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

The cybersecurity industry is guarding against all the wrong threats

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

In the aftermath of two headline-grabbing attacks over the past six months, more high-profile security researchers and analysts are beginning to cast a wary eye at internal systems and technology tools. The SolarWinds breach, a compromise of third-party software used to protect …

Portworx acquisition advances Pure Storage’s DevOps and data services strategies

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

The acquisition of Portworx Inc. by Pure Storage Inc. for $370 million last year was viewed as opening a new buying opportunity for Pure with the DevOps community. According to Portworx’s co-founder and former chief executive, the two firms have been working …

Integration of AWS Outposts with Pure Storage FlashBlade appeals to customers on the hybrid journey

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

IDC has predicted that by 2022, 90% of global enterprises will rely on a blending of multiple public clouds, on-premises/dedicated private clouds and legacy platforms. That’s a sizable market that will be dependent on a hybrid cloud strategy, and two major companies …

Fresh hybrid cloud models explored as Cisco hosts future-focused event on June 2

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

When Cisco Systems Inc. announced Cisco Plus, its as-a-service model for compute, networking and storage hardware, in late March, it was telling which of the new features would be introduced first this year. It was Cisco Plus Hybrid Cloud, scheduled for release …

Explorium uses machine learning to meet pandemic-fueled need for external business data

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

Among the many transformations that took place as a result of the global pandemic was disruption of traditional data sources. If a restaurant suddenly had to suspend operations for six months and needed a loan, how could a lender rely on profit …

Oracle ups the ante in MySQL competition while others maneuver for market share

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

A commonly understood principle in the tech world is that over time, every industry ultimately gets disrupted. It’s MySQL’s turn. The popular database technology was due for a shakeup after nearly 26 years. That disruption has recently been fueled by Oracle Corp., …

Expanded Metallic support for Microsoft powers Commvault’s SaaS business

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

Commvault Systems Inc. is in its 25th year as an independent company, but it is an internal 18-month-old service that’s giving the company the look of a hot startup. The storage and data protection company unveiled a cloud-based backup and recovery SaaS …

Chaos testing and other automation tools could help cybersecurity move forward

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

Rohit Ghai was named president of RSA Inc. in January 2017. His keynote address as part of the firm’s annual cybersecurity conference this month was his fifth, but it may well have been the first time that the words “chaos monkey” were …

Managing the database: Oracle focuses on failure protection, speed, scalability and cost

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

The process of database management in the enterprise often involves the convoluted work of sizing, capacity planning and consolidation. In today’s modern IT landscape, this generally means a focus on applications. Running applications can be complex enough, but if one fails, the …

Veeam experiences significant growth in data migration to cloud and containers

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON5 YEARS AGO

As it prepares for its annual VeeamON virtual conference, May 25-27, Veeam Software Corp. remains busy moving a lot of the world’s data into the cloud. The backup and data protection vendor reported double-digit growth across the globe in early May, fueled …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

The cybersecurity industry is guarding against all the wrong threats

Portworx acquisition advances Pure Storage’s DevOps and data services strategies

Integration of AWS Outposts with Pure Storage FlashBlade appeals to customers on the hybrid journey

Fresh hybrid cloud models explored as Cisco hosts future-focused event on June 2

Explorium uses machine learning to meet pandemic-fueled need for external business data

Oracle ups the ante in MySQL competition while others maneuver for market share

Expanded Metallic support for Microsoft powers Commvault’s SaaS business

Managing the database: Oracle focuses on failure protection, speed, scalability and cost

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