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

How tweets become weapons: Security expert sees hacker “tells” in the data

INFRA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

It’s not often representatives from three of the most powerful media technology companies in the world appear together, but that is exactly what happened last week in Washington, D.C. Executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter were called to testify before the U.S. …

Tech grows in global influence, but funding for female founders still lags

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

When Anja Manuel (pictured), co-founder and partner at RiceHadleyGates LLC., was in China recently for a conference, she arrived back at her hotel and discovered more than 1,000 people mobbing the lobby, all with their phones out and poised to take pictures. …

Apache could be game changer for Nutanix as CEO Pandey plots next moves

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Nutanix Inc. has plenty of moves it can make on the hyperconverged infrastructure, or HCI, chessboard. Integrating Apache more fully into its offerings may very well be one of them. “To me, the single biggest game changer for the company would be …

Weaponized social media and search may spark the ultimate cyberwar

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

The co-founder of an influential cybersecurity think tank believes that weaponization of major social media websites and search engines will lay the foundation for cyberwarfare on a scale unimaginable until now. “The year 2020 is going to be a tug of war …

Partnerships, multicloud tools position Nutanix for the long haul

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

In the highly competitive enterprise computing space, it’s necessary for infrastructure providers to go where the business is. Right now, customer IT operations are scattered among public and private clouds, as well as on-premises data centers. Nutanix Inc. has nimbly positioned itself …

Cybercrime now a big business that pays really well

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

The world of cybercrime has evolved from “hacktivists,” groups of hackers who break into systems to make a political point, to criminal gangs scattered around the globe who successfully breach networks, usually really big companies, because that’s where the profits are. “They …

Salesforce puts some meat on the bones of its Einstein AI

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

When Salesforce.com Inc. unveiled its new artificial intelligence platform in September of last year, the company chose a small, cartoonish figure with a bushy mustache and mop of unruly white hair to symbolize the most recent addition to its portfolio. At Dreamforce, the …

Cybersecurity do-over? Data breaches grow in $90B industry

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Recent reports indicate more than $90 billion will be spent on cybersecurity in 2017. In the aftermath of some of the largest data breaches in history, does anyone really believe it’s been money well spent? One top security company executive certainly doesn’t think …

Trade secrets get in the way of cybersecurity innovation, say analysts

INFRA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

When computers and nuclear equipment were attacked at a facility in Iran by the infamous Stuxnet worm in 2010, security researchers were amazed at the malware’s ability to bypass checks that required valid digital signatures. These software signatures are important because they …

The ‘Troublemakers’ who built Silicon Valley: a conversation with author Leslie Berlin

CUBE EVENT COVERAGE By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Silicon Valley lore often focuses on the founders of major companies who later went on to become household names worldwide. Think Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak at Apple Computer Inc., Larry Ellison at Oracle Corp., or Bill Hewlett and David Packard at …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

How tweets become weapons: Security expert sees hacker “tells” in the data

Tech grows in global influence, but funding for female founders still lags

Apache could be game changer for Nutanix as CEO Pandey plots next moves

Weaponized social media and search may spark the ultimate cyberwar

Cybercrime now a big business that pays really well

Salesforce puts some meat on the bones of its Einstein AI

Cybersecurity do-over? Data breaches grow in $90B industry

Trade secrets get in the way of cybersecurity innovation, say analysts

The ‘Troublemakers’ who built Silicon Valley: a conversation with author Leslie Berlin

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