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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Project Helix highlights how Dell and Nvidia support customers in the generative AI journey

The launch this week of Project Helix, a joint initiative between Dell Technologies Inc. and Nvidia Corp., signaled a new twist in the evolving saga of generative artificial intelligence. Both companies believe that a combination of Dell’s servers with Nvidia’s newest and fastest GPUs will appeal to customers interested in leveraging AI for business results. ...

New technologies for the edge and AI highlight day two at Dell Technologies World

Generative artificial intelligence continued to be a major theme at Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas on the conference’s second day with the announcement of Project Helix, a new initiative in collaboration with Nvidia Corp. Project Helix is designed to bring a series of full stack AI solutions to the enterprise, including technical expertise based ...

Projects become products: Dell unveils its long-term game plan for the edge

When Dell Technologies Inc. places the word “project” in front of a new initiative, it’s sending up a signal flare that starts the clock toward emergence of a new product or platform the next year. Project Alpine, announced last year, transformed into a new set of storage offerings for APEX on Monday with a focus ...

AI, edge and multicloud lead the conversation in Las Vegas as Dell embraces role as enterprise collaborator

Dell Technologies Inc. kicked off its Dell Technologies World conference in Las Vegas today with a number of additions to its APEX product portfolio. Yet it was artificial intelligence that captured much of the interest in a news conference following the opening keynotes. In a meeting with members of the media this morning, founder and ...

Three insights you might have missed from the ‘Navigating the Road to Cyber Resiliency’ event

Organizations can’t protect against everything. They can’t predict what will happen next or how severe the attack may be. This places a great deal of focus on resiliency, an ability to recover from a damaging breach. While some organizations may feel that the cybersecurity gap is being closed, a startling number lack confidence in preparedness ...

What to expect during the ‘Analytics and Cost Optimization’ AWS Startup Showcase event: Join theCUBE June 8

Optimization has emerged as a defining trend within the cloud industry in 2023. Evidence of this can be seen in SiliconANGLE’s recent analysis of comments made by the chief financial officers of the three largest hyperscale cloud companies last month. All three noted that customers were seeking ways to optimize cloud spending, which has contributed ...

Momento believes in serverless to solve database caching headaches

When users visit Momento Inc.’s website, the message is hard to miss. Right from the opening screen, the company’s motto, “Believe in Serverless,” conveys the startup’s approach. Momento believes in serverless because it drives the company’s mission to automatically optimize, scale and manage cache for businesses large and small. “Serverless just means that we, as ...

Pepperdata and AWS join forces to tackle big data cost challenges

Founded in 2012, Pepperdata Inc. is a big data infrastructure management company that has grown by moving its cost-savings solutions from on-premises to the cloud. In doing so, Pepperdata has formed a partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc., which leveraged the startup’s technology so that customers can realize savings while using its vast array of ...

nOps leverages AI to optimize cloud costs in pay-for-savings-only model

In a traditional business model, a vendor provides a service for a fee whether success is realized or not. At the cloud management platform provider nOps Inc., no one gets paid until a customer saves money. This unusual approach is based on optimizing cloud commitments for customers, where savings are compared to on-demand usage and ...

Archera.ai takes aim at controlling cloud costs through optimized commitment plans

A simple error can lead to costly, wasted cloud resources. One example can be found in the customer whose keystroke mistake led to the spin-up of a cloud instance much larger than was required. No one noticed, the job ran all weekend, and the result was $300,000 in unnecessary charges. Tales such as these are ...