Mark Albertson

San Francisco, United States

Senior Writer - SiliconANGLE Media; Technology Columnist - Blasting News; San Francisco Examiner; CBS News; Executive Producer - Tech Closeup TV

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Articles

Data engineering drives Snowflake’s enterprise AI strategy

3 weeks ago | siliconangle.com | Mark Albertson

A central theme at Snowflake Summit in San Francisco this week was the company’s growing focus on data engineering — and whether it signals a shift from traditional analytics to a dynamic, four-dimensional system of intelligence that can sense, predict and optimize business performance in real time. A 4-D business map can integrate sensing data from people, places, things and activities into real-time information, creating fusion with other platforms and an ability to make future predictions.
Snowflake orchestrates its AI strategy through Cortex, unstructured data solutions and agents

3 weeks ago | siliconangle.com | Mark Albertson

A small orchestra provided the opening prelude for Tuesday’s keynote session at Snowflake Inc.’s annual conference in San Francisco. When the music stopped and the lights went up, the conductor was revealed to be Benoit Dageville, the company’s co-founder and president of products.
Large language models boost Cortex AI

3 weeks ago | siliconangle.com | Mark Albertson

In April, Snowflake Inc. announced that it would bring Meta Platforms Inc.’s Llama 4 large language models to Snowflake’s Cortex AI. The models, trained with large amounts of unlabeled text, image and video data, were designed to accommodate a wide range of use cases and developer needs. The partnership with Snowflake was part of a larger effort on the part of Meta to make its models available in the open-source community.
Enterprise data shifts to edge in Dell’s AI future

3 weeks ago | siliconangle.com | Mark Albertson

A majority enterprise data will soon live at the edge — and Dell Technologies wants to be where that data lives. At Dell Technologies World 2025 in Las Vegas, company founder and Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell (pictured) opened his keynote with an illustration of how 75% of enterprise data will soon be live and processed at the edge. AI is driving this transformation and fueling the emergence of edge computing as the backbone of next-generation infrastructure.
Intelligent insights power AI in Dell-Cohere alliance

1 month ago | siliconangle.com | Mark Albertson

The collaboration announced this week between Dell Technologies Inc. and Cohere Inc. combined scalable infrastructure with agentic AI technology. The focus is on a secure solution, with intelligent insights and streamlined workflows that will continue to power AI adoption, according to Autumn Moulder (pictured, right), vice president of engineering for Cohere.
Dell unveils new solutions- SiliconANGLE

1 month ago | siliconangle.com | Mark Albertson

AI in the enterprise is driving changes in how data centers are orchestrated. This is also leading to new enhancements for storage architecture, as seen by this week’s announcements from Dell Technologies Inc. Dell unveiled updates for PowerScale and ObjectScale designed to accelerate AI outcomes through a high-performance inferencing solution that combines features of Project Lightning, PowerScale, PowerEdge XE servers and Nvidia Corp.’s key value (KV) cache.
Productivity boosts with Dell AI PCs transforming work

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Mark Albertson

Earlier this week, Dell Technologies Inc. unveiled the Dell Pro and Dell Pro Max, the latest additions to the company’s AI PC lineup. For customers such as United Services Automobile Association, Dell’s AI PC portfolio provides an opportunity to generate productivity boosts and extend AI applications throughout the organization. “How can it help me with my productivity tasks?” asked Rob Johnson (pictured, left), assistant vice president of information security at USAA.
Power use optimization: Dell’s AI tackles grid flexibility

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Mark Albertson

Could AI enhance grid flexibility and improve power use? A new initiative announced this week by Dell Technologies Inc. is designed to address this possibility. Concept Astro is Dell’s new solution that uses agentic AI, digital twins and automation to improve IT operations and energy consumption. “AI uses lots of energy, but AI can be part of the solution for how we optimize data centers,” said Alyson Freeman (pictured, right), innovation lead for sustainability and ESG at Dell.
Power use optimization: Dell’s AI tackles grid flexibility

1 month ago | siliconangle.com | Mark Albertson

Could AI enhance grid flexibility and improve power use? A new initiative announced this week by Dell Technologies Inc. is designed to address this possibility. Concept Astro is Dell’s new solution that uses agentic AI, digital twins and automation to improve IT operations and energy consumption. “AI uses lots of energy, but AI can be part of the solution for how we optimize data centers,” said Alyson Freeman (pictured, right), innovation lead for sustainability and ESG at Dell.
Productivity boosts with Dell AI PCs transforming work

1 month ago | siliconangle.com | Mark Albertson

Earlier this week, Dell Technologies Inc. unveiled the Dell Pro and Dell Pro Max, the latest additions to the company’s AI PC lineup. For customers such as United Services Automobile Association, Dell’s AI PC portfolio provides an opportunity to generate productivity boosts and extend AI applications throughout the organization. “How can it help me with my productivity tasks?” asked Rob Johnson (pictured, left), assistant vice president of information security at USAA.