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.

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New offering from Pegasystems improves enterprise efficiency while speeding digital transformation

All of the studies, evaluation, and endless analysis are finally over. The current global crisis has driven companies to embrace digital transformation, and Pegasystems Inc. has positioned itself at the heart of this transition. “There’s been a lot of talk about it over several years, and there’s been lots of initiatives, but it was missing ...

Developers recall career ‘aha’ moments that have shaped their Docker experience

They are called “aha” moments, flashes of insight that can spark unexpected solutions to tough problems. And two developers with extensive experience in the Docker Inc. container world have encountered enough of these moments for a lifetime. Elton Stoneman (pictured, left), container consultant and trainer, came across one such moment with a client who was a major ...

Docker sees favorable response to opening of Compose specification as developers participate in DockerCon Live

Last month, Docker Inc. made its Compose specification for creating applications from multiple containers available on GitHub. Docker indicated that its plan was to make the specification available as an open standard, and Compose-generated apps can now work on platforms such as Amazon Elastic Container Service and Kubernetes. Based on the number of Compose files ...
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Shelves are well-stocked with cloud-native tools, but simplicity remains a moving target

Cloud-native technologies have become ubiquitous. The latest survey from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation shows that more than half of graduated projects have achieved more than 50% use in production, with Kubernetes leading the way at 84% in 2020. But today’s developers are confronted with a growing number of tools to navigate an increasingly complex ...
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Expert panel embraces DataOps as key initiative for collecting, analyzing critical information

It’s unusual for surveys to report that 100% of respondents were all following the same path. Yet when 300 companies were recently asked by 451 Research LLC about converting data into business insight or DataOps, all 300 were either currently planning or actively pursuing DataOps initiatives. The results are further confirmation that DataOps is a top ...
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A soulful approach: Amit Walia leads Informatica with an eye on digital transformation

Data has gravity, it has value, it has meaning, and it has a soul. This last attribute may be the most important for Amit Walia (pictured), chief executive officer of Informatica LLC. His company has carved out its own space in the data management software market and was recently named as a leader across five ...
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H2O.ai enlists data science community to combat COVID-19 and boost economy

Artificial intelligence has been used to recommend movies for personal viewing, filter email spam and guard against fraud. Can it also save lives? H2O.ai Inc. offers machine learning and open-source AI platforms for organizations across many industries, including healthcare. To address challenges brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the company is lending its AI expertise ...

Wyndham relies on Zscaler for tighter cybersecurity as hotels gear up for hands-off experience

The hospitality industry has been heavily impacted by the global pandemic. As of mid-May, seven out of 10 hotel rooms were empty across the U.S., and hotels have already lost more than $25 billion in revenue. When recovery begins, it is likely that guests will demand a wholly different experience, and that will take technology to make ...

Latest rollouts from Dell, Google and VMware target physics, complexity and cost of moving cloud data

Dell Technologies Inc. made a number of announcements this week that, at first glance, boosted a cloud infrastructure portfolio that it launched last year. A closer examination of the latest news reveals trends and market positioning among several of the world’s largest technology players that will be interesting to watch as the year plays out. Dell’s ...

Data center gets top billing in latest VMware Cloud release, but edge is waiting in the wings

On its way through the enterprise forest to the edge, VMware Inc. decided to branch off into the data center. That’s one conclusion to be drawn from this week’s launch of the second generation of VMware Cloud on Dell EMC. The edge is coming. Yet, for the moment, VMware’s customers are more interested in “cloud ...