Mark Albertson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Infra

The hackers are winning, and automation may be the only way to beat them

By Mark Albertson Sep 27, 2017

Hackers are now designing attacks that move at machine speed, yet security defenses are only as good as the humans who monitor them to repel breaches. Care to wager on who’s going to come…

Cloud

Moving everything to cloud? It still needs management

By Mark Albertson Sep 26, 2017

When dcVAST Inc. was founded in 1989, the on-premises data center was king. There was no Amazon.com Inc., no Google LLC and a cloud was something that provided relief from the sun on a…

Cloud

In the multicloud world, IT also means ‘infrastructure’ technology

By Mark Albertson Sep 26, 2017

If there’s a challenge in today’s data management universe, it’s finding a technology solution that can work effectively across multiple clouds, such as Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s Azure. This is becoming…

Big Data

From GDPR to workplace diversity: Inclusive approach, not scare tactics, works best, says Veritas

By Mark Albertson Sep 25, 2017

Scary sells. That’s often the approach used by many companies when customers have to deal with new laws or regulations where the penalty for non-compliance could be significant. And there may be nothing scarier…

Cloud

Data storage evolves to focus on access, management and insights

By Mark Albertson Sep 25, 2017

It was not that long ago when information technology systems managers had a quandary: where to store all the corporate data they possessed without breaking departmental budgets for the year. Today, where to store…

Big Data

GDPR is coming: Is it a costly burden or marketing opportunity?

By Mark Albertson Sep 22, 2017

The financial penalties for non-compliance are significant. The requirement to know where all data is kept and be able to delete it when directed is non-negotiable. And supervisory authorities in Europe can initiate audits…

Apps

This little Dell company aims to change software coding forever

By Mark Albertson Sep 22, 2017

When Dell Inc. sold off its software division in 2016 prior to the merger with EMC Corp., the only company it kept was a small integration and data management company called Boomi Inc. Last March,…

Big Data

No more need for ‘dumb’ storage or costly analytics, says Veritas exec

By Mark Albertson Sep 21, 2017

Millions of data points from smartwatches and fitness trackers generate tremendous amounts of digital records every second, and most of this information goes right into object storage servers, where it’s organized more flexibly than traditional hierarchal methods.…

Big Data

PwC’s phones are ringing as clock ticks toward GDPR deadline

By Mark Albertson Sep 20, 2017

When PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or PwC, surveyed legal and technology executives from major global firms earlier this year, it found that nearly all (92 percent) considered compliance with new European regulations governing data privacy to be the…

Cloud

HPE leverages Nimble acquisition for more than just storage

By Mark Albertson Sep 20, 2017

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s acquisition of flash array company Nimble Storage in April was like reaching into a bowl of candy and pulling out three treats instead of only one. For $1.2 billion, HPE…

Mark Albertson

Data storage evolves to focus on access, management and insights

No more need for ‘dumb’ storage or costly analytics, says Veritas exec

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