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

Timely release of Pentaho 8.0 positions Hitachi for the edge

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Although Pentaho Corp. was acquired by Hitachi Data Systems Corp. in 2015 and is now part of the newly formed Hitachi Vantara-branded family of companies, it still plans to maintain a distinct identity in the business intelligence and analytics space. That point …

IBM spotlights its own failures to develop a cognitive enterprise platform

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Companies don’t generally like to admit mistakes or project failures, so it’s unusual when a firm the size of IBM Corp. confesses its shortcomings. Yet that’s exactly what a company with a current market capitalization of $143 billion is doing as it …

Will Hitachi grow its ecosystem to include AI developer tools and robotics?

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Impressive customer testimonials and a strategy for big data management at the edge of computing networks were a major part of the dialogue during the first day of PentahoWorld. But as executives from the newly created Hitachi Vantara business defined their vision …

Alibaba challenges Amazon for cloud supremacy, and a lot more

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

One of the more fascinating battles in technology today is playing out between Amazon and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Surging earnings have allowed Alibaba to grow nearer to Amazon.com Inc. in market capitalization over the past three months, and the Chinese e-commerce …

IBM talks strategy and architecture with Boston ‘datarati’

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

IBM Corp.’s gathering of 150 chief data officers in Boston was a prime opportunity to have a frank discussion about the role and responsibility of a CDO in implementing the enterprise architecture blueprint. It’s an approach not without risk in today’s information …

Hitachi’s Pentaho acquisition lined it up to pursue trillion-dollar market, says analysts

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

When Hitachi Data Systems Corp., or HDS, acquired data analytics firm Pentaho Corp. for a rumored $500 million two years ago, it marked yet another step in Hitachi’s business model transformation. What was once known as a company in the hardware, infrastructure and storage …

The data tsunami dilemma: Who owns the data? Hitachi Vantara COO weighs in

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

A recent industry study showed that there will be 20 billion connected, data-generating “internet of things” devices in the market by 2020. Who is going to own all of that data? That’s the central question that is under much discussion in the …

Chief data officer must make money, save money at the same time

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

For any chief data officer today, the job description sounds like a cross between every other top-level information technology position in the organization. Data quality, governance and management are all required skills, in addition to information strategy, business analytics and data science. …

Blockchain startup Tezos’ co-founder says its internal battle ‘stinks’

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

The wild world of initial coin offerings got a little wilder on Tuesday as the husband-and-wife team who founded blockchain startup Tezos appeared publicly for the first time since a behind-the-scenes battle over control of the nonprofit fundraising foundation erupted into the open …

Long tail of cloud service providers starts in China

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

When Alibaba Group Chief Executive Officer and Founder Jack Ma decided to hold the first Computing Conference, the cloud technology event drew 120 people. This year 60,000 attendees participated, and the partner list included major names in the industry, including as Intel, …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

Timely release of Pentaho 8.0 positions Hitachi for the edge

IBM spotlights its own failures to develop a cognitive enterprise platform

Will Hitachi grow its ecosystem to include AI developer tools and robotics?

IBM talks strategy and architecture with Boston ‘datarati’

Hitachi’s Pentaho acquisition lined it up to pursue trillion-dollar market, says analysts

The data tsunami dilemma: Who owns the data? Hitachi Vantara COO weighs in

Chief data officer must make money, save money at the same time

Blockchain startup Tezos’ co-founder says its internal battle ‘stinks’

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