Mark Albertson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Big Data

Are you watching this? How tech is transforming the sports-viewing experience

By Mark Albertson Aug 26, 2019

Mark Phillip has always been a fan, but when he maxed out his credit cards to bootstrap his fledgling sports viewing digital business, his zeal suddenly became more than just a game. The Brooklyn-born, Austin-based, MIT…

People

IT professionals don’t disconnect, and burnout is a big concern, survey finds

By Mark Albertson Aug 23, 2019

Work continues long after the workday is done, the pressure is intense, management is in chaos, and vacation is only a dream. Welcome to the glamorous life of an information-technology professional. It may not…

Cloud

Buying spree: VMware’s acquisitions reflect present and future of enterprise computing

By Mark Albertson Aug 22, 2019

At the current rate that VMware Inc. is buying companies, the 21-year-old virtualization and cloud computing software provider might need to add another hall for its upcoming VMworld gathering in San Francisco, set to…

Cloud

Focus on multicloud: Analyzing VMware’s history and challenges ahead of VMworld

By Mark Albertson Aug 21, 2019

A little over six years ago, top executives from VMware Inc. stood on a Las Vegas stage and, in front of hundreds of partners, expressed incredulity that the company could be outsold by a…

Security

Armageddon now or later? Industrial IoT is the new battleground as cyberwar heats up

By Mark Albertson Aug 20, 2019

The stage is set for the world to find out what might happen if petrochemical, gas and power plant safety systems designed to prevent catastrophic accidents are disabled by malicious hackers. In summer 2017,…

Big Data

North Star of freedom: How Polaris leverages business and data to combat human trafficking

By Mark Albertson Aug 20, 2019

Since human trafficking today has become a $150-billion major enterprise, why not fight one big business with another? This is the strategy that the nonprofit Polaris Project has put in place to combat human…

Apps

Cohesity focuses on building application ecosystem as investors back transition to software

By Mark Albertson Aug 19, 2019

When Cohesity Inc. announced that it secured a new $250 million round of funding last year, it was not so much the amount of money that attracted notice as the major names involved. Noted…

AI

AI, facial-recognition tools help agency find exploited children

By Mark Albertson Aug 14, 2019

Over the past 12 years, more than 49,000 cases of human trafficking in the U.S. have been reported to a hotline that receives an average of 150 calls per day. That’s one of many…

Cloud

Amazon works backwards to fulfill its missionary role in support of global nonprofits

By Mark Albertson Aug 13, 2019

Most companies wait until a new product or project is completed before writing a press release to announce it. At Amazon.com Inc., the press release gets written before work even starts. It’s a process…

Security

Fortinet’s cyberthreat report confirms hackers’ interest in the long game

By Mark Albertson Aug 13, 2019

Cybersecurity threats have evolved from “smash, grab and run” to “enter, turn off all alarms, hide in the basement, and stay awhile.” That’s one of the conclusions that can be drawn from Fortinet’s Inc.’s…

Mark Albertson

Are you watching this? How tech is transforming the sports-viewing experience

IT professionals don’t disconnect, and burnout is a big concern, survey finds

Armageddon now or later? Industrial IoT is the new battleground as cyberwar heats up

North Star of freedom: How Polaris leverages business and data to combat human trafficking

Cohesity focuses on building application ecosystem as investors back transition to software

AI, facial-recognition tools help agency find exploited children

Amazon works backwards to fulfill its missionary role in support of global nonprofits

Fortinet’s cyberthreat report confirms hackers’ interest in the long game

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