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

Backbone of innovation: Open source writes the script for enterprise growth and supercloud

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

The growth of open source has changed commonly held beliefs about the number of people needed to run critical tools that power technology today. A prime example of what this actually means can be found in the open-source data transfer utility cURL. …

3 insights you might have missed from the AWS Startup Showcase: Open Cloud Innovations

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

The process for reading the next wave of technology is not unlike that of a surfer waiting for the next swell in a vast ocean. From trying to determine whether the wave will break left or right, to getting a read on …

Runtime security receives major boost from Sysdig’s open-source Falco

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

In 2021, Sysdig Inc. published a container security and usage report that identified a few troubling findings. While a majority of global Sysdig customers were scanning containers before deployment, over half of those containers were running as root, a user default that …

AWS’ Deepak Singh highlights open-source contributions, Graviton impact and the key role of startup partners

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

When 90% of IT leaders say they are using enterprise open source, it’s a sign of a technology wave that will continue to influence the computing world for a long time. The result has been development of an open-source-fueled startup ecosystem that …

It’s still early days for machine learning as AWS works with startup community to foster new technologies

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

Ten years may seem like a long time to some, but in the world of technology, it can also mean that things are just getting started. This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the launch of Amazon DynamoDB, the flexible NoSQL database …

Quest for transparency: Tech world confronts urgent challenge of securing the software supply chain

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

It was nearly two years ago that Allan Friedman, director of cybersecurity initiatives at the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, posed a key question. If consumers can read the ingredients on a box of Twinkies, then why can’t software makers, whose …

Your complete guide to the AWS Startup Showcase, presented by theCUBE

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

The story of the rise of cloud computing and its impact on the technology industry begins with one word: innovation. The growth of Amazon Web Services Inc. and its public cloud platform has been accompanied by a wave of innovative new technologies …

Watch live: Companies to shed new light on latest cloud-native trends during AWS Startup Showcase Jan. 26

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

At the start of 2022, cloud-native computing remains hot, though at times perhaps misunderstood. One measure of its popularity can be found in a report recently issued by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. The CNCF, which is the vendor-neutral home for fast-growing …

Instaclustr focuses on pure open source to offer open-core alternative

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

The promise of open source is to make software tools free and open, yet some versions contain proprietary add-ons, licensing terms, or risks that must be vetted first. This situation is commonly referred to as “open core,” and to address this issue, …

Sysdig builds open-source solution for cloud and container security in the modern infrastructure

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

The container and cloud security market is riding a wave of growth, and one of the companies capitalizing on that opportunity is Sysdig Inc. Founded in 2013, Sysdig grew out of an open-source project to troubleshoot issues in the modern container-based infrastructure. …

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Quest for transparency: Tech world confronts urgent challenge of securing the software supply chain

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