Mark Albertson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Big Data

Author goes beyond the bells and whistles of big data buzz

By Mark Albertson Jul 19, 2017

As big data and machine learning tools become essential for modern business, the primary goal is no longer predicting the likelihood of making a sale. It’s now a matter of increasing the likelihood that…

Big Data

Spark doubles down on streaming, data warehousing and deep learning

By Mark Albertson Jul 19, 2017

The Apache Spark community has been wrestling with a wide range of big data challenges in information technology, and Databricks Inc. (which was founded by Spark’s creators), is taking steps to address the enterprise…

Big Data

Major tech transition fuels subscription economy, says analyst

By Mark Albertson Jul 14, 2017

Digital transformation became a hot topic nearly three years ago as the focus on it moved from the halls of Silicon Valley companies to the boardrooms of firms such as General Electric Co., Caterpillar…

Big Data

Subscription model allows Surf Air to expand in Europe and Texas

By Mark Albertson Jul 14, 2017

Surf Airlines Inc., known as Surf Air, is gaining liftoff for a business model attempting success in one of the most capital-intensive, cutthroat enterprises there is: airlines. The California-based company, founded in 2013, uses the…

Big Data

Caterpillar’s story of connecting half a million machines

By Mark Albertson Jul 14, 2017

Is Caterpillar Inc. becoming a platform or software services company? While some of its executives maintain that the mission is still to sell big iron, the company’s visible presence at the Zuora Subscribed event…

Cloud

Retailers know they must adopt new tech model or die, says Infor exec

By Mark Albertson Jul 13, 2017

As the shopping experience has moved to the mobile platform, retailers around the globe are confronting a new reality: technology has shifted the balance of power. More often than not, consumers have more information…

Cloud

Avaap buys into micro-vertical vision for healthcare, retail customers

By Mark Albertson Jul 13, 2017

A cornerstone of Infor Inc.’s business strategy is micro-verticals, a focus on industry-specific software that can provide unique solutions for a baker versus a brewer. When the enterprise software provider bought enterprise resource planning…

Cloud

Infor’s M3 solution helps modernize heavy equipment industry

By Mark Albertson Jul 13, 2017

When you own a set of companies that offers customer solutions to diverse industries, such as construction, mining, oil and gas, agriculture, and power, you can count on having plenty of competition. For the…

Cloud

Koch ‘pushes’ Infor in global CloudSuite implementation, says CEO Phillips

By Mark Albertson Jul 11, 2017

When the investment arm of Koch Industries Inc. paid $2.5 billion for a major stake in Infor Inc., the move was seen as another “traditional company goes digital” story. The extent of Koch’s interest in…

Cloud

Analysts assess strategic detail around Infor’s Coleman and Birst

By Mark Albertson Jul 11, 2017

Infor Inc. followed up its June 2017 acquisition of Birst Inc., a cloud-native business intelligence, analytics and data visualization platform, with the announcement today of Coleman, an artificial intelligence platform for CloudSuite applications. How those two…

Mark Albertson

Author goes beyond the bells and whistles of big data buzz

Spark doubles down on streaming, data warehousing and deep learning

Major tech transition fuels subscription economy, says analyst

Subscription model allows Surf Air to expand in Europe and Texas

Caterpillar’s story of connecting half a million machines

Retailers know they must adopt new tech model or die, says Infor exec

Avaap buys into micro-vertical vision for healthcare, retail customers

Infor’s M3 solution helps modernize heavy equipment industry

Koch ‘pushes’ Infor in global CloudSuite implementation, says CEO Phillips

Analysts assess strategic detail around Infor’s Coleman and Birst

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