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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NBA advertisers chew on data from GumGum’s computer vision tool

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Last year, the National Basketball Association implemented a decision to allow sponsors to place small logo patches on player uniforms. It was the first time that the NBA had permitted jersey advertising, and it led to a key question: How would sponsors …

Game plan for IBM: Build AI enterprise for itself, showcase it for customers

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

IBM Corp. announced the launch of Watson Assistant this week, an artificial intelligence agent that will allow enterprises to access stored data via text or voice command. IBM’s new digital assistant joins a growing list of AI-based offerings, such as Google Assistant, …

Cohesity mines for gold below tip of the data iceberg

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

The massive amounts of data flowing into enterprises today have been described as mountainous, overwhelming, an iceberg and a tidal wave. Whatever the term used, it’s a lot of information to process. Which, is why Cohesity Inc. has focused its business not …

IBM elbows its way into the blockchain conversation

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

As the keynote presentations during day three of the IBM Think conference in Las Vegas came to a close, the message was hard to miss: IBM is all in on the blockchain, and it intends to use its considerable technology clout and finances to build …

Meet the security analyst’s new assistant: IBM Watson

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

The cybsersecurity industry has a basic problem. There will soon be too many attacks and not enough trained human beings to deal with them. In what IBM Corp.’s top executive proclaimed as the “man and machine” era, the company has placed its …

Big data demands agile thinking, well-defined CDO role

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

The problems holding many companies back are not technology-based. What inhibits digital transformation growth are process and organizational strife, at least according to one Dell EMC executive. “Some organizations still treat big data and analytics like they do the digital warehouse,” said …

If data is the center of IBM’s innovation sandwich, then cloud is the dressing

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

The centerpiece of the second day at IBM Corp.’s major gathering in Las Vegas this week was an address by Ginni Rometty, chairman, president and chief executive officer of IBM, who methodically outlined a vision for the company based on a theme of …

NetApp focuses on cloud data services, eyes blockchain opportunity

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Upon its founding in 1992, NetApp Inc.’s original business model was based on selling Unix workgroup filers to software design teams. From there, the company branched into becoming a leading network-attached storage provider. Now, the company’s website promotes itself as the “Data authority …

How this real-time application platform speeds up event-driven data

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

One well-known global shoe manufacturer had a real-time problem. Its highly identifiable, brand-name shoes were being diverted in shipments around the world and sold outside of channels in gray markets. But tracking the shipments took weeks, and by the time an investigation …

IBM opts for big tent event, cloud strategy to be focus of attention

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

The kickoff of this week’s inaugural IBM Think event in Las Vegas, Nevada, represents a new approach by the technology company now well into its second century of operation. For years, IBM Corp. held smaller, niche events focused on various technical areas of …

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