting to get a full release delivered along with the developer environment,” said Mark Interrante, SVP, Engineering, HP Cloud, in his live interview from …

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Latest from Alina Popescu

Hortonworks and Platfora see Hadoop as a key to partner strategy | #BigDataSV

Hadoop is now a board room discussion | #BigDataSV

More acquisitions coming to the Hadoop space | #BigDataSV

System z 13 is built to navigate the mobile transaction wave | #IBMz

System z takes analytics, security, and transactional data in-processor | #IBMz

Simplicity in the Data Center is about more than hiding complexity | #HPDiscover

HP Helion gets full release, all about open source | #HPDiscover

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