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.

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Reshaping the stack: Inside the open-source forces driving AI’s next chapter

AI and Kubernetes are coming together to reshape the entire stack. What will this mean for the future roles of cloud-native and open-source? This is the central question that will be on the minds of key leaders from the open-source community when they gather in Atlanta for the annual KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA event, kicking ...

How Celonis helps CIE turn ERP complexity into operational clarity

For CIE Automotive SA, supplying automotive components and assemblies from its global network of manufacturing plants required a complex set of enterprise resource planning, or ERP systems. As the company grew, it needed to integrate and manage its core business processes to avoid organizational chaos. CIE wanted a centralized point not only to manage business ...

Rise of the ‘answer engine’: AI’s impact triggers fresh questions for internet ad models, power usage and data sharing

A lengthy stack of issues and macro trends is shaping the technology industry today, and high on the list is the prospect that the internet engine powering an estimated $16 trillion to $21 trillion global digital economy is about to undergo an enormous transformation. “The business model of the internet is about to change radically, ...

Closing the AI readiness gap: Ataccama’s agentic approach to data trust

There is a widening readiness gap when it comes to enterprise adoption of AI for critical systems and data quality. This was one of the findings contained in the just-released “2025 Data Trust Report: Financial Services Edition,” issued by the data governance company Ataccama Corp. The report noted that only 3% of banks surveyed had ...

Inside the Town of Vail’s AI-powered smart city journey

Cities and towns around the world collect vast amounts of information to provide essential public services, so it’s only natural to explore how AI can break down silos and bring actionable insights to improve the lives of residents.  This is the scenario currently underway in Vail, Colorado, through a collaboration between Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., ...

Inside the cloud-native AI revolution: Red Hat, Google and the next wave of Kubernetes innovation

A case could easily be made that Kubernetes, the open-source container orchestration tool first introduced by Google LLC in 2014, was made for artificial intelligence. Support for large, complex environments? Check. Scalability? Kubernetes can automatically scale. Portability? The open-source tool can run in hybrid configurations of public and private instances. Support for traditional applications? Kubernetes helps ...

The space industry takes off: With lower launch costs and new tech, entrepreneurs envision a starship future

From the 17th to the 19th century, tall ships dominated the seas, fostering global trade and exploration. Some corporate leaders today believe that a similar era is underway, only this time the tall ships have been replaced by rocket ships. Expansion of low-Earth orbit through new generations of satellites, increased demand for space-based communication networks, ...

Super assistant or apex predator? AI brings renewed scrutiny on jobs, data centers and future research

The opening of the TED AI conference in San Francisco this week featured a video composed by a single actor, wearing different costumes and adopting varying points of view about AI. Depending on the persona adopted by the actor, AI was either transformative, evil, helpful, addictive, climate-damaging, the future — or the end of the ...

What to expect during KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA: Join theCUBE Nov. 11-13

The cloud-native ecosystem is shifting fast — and developers are at the center of that transformation. From Kubernetes to observability stacks, open-source projects are evolving from niche innovations to enterprise-scale infrastructure standards driving AI, security and automation. A mid-year snapshot from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation highlights just how quickly that evolution is happening. OpenTelemetry ...

AI-powered customer support: Smartsheet’s six-minute solution

Expectations for a quick resolution to customer support issues can vary in timeframe, but taking hours is not generally a good standard for cultivating client goodwill. At Smartsheet Inc., the journey from hours to minutes was a challenge until it settled on an artificial intelligence agent-driven solution. Smartsheet uses Agentforce from Salesforce Inc. to help ...