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

Analysts urge tech community to ‘lean in’ for solutions in the shadow of Las Vegas tragedy

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

The tragic deaths and injuries in Las Vegas on Sunday evening overshadowed the NetApp, Inc. gathering scheduled to start in the resort city the next day, but postponed until Tuesday. “We can’t not address the massacre here that happened at the Mandalay …

Fixing security ‘insanity’: Start early at code level, says Cybric CTO

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

When Cybric Inc. launched its new security platform last November, it offered a continuous security-as-a-service platform with a different take on addressing system vulnerabilities in the enterprise. Cybric’s approach was to automate checks at the code development level to build security into any new product before …

Forget frozen code: Developers crave fresh binaries, says JFrog CEO

APPS By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

When it comes to making a list of major advances that have furthered the digital revolution, open-source software would likely be near the top. But open source has one drawback for developers. The documentation for how software and services were built, including …

It’s time for a cybersecurity reboot, says Vidder CTO

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

It’s become almost a daily headline in the news now. Equifax Inc. loses confidential information on 143 million Americans in cyberattack. Hackers compromise Deloitte LLP’s usernames and passwords. Whole Foods Market victimized in credit card breach. A steady drumbeat of bad news in online security …

Real-time data is transactional gold for Hortonworks

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Is there any better example of the need for reliable “real-time data in motion” technology than a moving car? Automobiles today are computers on wheels, generating critical data such as geo-location and speed, in addition to information from multiple embedded devices and …

Hitachi’s asset avatars: coming soon to a platform near you

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

With more than 100 years of experience in making industrial products, it only seems natural that Hitachi Ltd. would seek to leverage its market presence by embracing the next wave of industrial innovation: “internet of things.” Lately, the company has been making several …

Microsoft and WANdisco become ‘active/active’ in Azure deployment

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

A cloud giant and major player in active data replication teamed up this week to offer a new service that will replicate information at scale between on-premises and cloud environments. The technology allows Microsoft Azure customers to install WANdisco Fusion on an …

It’s a data-driven, data-insight world, and Splunk lives happily in it

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of Netscape, famously wrote in 2011 that “software is eating the world.” Doug Merritt (pictured), chief executive officer of Splunk Inc., has a different twist on Andreessen’s words of wisdom. “I’d take it one step further and say …

Can Splunk get to $5B in revenue? Analysts weigh the possibility

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Splunk Inc. has a plan to reach 20,000 net customers and $2 billion in revenue by 2020. Some analysts think the data operational intelligence platform company could do better than that. “It’s currently a $1.2-billion company with a $10-billion valuation, so that’s …

Deep learning advances could create big winners, but will developers care?

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Deep learning models applied to big data platforms are capturing enterprise interest this week as entrepreneurs develop conversational interfaces that attempt to sound more realistic than anything else on the market. It’s a tall order, but the next Amazon.com Inc. may emerge …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

Fixing security ‘insanity’: Start early at code level, says Cybric CTO

Forget frozen code: Developers crave fresh binaries, says JFrog CEO

It’s time for a cybersecurity reboot, says Vidder CTO

Real-time data is transactional gold for Hortonworks

Hitachi’s asset avatars: coming soon to a platform near you

Microsoft and WANdisco become ‘active/active’ in Azure deployment

It’s a data-driven, data-insight world, and Splunk lives happily in it

Can Splunk get to $5B in revenue? Analysts weigh the possibility

Deep learning advances could create big winners, but will developers care?

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