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

Attunity addresses island problem in the data lake

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

One of the key principles in today’s enterprise data “lake” repository is that real-time data integration streaming is needed from multiple sources. It takes specialized tools to capture data in this environment, and Attunity Inc. has built its reputation as one of …

Syncsort takes more steps to drain the data swamp

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

If the definition of a swamp is low, uncultivated ground saturated with water, then a data swamp is found in enterprise architectures that are inundated with too much information to handle. The push is on not just to manage the data-saturated enterprise, …

Is it too soon to start talking about hybrid data?

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

There’s hybrid cloud, hybrid clusters, hybrid cars, and even hybrid theory (crossing varieties of fruit). But the mention of hybrid data will draw quizzical looks and prompt some head scratching. Actian Corp., a Silicon Valley data integration and management company, has big …

Here’s Robert Herjavec’s pitch: Manage data security better or face the consequences

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Robert Herjavec (pictured) is known to most people as a “Shark Investor,” one of the stars on the ABC TV show “Shark Tank.” On the show, he and other figures from the world of business hear pitches from budding entrepreneurs and decide …

In the era of Big Fast Data, Vexata puts 10x speeds to the test

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

The competitive landscape for dominance in the data infrastructure field is similar to a car race on a wide stretch of straight open road. No one is especially worried about taking a corner too fast, because this is just a flat-out, pedal-to-the-metal …

Veterans, new leaders provide inspiration for women in tech

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

The opening day of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing attracted 18,000 attendees (a record turnout for the event), and included a number of women with inspiring stories. Among these were a former White House official, the previous leader of one …

The drone industry is booming. Now it just needs a place to fly.

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

In the never-ending quest to add yet another candidate for the “Next Big Thing” technology list, drones are looking like a solid choice. For the first time, investment in drone companies exceeded $1 billion in 2017 and when the Federal Aviation Authority …

Qualcomm diversity chief practices the art of the uncomfortable conversation

WOMEN IN TECH By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

Despite a culture that promotes disruption, there are times when the technology industry finds itself in the spotlight for actions or positions that are not positive. When an internal Google memorandum that said that the firm’s attempt to create a more gender-balanced workforce …

Analysts urge tech community to ‘lean in’ for solutions in the shadow of Las Vegas tragedy

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

The tragic deaths and injuries in Las Vegas on Sunday evening overshadowed the NetApp, Inc. gathering scheduled to start in the resort city the next day, but postponed until Tuesday. “We can’t not address the massacre here that happened at the Mandalay …

Fixing security ‘insanity’: Start early at code level, says Cybric CTO

EMERGING TECH By MARK ALBERTSON9 YEARS AGO

When Cybric Inc. launched its new security platform last November, it offered a continuous security-as-a-service platform with a different take on addressing system vulnerabilities in the enterprise. Cybric’s approach was to automate checks at the code development level to build security into any new product before …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

Attunity addresses island problem in the data lake

Syncsort takes more steps to drain the data swamp

Is it too soon to start talking about hybrid data?

Here’s Robert Herjavec’s pitch: Manage data security better or face the consequences

In the era of Big Fast Data, Vexata puts 10x speeds to the test

Veterans, new leaders provide inspiration for women in tech

The drone industry is booming. Now it just needs a place to fly.

Qualcomm diversity chief practices the art of the uncomfortable conversation

Fixing security ‘insanity’: Start early at code level, says Cybric CTO

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