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

Telcos may be ready to jump on the software-defined, virtualization bandwagon

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

The market for telco/communication service providers is poised to either jump on the software-defined, virtualization bandwagon or get left in the dust. The coming of speedy 5G wireless networks and demand for data mobile services will likely force telco companies to finally cross …

VR gains wider interest decades after sci-fi movie raked in the green

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

When movie director Brett Leonard made “Lawnmower Man” in 1992, the premise of the science-fiction film was quite a stretch on the believability scale. A simple-minded gardener develops telekinetic powers and controls the world’s most powerful computer systems after participating in virtual …

Human plus machine equals the intelligent enterprise unleashed: Accenture’s Vision report

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Accenture PLC released its “Technology Vision 2018” report on Wednesday, predicting key technology trends that will disrupt business over the coming three years. Not surprisingly, artificial intelligence is expected to play a major role. The report also documented how rapid advancements in …

Startup entrepreneurs get history lesson, and tips, from Fitbit, Tesla and Reddit

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

If indeed the past is prologue, then technology startups got both a major history lesson and a curriculum for the future this week at the Startup Grind 2018 conference in Redwood City, California. Perhaps it was the unconventional setting — a restored movie theater originally …

These robots strive to fix nation’s security math problem

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Vehicles that pull into the driveway at Knightscope Inc.’s corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California, often come to a dead stop. That’s because a robot, which looks something like R2-D2 of “Star Wars” fame, is positioned squarely at the entrance. Soon, the …

DevNet moxie helps Cisco tackle the ‘Culture of Fear’

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

The tagline at Cisco Live’s DevNet Zone in Barcelona, Spain, last month was visibly posted throughout the venue. Attendees couldn’t miss encouragement to “Learn, Code, Inspire and Connect” as they received hands-on experience with application program interfaces in classes, demos, learning labs, …

What’s this New England Patriot alum doing at a virtualization tech event?

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Some user group meetings are about cloud technology. Some cover meaty topics like cybersecurity and the hyperconverged infrastructure. Then there is the Virtualization Technology User Group’s January gathering where speakers talk about all of the above and one other subject — the …

Outscale’s TINA technology is on-premises and on point

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

When infrastructure as a service provider Outscale Inc. unveiled its TINA On-Premise technology in 2016, the company made it clear that it intended to compete with major cloud providers. But in doing so, the French company decided it would also compete through …

Inside Russia’s first hyperconvertible cloud solution for Linxdatacenter

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

It’s called the HyperCloud, and it’s Linxdatacenter’s process for creating private, public and hybrid clouds and letting them communicate with each other through dedicated channels. Announced in the middle of 2017, the technology for HyperCloud — supplied by Cisco’s HyperFlex hardware and …

NetApp’s and Cisco’s FlexPod offers code platform for data center

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

With an eye towards the promising hyperconverged infrastructure market, NetApp Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. are fine-tuning a joint project that boosts computing hardware with all-flash technologies. FlexPod, the next-generation converged infrastructure solution produced from a collaboration between NetApp and Cisco, has been …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

Telcos may be ready to jump on the software-defined, virtualization bandwagon

VR gains wider interest decades after sci-fi movie raked in the green

Human plus machine equals the intelligent enterprise unleashed: Accenture’s Vision report

Startup entrepreneurs get history lesson, and tips, from Fitbit, Tesla and Reddit

These robots strive to fix nation’s security math problem

DevNet moxie helps Cisco tackle the ‘Culture of Fear’

What’s this New England Patriot alum doing at a virtualization tech event?

Outscale’s TINA technology is on-premises and on point

Inside Russia’s first hyperconvertible cloud solution for Linxdatacenter

NetApp’s and Cisco’s FlexPod offers code platform for data center

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