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

NetBrain aims to ease enterprise network automation fears with just-in-time platform

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Cisco Systems Inc. offers a prestigious exam for international expert-level networking certification called the CCIE. Not everyone passes. Those who fail the exam don’t usually start their own companies as a result. But not everyone is Lingping Gao (pictured), chief executive officer …

Cisco fellow offers perspective on driving consistency for the multicloud journey

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

A visit to the website for Cisco Systems Inc. reveals specific products tailored for a multicloud approach. There are tools like Meraki vMX and SD-WAN vEdge for connectivity, Cloudlock for protection, and AppDynamics or CloudCenter Suite for application deployment. Yet, the underlying …

Veeam’s partnership with Cisco is paying dividends on both sides

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Nearly two years ago, Veeam Software Inc.’s Availability solutions were added to Cisco Systems Inc.’s Global Price List. It looks like it’s turned out to be a pretty good deal for both companies. Veeam is generating nearly two transactions every three days …

Cisco DevNet unveils learning opportunities for network-automation developers

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

As networks have changed, so too has the expertise needed to manage them. Leveraging the power of its 600,000-member strong DevNet developer community, Cisco Systems Inc. has introduced two new offerings designed to bring software skills to networking. The company hopes to …

Government and industry leaders tiptoe around ‘tech for good’ versus ‘tech for ill’

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Headlines for the tech industry over the past year have not all been good. Between growing concern about privacy and users’ control over their data, to allegations of antitrust violations by some of the world’s largest tech companies, the industry has increasingly …

Multidomain architecture is part of Cisco’s formula for the programmable network

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Chief information officers and air traffic controllers have a lot in common. At any given time, controllers at the world’s busiest airports must account for planes in the sky trying to land, planes seeking to take off, the positioning of aircraft on …

VMware and AWS continue legacy of work with public sector organizations

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

When Great Britain’s National Health Service announced last month that VMware Inc. would provide it with access to cloud resources on Amazon Web Services, it was another chapter in VMware’s lengthy history of work with organizations in the public sector. “Some of …

At AWS Public Sector Summit, new workforce and cloud poised to transform government

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Is the federal government finally ripe for technological disruption? As public agencies prepare to implement new cloud-driven technologies, coupled with a younger, more tech-savvy workforce, it could be setting the stage for significant change in the federal government’s information-technology profile. “That’s the …

Cisco Live keynote analysis: Surviving the transition to cloud, software-defined networks

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

Company executives at the Cisco Live event in San Diego kicked off the conference today by pointing out that this year marked the 30th anniversary of the event. It was actually called “Networkers” back in 1989, and Cisco Systems Inc. has shown it aims to …

From inventing the web to colliding particles, CERN’s computer scientists manage data for the universe

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON7 YEARS AGO

This article, and hundreds of millions of others, are viewable online across the globe because 30 years ago a computer scientist took a break from his research group’s work in particle physics to tinker with a new way to manage and share information. That group …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

NetBrain aims to ease enterprise network automation fears with just-in-time platform

Cisco fellow offers perspective on driving consistency for the multicloud journey

Veeam’s partnership with Cisco is paying dividends on both sides

Cisco DevNet unveils learning opportunities for network-automation developers

Government and industry leaders tiptoe around ‘tech for good’ versus ‘tech for ill’

Multidomain architecture is part of Cisco’s formula for the programmable network

VMware and AWS continue legacy of work with public sector organizations

Cisco Live keynote analysis: Surviving the transition to cloud, software-defined networks

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