Mark Albertson

Mark Albertson is a senior writer for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. He is an experienced technology reporter, recognized by Onalytica as a "Who's Who In Cloud Influencer" and named to Peerlyst’s “24 Powerful Cybersecurity Journalists.” Prior to SiliconANGLE, Mark wrote for the San Francisco Examiner, Blasting News, and CBS-Bay Area.

Latest from Mark Albertson

Gartner probes strengths and weaknesses of top cloud database players

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

The database used to be boring, but it’s not anymore. The presence of major tech players, including Amazon Web Services Inc., Google LLC, Oracle Corp., and Microsoft Corp., combined with up-and-coming firms such as Snowflake Inc. has raised enterprise interest in the …

Competitive race in the cloud data warehousing market gets interesting

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

The impact of Snowflake Inc. in the enterprise tech world extends well beyond its becoming the largest software initial public offering in history. The company is beginning to eat into the overall market share of competitors in the cloud data warehousing market based …

Infinidat catches tailwind for workload consolidation solution despite storage slowdown

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

Recent industry data shows that enterprise storage is on the back burner for many CIOs and spending momentum is weakening. However, there appears to be at least one company that is experiencing tailwinds instead of headwinds. The software-focused enterprise data storage vendor …

Taking a global view: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels forecasts new directions for cloud

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

A visitor to the LinkedIn profile of Werner Vogels, chief technology officer for Amazon.com Inc., will find an image of a warehouse with shelves of books stacked as far as the eye can see. The photo is a nod to both Amazon’s …

Exclusive: AWS Chief Andy Jassy talks COVID, culture and cranking up the speed as re:Invent closes

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

As Amazon Web Services Inc. concluded its third week of re:Invent 2020 in an all-virtual format, the impact of the global pandemic remained very much a topic of conversation. AWS’ involvement in rapid deployment of customer call centers, expanded use of video …

Enterprise need for visibility and control is redefining relationship with cloud providers

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

One of the signals to emerge from this month’s three-week re:Invent conference is that while cloud has redefined the enterprise, the enterprise is also redefining cloud. This subtle dynamic can be seen in statements from key Amazon Web Services Inc. executives who …

Need for observability becomes timely subject at re:Invent as SolarWinds software security breach expands

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

The recent disclosure that a nation state actor allegedly placed malicious code in software distributed by SolarWinds Inc. is capturing the interest of the security world as the impact develops into one of the most significant security breaches in a long while. …

Vaccines and work-life harmony prevail in public sector agenda for AWS’ Teresa Carlson

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services Inc. had been in business for only four years when Teresa Carlson (pictured) signed on in 2010 to build a public sector practice for the aspirant cloud provider. The signature moment for her, and perhaps for the cloud industry …

Go build and operate: AWS shifts focus to removing system complexity during re:Invent’s third week

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

After two straight weeks and a steady drumbeat of new product and service announcements during re:Invent 2020, Amazon Web Services Inc. kicked off the third week of it’s three-week event by sitting back and taking a breath. Today’s keynote presentation by Werner …

Risk-taking still drives Onshape’s transformation of the CAD software industry

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

Back in the 1990s, the casino industry unwillingly provided the seed capital to found what became one of the major providers of 3D computer-aided design software. SolidWorks Inc. got its start in 1993 thanks to capital and entrepreneurial initiative provided by Jon …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

Competitive race in the cloud data warehousing market gets interesting

Infinidat catches tailwind for workload consolidation solution despite storage slowdown

Risk-taking still drives Onshape’s transformation of the CAD software industry

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