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

Dell EMC launches multicloud tools for data protection in advance of RSA conference

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Is network security an oxymoron? Like jumbo shrimp and awfully good, network security seems ripe for inclusion in the roll call of combined contradictory words, especially when considering the steady parade of high-profile breaches and cyberattacks. In the past month alone, a …

Cohesity takes smartphone approach to data fragmentation

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

With more than 1.5 billion smartphones sold on an annual basis and the number of users approaching 2.5 billion this year, a case could easily be made that the smartphone model has some appeal. So, why not apply the same principles of a …

Straight takes: Ray Wang weighs in on IBM, Red Hat, Salesforce, Google and Amazon

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Analysts are paid to have opinions, and Ray Wang (pictured), founder, chairman and principal analyst of Constellation Research Inc., doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to assessing the state of the enterprise tech world today. Take IBM Corp.’s blockbuster acquisition of …

ScienceLogic and IBM partner to address integration challenges in hybrid IT

AI By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

In a simpler information technology world, operations were confined to what lay inside the four walls of a data center. Instances, servers and middleware all hummed along in a smaller, easier-to-manage environment. Those days are long gone. “Now I’ve got my applications …

Can the cognitive enterprise help business survive a world of digital Darwinism?

AI By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

In the corporate jungle, survival means getting an edge on the competition. For an analog business, numerous factors, such as proximity, brand and price, can keep it viable. But the rules of the game are different in the digital world where a form …

Colombia’s largest mobile carrier brings in data science team to minimize customer churn

AI By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

What happens when customers leave and a business has no idea why? That was the central question for Claro Colombia, the country’s largest mobile carrier, when it was confronted with the need to address customer churn. The answer came from working jointly …

IBM tackles complex information architecture for AI solutions, customer approach

AI By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

When IBM Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty declared in her keynote address at last week’s Think conference that “there can’t be AI without IA,” she was making a crucial point regarding her company’s strategy. Before becoming distracted by the allure of artificial …

UK bank’s digital platform reflects changing customer demand for service delivery

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

The leading image for IBM Corp.’s case study with a banking customer — Nationwide Building Society — is not a teller window, deposit slip, or even an ATM. It’s a digital watch. That’s because as the United Kingdom-based financial institution sought to reinvent its …

Storage and AI work together in IBM’s multicloud strategy

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

A major focus of the announcements from IBM Corp.’s Think conference last week involved artificial intelligence and making it available across all cloud platforms. This “AI everywhere” approach applies to IBM’s storage strategy as well. In December, IBM announced a storage system …

Cloud-managed databases target cost and simplify adoption

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

When it comes to cloud-managed databases, IBM Corp. has designed an approach to let developers focus on building applications while it maintains cloud-based systems to save cost and make administration easier. “Cloud-managed databases, at its core, is about simplifying adoption of cloud-provided services …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

Dell EMC launches multicloud tools for data protection in advance of RSA conference

Cohesity takes smartphone approach to data fragmentation

ScienceLogic and IBM partner to address integration challenges in hybrid IT

Can the cognitive enterprise help business survive a world of digital Darwinism?

Colombia’s largest mobile carrier brings in data science team to minimize customer churn

IBM tackles complex information architecture for AI solutions, customer approach

UK bank’s digital platform reflects changing customer demand for service delivery

Storage and AI work together in IBM’s multicloud strategy

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