Mark Albertson, Author at SiliconANGLE

AI

Are humans and machines on a collision course? A futurist examines our uneasy dance with automation

By Mark Albertson Aug 13, 2019

The next time a McDonald’s Corp. customer is asked if they want fries with their order, the questioner may not be a real person. The fast-food giant has been testing voice-recognition software at one…

Security

AutoNation uses Zscaler’s visibility tools to drive network protection from outside threats

By Mark Albertson Aug 12, 2019

The first sign of cyber trouble for AutoNation Inc., a major automotive retailer, occurred when the firm encountered a small breach of a third-party company that was handling its customer information. That prompted the…

Security

Open Systems tackles challenges of secure SD-WAN on a global basis

By Mark Albertson Aug 12, 2019

When Open Systems AG was founded in 1990, the company provided managed security services. As its executives saw the rise of a software-defined approach to managing wide area networks play a bigger role in…

Security

Report from Black Hat: Escalating cyberthreats swirl around Apple, IoT and 5G

By Mark Albertson Aug 9, 2019

It all started with a locker. Darktrace was working with an amusement park that had installed smart lockers equipped with phone-activated access. Hackers, using either a remote exploit or an onsite tool to attack one…

Big Data

Pentagon’s first CDO navigates the data challenges in government’s largest organization

By Mark Albertson Aug 6, 2019

The past year has been filled with firsts for Michael Conlin, chief data officer at the U.S. Department of Defense. He was named the Pentagon’s first CDO in August 2018, giving him an opportunity to manage…

Security

MAN Energy protects ships at sea with Zscaler’s ‘black cloud’ software solution

By Mark Albertson Aug 5, 2019

It’s extremely hard for cyberattackers to break into something they cannot see. This has become an especially important need for MAN Energy Solutions SE, a German firm that makes large-bore diesel engines and turbomachinery…

Big Data

New York Life, Informatica rely on data governance to navigate the Data 3.0 journey

By Mark Albertson Aug 5, 2019

For several years, Informatica LLC executives have been describing the modern era of Data 3.0, where information has been fundamentally driving new business models. It is an era that demands organizations adapt to a…

Big Data

As CDO role matures, automation plays key role in the learning process

By Mark Albertson Aug 2, 2019

To better understand the role of the chief data officer in digital change, consulting firm Egon Zehnder International Ltd. interviewed over 100 CDOs of global companies. The results showed that 85% were the first…

Big Data

Gaining strategic value from data starts with advanced analytics

By Mark Albertson Aug 2, 2019

Imagine the challenge of owning warehouses of books and only a small fraction of them had titles. Yet, they all needed to be cataloged and stored correctly by content. This is the type of…

AI

As AI goes mainstream, jobs and elections are prime targets

By Mark Albertson Aug 1, 2019

Will artificial intelligence take away jobs? The answer, according to one college professor, is quite possibly, but it will take a while and the full impact may not be as great as expected because it will…

Mark Albertson

Are humans and machines on a collision course? A futurist examines our uneasy dance with automation

Open Systems tackles challenges of secure SD-WAN on a global basis

Report from Black Hat: Escalating cyberthreats swirl around Apple, IoT and 5G

Pentagon’s first CDO navigates the data challenges in government’s largest organization

MAN Energy protects ships at sea with Zscaler’s ‘black cloud’ software solution

New York Life, Informatica rely on data governance to navigate the Data 3.0 journey

As CDO role matures, automation plays key role in the learning process

Gaining strategic value from data starts with advanced analytics

As AI goes mainstream, jobs and elections are prime targets

LATEST FROM THECUBE

UPCOMING CUBE EVENTS

RECENT CUBE EVENTS

Supermicro Open Storage Summit 2026

Black Hat USA 2026

GraphTalk 2026

AMD Advancing AI 2026

RAISE Summit 2026

SIGN IN

Bio

Ethics statement

Contact us

Partner with us

Contact us

Guest inquiry