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

Cisco’s latest news shows big push for hyperconvergence: analysis from Cisco Live Barcelona

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Cisco Systems Inc.’s announcement today that it would extend its Application Centric Infrastructure, or ACI, into Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services clouds added another chapter in the networking company’s continued journey to become a key player in the multicloud world. “The role …

Signs of progress for AI, but when will it become truly essential?

AI By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Adam Cheyer has a dream — and given that he sold his two previous companies to Steve Jobs and Samsung, it would be wise not to dismiss his ambition. Cheyer is the co-creator of Siri, the pioneering intelligent personal assistant technology that …

Kubeflow to the rescue: ML toolkit offers hope for data science and deep learning

AI By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Data scientists in the machine learning community have a growing skills gap, and it will take some serious technology to fix it. Google Cloud executive Rajen Sheth recently voiced his agreement with estimates that the number of machine learning engineers capable of …

Red Hat fine-tunes Kubernetes strategy to drive the hybrid cloud

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

When IBM Corp. acquired Red Hat Inc. in October for $34 billion — a deal voted for approval this week — it gained more than just a successful open-source company. What IBM bought was a set of key enterprise computing tools, many …

Fintech gets pressure-tested, but ‘crypto winter’ may not be as cold as it feels

BLOCKCHAIN By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

For many participants in the world of financial technology, 2018 was a year to forget. The market for initial coin offerings ground to a halt, buffeted by regulatory issues and a steep collapse in value. Miners have come under fire for the …

‘Oops, we broke democracy’: Networking pioneer says tech’s fail-fast culture must change

POLICY By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

In the 160-character-fueled, fail-fast and break-things culture of the technology world, perspective is often in short supply. Judy Estrin thinks she knows how to fix that problem. The Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur can offer a broader view of the industry because she has …

5G may be a game changer, but don’t expect a lot in 2019

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Contrary to the preshow hype at the CES consumer electronics show this week in Las Vegas, 2019 will not be the year that 5G fully arrives. Not even close. But the fifth-generation wireless standard is on the way and its long-term impact …

CES announcements herald the arrival of the Data Age

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

The early story line after two mind-numbing days of press conferences at the CES consumer electronics show this week in Las Vegas can be summed up in five words: It’s all about the data. From the use of artificial intelligence and deep …

Cabling is now code: How cloud and open source fuel Cisco’s vision for the programmable network

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

It would not be a stretch to say that 2018 was the Year of the Cloud for Cisco Systems Inc. The networking company’s agreement in November with Amazon Web Services Inc. to provide an integrated platform connecting Kubernetes’ container orchestration management clusters across AWS and …

To understand what’s coming in 2019, remember these five numbers from 2018

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

As 2018 winds to a close, it’s worth taking a moment to take a brief look back and reflect on another tumultuous year in enterprise tech. Here are five numbers to keep in mind as the new year begins: No. 1: 2.4 …

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