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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Three insights you might have missed from theCUBE’s ‘Data-Driven Begins With Intelligent Infrastructure’ event

The amount of data being generated each year on a global basis demands an agile, intelligent approach to infrastructure in order to manage it. During the March 30 “Data-Driven Begins With Intelligent Infrastructure” event, industry analysts and Hitachi Vantara executives and partners held a real-world discussion on leading trends for infrastructure modernization. They also analyzed ...

What to expect during KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU: Join theCUBE April 19-21

The massive adoption of Kubernetes as a key solution for enterprise computing makes it inevitable that as new technologies come on the horizon, the container orchestration tool will be involved in some way. Emerging tech solutions such as edge computing and the AI-based ChatGPT provide two prime examples of where Kubernetes will undoubtedly play an ...

Volume and distributed nature of data leads Hitachi Vantara to build new solutions for the modern stack

Enterprises are on a mission to become data-driven, however, many organizations continue to struggle with data infrastructure, seeking the right balance to achieve objectives for security, sustainability and agility. Hitachi Vantara LLC has been working with customers and partners to streamline the transition to a data-driven, intelligent infrastructure. The company is helping enterprises build for ...

Generative AI and cloud zombies: Raising the alarm about global climate impact

The tech industry has a growing power usage and environmental impact problem. Between the rise of cloud and compute-intensive applications such as cryptomining and artificial intelligence, power demand has expanded at an alarming rate. The Bitcoin network uses approximately the same amount of energy that Washington State does yearly. Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer for ...

Beyond Kubernetes: Exploring the full ecosystem of container orchestration tools

Kubernetes’ place in the essential toolkit for enterprise IT has been well-established. What may be less widely known is that the container orchestration technology is now surrounded by an entire ecosystem of management tools. These include capabilities for cost optimization, pre-configured development environments, command line packages and cluster management. There’s a lot involved, and a ...

Simplification, agility and scale drive Platform9’s vision for Kubernetes and cluster management

Kubernetes and containers have driven the transformation of applications to cloud-native platforms, yet they have carried a great deal of complexity along the way. This has led to the rise of out-of-the-box solutions designed to let companies focus on key goals instead of the computerized pipes that run the business. One company that has built ...

What to expect at the ‘Data-Driven Begins With Intelligent Infrastructure’ event: Join theCUBE March 30

Today’s businesses are under constant pressure to drive greater value for customers, shareholders and employees, and this inevitably requires an ability to access, share and manage data. Information must be available all the time, every time. This demands an agile, intelligent approach to data infrastructure, which often makes the difference between success and failure in ...

Fortinet’s Threat Report finds attackers are retooling and leveraging more wiper malware

One of the outcomes of war in the modern age is that it can lead to a new class of destructive tools in the hands of cyber threat actors. This result has been documented most recently by Fortinet Inc. in its key findings from its 2H 2022 FortiGuard Labs “Threat Landscape Report”. The cybersecurity firm ...

Grafana Labs enhancements aimed at reducing cloud-native complexity

The cloud-native world has experienced remarkable growth in just a short period of time. Yet it is being forced to address a factor that could limit future success: The current path to entry can be challenging. “For developers to get into cloud-native, there are maybe 10 tools at least which you have to be proficient ...

Edge and AI are central focus in Dell’s recent PowerEdge server releases

The most recent updates to the server portfolio for Dell Technologies Inc. demonstrate a focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge. Last year’s introduction of the edge-optimized Dell PowerEdge XR4000 was swiftly followed by the release of the XR5610, XR7620 and XR8000 servers, which included enhanced built-in AI capabilities for edge workloads. ...