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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Seesaw and Rockset team up to provide data insight, stability for U.S. schools

As disruptive as the global pandemic has been for many people and industries, schools have to rank near the top in overall impact. What little online learning platforms existed for K-12 students across the U.S. suddenly became the only option. Parents and children were abruptly cast into a full-time home learning environment with virtually no ...
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AWS Startup Showcase opening session spotlights changing DevOps model and potential challenge for cloud incumbents

The technology startup ecosystem is thriving, and a DevOps movement sits at the center of a universe that revolves around data analytics and cloud management tools. In partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc., SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio theCUBE kicked off the latest in the AWS Startup Showcase Series, “New Breakthroughs in DevOps, Analytics, and Cloud ...

Saint Louis University turns to MontyCloud for automated cloud operations

In many enterprises today, DevOps staff and cloud architects are moving at light speed. They want things done at the point of coding and in the continuous integration pipeline in hours not weeks. When technology collides with security postures and other demands that hinder rapid cloud development, the IT operational process slows down, disconnects arise, ...

Red Hat’s evolving role in IT automation will be central topic for AnsibleFest 2021, Sept. 29-30

Much as today’s automobiles have become computers on wheels, the same can be said for railway systems as well. In Switzerland, the nation’s modern railway system– Swiss Federal Railways or SBB — moves 810,000 passengers per day and has become a major user of Red Hat Inc.’s open-source automation Ansible technology for automating IT infrastructure ...

OpsRamp offers visibility and automated IT operations management for when the alarm sounds

Like a car alarm that goes off every time a noisy motorcycle drives by, alerts within IT operational teams cause irritation and work overload. While not every alert signifies something important, the challenge continues to be separating the trivial from the top priorities. Since its founding is 2014, OpsRamp Inc. has been on a mission ...

Watch live: Product team’s rise to power highlights agenda for DevOps-centric AWS Startup Showcase on Sept. 22

In the classic business model, dating back decades, one group built the product, another marketed it, a third team sold it, and a separate department serviced it. However, in today’s software-defined era, those lines are blurring, and the product team has taken a more comprehensive role in the DevOps world. This trend has increasingly been ...

Fortinet Security Summit offers glimpse into cybersecurity future of acceleration, DevOps and key partnerships

What does being “future ready” truly mean when the future is highly uncertain and preparedness is difficult to define? A global pandemic has reshaped the future-ready concept for many, and that was one of the key themes that emerged from the Fortinet Security Summit in Napa, California, this week. “Companies are always describing products and ...

Linksys and Fortinet partner on joint solution to secure work-from-home networks

While 2020 brought a mass shift from office to work-from-home, 2021 has emerged as more of a hybrid model for many. While some companies are reopening for employees, a significant number remain connected via home networks. Fortinet Inc. has teamed up with Linksys Inc. to provide secure technology for hybrid work. The two companies announced ...

Fortinet CEO Ken Xie highlights remote work risk as part of security-driven network focus

This week’s announcement of a joint venture between Fortinet Inc. and Linksys Inc. underscored a key point surrounding the current state of cybersecurity. At-home work is here to stay, and organizations must adopt security infrastructure to deal with this new reality. The two companies announced details of a joint package designed to enable security for ...

Nutanix .NEXT kicks off September 20 with major focus on hybrid/multicloud solutions

Since its founding in 2009, Nutanix Inc. has been at the forefront of the cloud revolution. It demonstrated to the enterprise world what could be accomplished with cloud for datacenters and the concept of a hyperconverged infrastructure. The upcoming global virtual Nutanix .NEXT conference on September 20-23 offers an opportunity for the IT community to ...