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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Outcomes matter: Integration of people with technology remains key focus for Boomi

When it comes to people, process and technology, the integration platform-as-a-service vendor Boomi, a Dell Technologies Inc. company has focused strongly on the second and third elements of what has become known as the “golden triangle” of business intelligence. Yet it’s the people side of the equation that still carries the most weight. “We are customer first,” ...
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Does the latest Boomi news position it as Dell’s next rising star?

Boomi, a Dell Technologies Inc. company, continued to expand its footprint in the integration platform-as-a-service space today with the unveiling of conversational artificial-intelligence solutions and a new brand identity — called “Boomiverse” — for its user community. For Boomi, it’s all about achieving better business outcomes for customers, and the firm’s focus could result in propelling it ...
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VMware and Nutanix battle for HCI supremacy in a two-horse race

Recently released spending intentions survey data from Enterprise Technology Research shows that the hyperconverged infrastructure market has become a competitive battle between VMware Inc. and Nutanix Inc., with other players lagging far behind. “It confirmed the general market share numbers that we hear out there,” said Stu Miniman, co-host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio ...

Many of Smartsheet’s latest capabilities sprang from user feedback across the enterprise

Delivering new capabilities for enabling teams to manage, automate and report on work at scale is core to the mission of Smartsheet Inc. It’s about catering to specific enterprise customer groups, whose feedback guided many of the announcements the company made during its annual ENGAGE gathering today. “We see three distinct user groups,” said Gene Farrell ...
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Smartsheet announces new alliance to help organizations achieve more together

As a cloud-based platform for enabling teams to manage, automate and report on work at scale, it’s only natural that Smartsheet Inc. announced today a cross-functional coalition of industry leaders to bridge the gap between people and technology. The “Achieve as One Alliance,” revealed during Smartsheet’s major annual ENGAGE event, will include Time USA LLC, GE Healthcare ...
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Goodbye call bridge: How PagerDuty used intelligent tools and partnerships to transform IT ops

As is often the case in the technology world, the catalyst for forming PagerDuty Inc. originated from the experience of one engineer working many years ago at a wholly different company. In this case, that company was Amazon.com. Alex Solomon (pictured) started his career as a software engineer for Amazon in 2006. At the time, Amazon ...

HPE’s analytics acquisitions highlight future plans for developers and enterprise workloads

Artificial intelligence and data analytics are clearly a big part of the growth plan for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. After it acquired Nimble Storage Inc. and its InfoSight predictive analytics technology in 2017, HPE was apparently just getting warmed up. The firm has since purchased three AI and analytics companies — BlueData Software Inc., Cray ...
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How Dell aims to keep growing amid competition and slower server and storage spending

Dell Technologies Inc. has an ambitious plan moving into 2020. The key question: Can it execute the plan successfully in the face of competitive pressure from large tech giants and signs of a slowdown in several critical markets? Top executives from Dell met with financial analysts last week and outlined the company’s strategic approach. Key ...

Seventy-two days to one: Red Hat leverages automation to save precious time

If there is any doubt about whether automation tools can make a difference in the information-technology space, consider the dilemma faced by a major retail customer of Red Hat Inc. Because so many people were involved in the cloud provider service-level agreement, it resulted in a series of manual tasks and lots of waiting for ...

ThousandEyes keeps watch on internet performance for enterprise customers

“The internet is down” might be the four most chilling words in the business lexicon today, as the world economy has become dependent on being online around the clock. Global e-commerce is expected to rise to $3.5 trillion this year, and there is no end to its continued growth in sight. Against this backdrop of ...