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

A Cloud Guru rides industry trends to meet growing demand for tech skills training

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

When Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg were struggling to find affordable learning resources for cloud application development, they created their first class in 2015. The brothers were hoping to attract a few paying customers to keep their fledgling idea afloat. Instead, when 8,000 customers …

Partnership between IBM and Cisco extends beyond enterprise IT solutions

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

Sometimes the answer to a heart-wrenching problem is just sitting there waiting for action. That’s the feeling that IBM Corp.’s head of California operations experienced when she happened to turn on her TV as the global pandemic began. “Almost a month ago …

Intel collaborates with IBM and Red Hat on enterprise move to the hybrid cloud

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

In August 2021, the tech industry will mark the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the IBM PC. It contained an Intel 8088 microprocessor and cost well over $5,000 in today’s dollars. After many decades, IBM and Intel are continuing to partner …

IBM scales up layered cybersecurity strategy to boost data resiliency and security

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

For Banco Bradesco, one of the largest banking and financial services companies in Brazil, resilience matters. With 1.5 billion monthly transactions for 72 million customers, Bradesco depends on availability for its services. And IBM’s z15 enterprise platform helps make it happen. “We can …

Tool fatigue prompts IBM to deploy open-source-based security solution

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

One problem confronting the enterprise world today is that when data is stored in multiple platforms, it also takes multiple security tools to keep that information safe. A SANS Institute survey found that nearly half of respondents lacked visibility into data processed …

Staying a move ahead: CEO Alan Trefler positions Pegasystems for the long game in customer engagement

AI By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

Most successful tech entrepreneurs build companies and careers on their brainpower. But the founder and chief executive officer of Pegasystems Inc. built his company into a billion-dollar success by also using his hands. Alan Trefler (pictured) moved pieces around a chess board …

Changes to PartnerWorld program reflect IBM’s focus on hybrid and multicloud

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

As IBM Corp. changes its business model, it’s also making significant changes to its PartnerWorld program, which was developed for any business that wants to partner with IBM. On Tuesday, the company announced it would introduce three specialized tracks for partners interested in …

Digital transformation now more about surviving a global pandemic than just staying competitive

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

Research released by Couchbase Inc. last year found that over 80% of enterprises across the U.S. and three other major countries had digital transformation projects fail, experience delay, or get scaled back. In the aftermath of the global pandemic, a reversal of that …

Okta’s focus on secure identity management gains special importance during COVID-19

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

In the meteorological world, cloud cover is measured by oktas. One okta is a small amount of cloud cover, and eight oktas means complete coverage with no breaks. In the tech world, cloud is only part of what has become a vastly …

Could neuro-symbolic AI become a household phrase in 2020?

AI By MARK ALBERTSON6 YEARS AGO

If the proverb “iron sharpens iron” is indeed true, then an application of that wisdom should also apply to advancing the field of artificial intelligence. That’s at least what some researchers believe to be the future path for moving AI forward, based on …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

Partnership between IBM and Cisco extends beyond enterprise IT solutions

IBM scales up layered cybersecurity strategy to boost data resiliency and security

Staying a move ahead: CEO Alan Trefler positions Pegasystems for the long game in customer engagement

Changes to PartnerWorld program reflect IBM’s focus on hybrid and multicloud

Digital transformation now more about surviving a global pandemic than just staying competitive

Okta’s focus on secure identity management gains special importance during COVID-19

Could neuro-symbolic AI become a household phrase in 2020?

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