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

Nutanix envisions a frictionless, software subscription-based model for the hybrid cloud

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

As enterprises adopt hybrid computing cloud models, which include public and private clouds, flexible software licensing becomes even more important. This means some companies that were previously solely in the hardware space must either pivot quickly or miss out on a major market …

Move fast and pray: The merits and perils of speed in enterprise tech

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Sometimes speed wins. Other times, it kills. Speed to market, first-mover advantage, rapid deployment and quantum moves forward are generally considered to be positive attributes in the tech world. Yet is it also possible that enterprise tech, which has suddenly become a …

Hairy problem: Movember builds a global organization to improve men’s health

GUESTS OF THE WEEK By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Men are dying in startling numbers, and growing a mustache just might help. Three major causes — prostate cancer, testicular cancer and suicide — account for why men are dying, on average, six years earlier than women. Forty-five men die of prostate …

Multiple networking options: Cisco brings cloud innovation on-premises

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

As Cisco Systems Inc. talks with its customers, it is getting a clear picture of information-technology preferences and an overwhelming sentiment in favor of a networking environment that mixes cloud computing with on-premises operations. One Cisco executive recently noted in an interview …

As breaches mount, Open Systems helps customers keep a watchful eye on infrastructure

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Hackers breached the popular web forum XKCD, stealing 560,000 usernames and emails and passwords. Providence Health Plan notified 122,000 members that their personal information may have been compromised in a security breach. And Telextext Holidays, a British travel firm, discovered that over …

Versatile works with healthcare and HPE to move tech from burden to savior

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

It’s taken quite a while, but the healthcare industry is finally moving toward hybrid cloud adoption. The results of a survey involving 2,300 information-technology decision makers published earlier this year found that hybrid cloud deployment in the healthcare industry was expected to …

Workload-aware and automated: HPE’s latest play for hybrid storage

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

As the enterprise embraces hybrid cloud, it must also come to understand the impact of hybrid storage. In today’s world of enterprise computing, data is stored in many different environments — on-premises, in public clouds and private clouds. This means information technology …

Tech spending intentions survey delivers good news for Pure Storage

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Data from Enterprise Technology Research’s most recent spending intentions survey shows that Pure Storage Inc. is on a roll in terms of strengthening its competitive position in the storage marketplace. The most recent survey results, which ETR provided to Dave Vellante, co-host …

Kaminario seeks to bridge on-premises and public cloud worlds

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

With a recent McKinsey & Co. study showing that 80% of workloads are still on-premises, enterprises are keeping one foot in the cloud and the other planted in the data center for now. Kaminario Inc. has restructured its business model and made …

The new networks of the cloud era: smart, programmable and app-centric

INFRA By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Nick McKeown, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford University, has co-founded and successfully sold four startup companies. They include Nicira Inc., technology acquired by VMware Inc. in 2012 and now responsible for a $2 billion annual run rate as …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

Nutanix envisions a frictionless, software subscription-based model for the hybrid cloud

Move fast and pray: The merits and perils of speed in enterprise tech

Hairy problem: Movember builds a global organization to improve men’s health

Multiple networking options: Cisco brings cloud innovation on-premises

As breaches mount, Open Systems helps customers keep a watchful eye on infrastructure

Versatile works with healthcare and HPE to move tech from burden to savior

Workload-aware and automated: HPE’s latest play for hybrid storage

Tech spending intentions survey delivers good news for Pure Storage

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