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.

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Reporter finds lack of major OpenStack news, but keynote jolts conference

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

The OpenStack Foundation’s gathering this week was characterized by much talk of collaboration and little major news, according to one technology reporter in attendance. The journalist suggested that maturity of the technology may be one contributing factor. “With all respect to the OpenStack …

NAND support by Pure Storage is paying off for workload management

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

When Pure Storage Inc. announced over two years ago to support 3D NAND-designed flash storage in its products, the news did not draw a tremendous amount of attention. Yet the company’s decision is beginning to look like it could play a major role …

Informatica rides a cloud data tailwind in advance of GDPR

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

With new European privacy regulations scheduled to take effect this week, the time is ripe for data management companies that manage compliance needs across multiple cloud platforms. Informatica LLC, which offers integration software for cloud data management, appears to be in a …

Pure Storage stakes out lead position with AI-ready infrastructure

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Pure Storage Inc. is raising the stakes in the artificial intelligence game for the storage market. On Wednesday, the company announced a second AI-ready infrastructure offering called the AIRI Mini that was architected in collaboration with Nvidia Corp. The AI solution is …

Datometry tackles three-headed IT monster: time, money and risk

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

What keeps chief information officers up at night? Time, money and risk. The triple-headed monster accounts for the biggest source of heartburn for information technology executives when it comes to database migration. This is why Datometry Inc. has been one of the …

At Google, enterprise tools are scalable, intelligent, secure and homegrown

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

The development and deployment of the Kubernetes container management platform is just one example of a technology that Google Inc. developed first as an internal tool and then made available in the enterprise community where it took off like a rocket. One container survey …

Azure aims to give ‘snorage’ a wake-up call

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

If storage is boring, then Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella hasn’t gotten the memo. The company has been beefing up its data storage portfolio through acquisitions and new product offerings. Whether it’s Azure Blob storage with the expandable capacity for hundreds …

Veeam’s co-CEO bets that hyper-availability will continue to drive hyper-growth

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

At the core of Veeam Software Inc.’s pitch to the enterprise is its recognition that data is driving just about any business, and the need to manage that resource is significant. Companies want solutions that allow for the management and protection of data …

A decade of lies, a new era for hardware: Veeam goes end-to-end

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

There are white lies, black lies, gray lies, and then that special fourth category: lies before expanding into a new technology space. When Veeam Software Inc. started, it was focused on being the best virtualized product for VMware Inc. Then along came …

Former Navy admiral sees danger brewing in the virtual ‘public square’

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

After more than 30 years of service in the U.S. Navy, Rear Admiral (ret.) David Simpson (pictured) knows danger when he sees it. As he surveys the cybersecurity horizon, he’s become more concerned about the potential for weaponizing social media in the …

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