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

On VMware’s Radio playlist: R&D gateways, containers and blockchain

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Technology companies by nature generally prefer to keep research and development projects pretty close to the vest. Silicon Valley R&D labs usually have more layers of security than weapons of world domination in a “Mission Impossible” film, and the public rarely sees …

As big enterprises jump in, augmented reality gets more real

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Once upon a time, the world went mad over “Pokémon Go” as hordes of people wandered the countryside clutching smartphones in search of Pikachu and other digital creatures. That game was supposed to herald the dawn of the augmented reality age. Just two years later, …

‘Token’ author wants more skin in the game for science and bolder bets on the blockchain

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

If David Siegel, chief executive officer of the Pillar Project and author of “The Token Handbook,” ran the National Science Foundation, projects would be funded on a much different basis than they are today. Taking a page from what he’s learned as …

Fannie Mae focuses on its enterprise data strategy

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

As the leading source of financing for U.S. mortgage lenders, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, generates and uses a significant amount of data. Yet, the government-sponsored enterprise found itself in a position several years ago with an organizational view …

Datrium’s latest software release furthers mission of simplicity for the hybrid cloud

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Datrium Inc.’s introduction of its DVX 4.0 software in April was the firm’s third major release in less than a year, underscoring its continued commitment to a mantra of simplicity. The latest release provides full support for Oracle Real Application Clusters on a …

IBM leverages Zerto for near-zero downtime in the multicloud world

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

When critical data assets were once stored on one platform, disaster recovery was a fairly straightforward process. Now that workloads and massive amounts of data are stored on-premises and in multiple cloud environments, the process has become significantly more complex. More importantly, …

Blockchain investor punctures the cryptocurrency hype balloon

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

About halfway through a presentation at Blockchain Week in New York City this month, Jimmy Song had heard enough. The venture partner of Blockchain Capital LLC’s funds had watched and listened as one entrepreneur labored through a slide deck to describe a new company …

OpenStack starting to look more like open infrastructure

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Roll back the calendar four years ago, and OpenStack was mostly associated with cloud software. Yet, the range of use cases where OpenStack’s technology is currently being applied, from network function virtualization in the telecommunications world to supporting over 200,000 computer processing …

Kontron and Canonical bring OpenStack and Kubernetes to the edge

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Delivering data from intelligent devices at the edge of computing networks involves a delicate dance between gateways that aggregate information and the infrastructure to bring data and enterprise sources together. The ballet is getting more complicated as computing applications and data services …

Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo rocks on, along with his company

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

A visit to the Pure Accelerate gathering in San Francisco this past week was a chance to walk amid the ghosts of history. Held at the century-old Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the conference offered attendees an experience of listening to keynotes from …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

On VMware’s Radio playlist: R&D gateways, containers and blockchain

As big enterprises jump in, augmented reality gets more real

‘Token’ author wants more skin in the game for science and bolder bets on the blockchain

Fannie Mae focuses on its enterprise data strategy

IBM leverages Zerto for near-zero downtime in the multicloud world

Blockchain investor punctures the cryptocurrency hype balloon

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