Mark Albertson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

While the US hangs back, China and Europe seize control of internet policy

By Mark Albertson Aug 12, 2018

How important is the stability of the internet to the world? All of a sudden, the onetime repository for cat videos and cookie recipes has become critically important, because the stakes are infinitely higher…

Infra

Patents and APIs show Mastercard’s earnest embrace of blockchain tech

By Mark Albertson Aug 10, 2018

When the blockchain delivered encrypted ledgers a decade ago, the world’s largest financial institutions seemed interested in the technology driving the cryptocurrency bitcoin, but were hardly motivated to build a business around it. Things are different now.…

Security

At Black Hat, hacks of voting machines, satellites, pacemakers – and more to come

By Mark Albertson Aug 10, 2018

In the heat of the desert summer, when the annual cybersecurity circus known as Black Hat comes to Las Vegas, no industry or technology is safe. Flaws are found, vulnerabilities are identified, fixes are…

Infra

Coffee and rubber ducks help Deloitte’s ‘Mr. IoT’ explain the industrial future

By Mark Albertson Aug 6, 2018

It might be hard to imagine, but the future of the industrial internet of things could well be symbolized by the much-beloved rubber duck. Ever since a sculptor patented a now-familiar rubber duck design in…

Emerging Tech

Regulators might be finally warming up to the token economy

By Mark Albertson Aug 3, 2018

It wasn’t love at first sight, and it has taken a lot of conversation on both sides, but regulators and participants in the burgeoning token economy are sending signals that they are getting to…

Big Data

LendingClub calls on Cohesity for a more modern backup solution

By Mark Albertson Jul 31, 2018

Sometimes a business does so well that results outpace network systems. LendingClub Corp. is just such a story. In the last quarter of 2011, LendingClub issued 42,000 loans valued at $480 million. By the fourth quarter,…

Cloud

Cloud-driven analytics program helps youths find jobs in South Africa

By Mark Albertson Jul 30, 2018

The challenge of finding employment straight out of high school can be daunting. With little real-world job experience, young people can be at a significant disadvantage in getting hired. To help solve this problem…

Cloud

Google program for non-profits aids field of precision medicine

By Mark Albertson Jul 27, 2018

Although Google Cloud officially launched a program for non-profit groups, called Data Solutions for Change, at the just-concluded Next conference in San Francisco, that doesn’t mean eligible organizations need to wait for results. Several…

Cloud

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene plays the long game, but will it be enough?

By Mark Albertson Jul 27, 2018

In the race for enterprise cloud market share, where Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s Azure currently dominate, Google Cloud’s strategy has resembled slow and steady, with a methodical approach that has involved…

Cloud

Google courts ‘alpha techies’ in long-game cloud strategy

By Mark Albertson Jul 25, 2018

On day two of Google’s Cloud Next gathering in San Francisco, attendees heard presentations which included some large big data enterprise names like Chevron, Mastercard and Twitter. Could this be a sign that Google LLC…

Mark Albertson

Patents and APIs show Mastercard’s earnest embrace of blockchain tech

At Black Hat, hacks of voting machines, satellites, pacemakers – and more to come

Regulators might be finally warming up to the token economy

LendingClub calls on Cohesity for a more modern backup solution

Google program for non-profits aids field of precision medicine

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