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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New Citrix app delivery solution is tailored for virtual hybrid cloud world realities

Citrix Systems Inc. took advantage of the first in its series of three Launchpad events on September 28 to unveil a new, intent-based cloud solution that automates application delivery and security in real-time. The Citrix App Delivery and Security Service is designed to remove complexity throughout the app delivery process. For one experienced IT executive, ...

IBM’s new managed infrastructure services business will rely on Red Hat automation

In October 2020, IBM announced that it would spin-off its infrastructure services business unit into a new, independent company. Over the ensuing year, the new, free-standing business has begun to take shape. The new company was named Kyndryl by IBM, a loose blending of the words “kinship” and “tendril.” The name is designed to capture the ...

Automation’s popularity drives organizational change and a fresh look at enterprise coding

With a preview of the latest version for Ansible Automation Platform in September, much of the discussion by Red Hat Inc. executives has been focused on taking automation everywhere and making it easier to do so. The key learning from this recent dialogue is that automation is no longer relegated to the list of basic ...

UiPath’s vision for RPA and the future of automation in the spotlight at Forward IV, Oct. 5-6 

When UiPath Inc. was meeting with investors as part of a successful initial public offering earlier this year, it led with the following statement on the first slide of its financial presentation: “We make software robots, so people don’t have to be robots.” That mantra captured the spirit of what propelled UiPath, yet it has ...

VMworld provides opportunity to gauge VMware’s future plans for Tanzu and Telco Cloud Oct. 5-7 

Over the course of its 23 years, VMware Inc. has taken on the persona of a big-wave surfer. The company has ridden a multitude of major technology waves and emerged relatively unscathed on the other side. This journey has included following a huge wave from the datacenter into the cloud and all the way to ...

Acquisitions fuel HPE’s latest enhancements for data protection through GreenLake platform

When Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. purchased Zerto Inc. for $374 million last year, it was expected the acquisition would result in new solutions for the data management and protection space. Those expectations became clearer on Tuesday when HPE announced new solutions for the growing data protection as-a-service market. As part of a series of announcements ...

HPE adds unified analytics and native Kubernetes object store to GreenLake offering

IDC has predicted that the big data and analytics software market will reach $110 billion over the next two years. On Tuesday, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. added its own disruptive influence through GreenLake to a transformation of that market. The company announced a series of new cloud services for the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform, with ...

Governance, security and data access: How Privacera offers a platform to ensure all three

The conundrum facing many businesses today is how to have maximum access to data while keeping it compliant and secure. Giving the right people access to the right data and nothing more is the mandate. How a company does that effectively without grinding business to a halt is the challenge. This is the task that ...

Okera sets sights on data authorization for the enterprise amid heightened regulatory climate

In March, Okera Inc., a universal data authorization company, announced a year of record growth with a 374% rise in new bookings and an over 100% increase in annual recurring revenue. There was probably a good reason for the robust numbers this year. Increased enforcement of privacy regulations, such as Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation ...

Container security grows in importance as Red Hat expands automated solutions following key acquisition

Enterprise security has become a top-of-mind issue over the past year and a half, as a wider attack surface, costly ransomware attacks and high-profile breaches affecting energy, government, education and a major swath of the private sector have captured global attention. Throughout all of this activity, there is a key question that surrounds the cybersecurity ...