Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile. Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach. Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Dropbox posts strong financial results and its stock holds steady

File-sharing company Dropbox Inc. delivered solid fiscal first-quarter financial results today, with earnings that met expectations and revenue that beat them. The company reported net income of $79.9 million for the quarter with earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation coming to 38 cents per share. Revenue for the period came to $562.4 million, ...

Confluent beats expectations but its stock crashes amid day of turmoil for tech stocks

Big-data company Confluent Inc. posted fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue today that topped expectations and offered strong guidance, but even that wasn’t enough to prevent its stock crashing on what was an awful day for the market all round. The company reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 19 cents per ...

Google Cloud’s newest data platforms bring better insights to factory operators

Google Cloud today launched two industry-specific platforms that will enable manufacturers to benefit from what the company says are superior analytics-based insights, predictive maintenance and machine-level anomaly detection. The idea with Google Cloud’s Manufacturing Data Engine and Manufacturing Connect platforms is to help factory operators unify and take action on the masses of data that their ...

Despite revenue beat, Rapid7’s shares fall on weak guidance

Shares of the cybersecurity technology provider Rapid7 Inc. lost ground in after-hours trading today as the company delivered fiscal first-quarter earnings in-line with forecasts but guidance that was lower than expected. The company reported a net loss of $44.9 million, with its loss per share coming to 16 cents. Revenue for the quarter rose 34%, ...

Twilio’s stock moves up, then down, then back up on strong earnings and weak guidance

Shares of Twilio Inc. fluctuated wildly in a frenzied trading session today that came after the company reported strong first-quarter financial results and followed with weak guidance. Twilio’s stock initially gained more than 5% in the regular trading session but then plunged by as much as 18% in extended trading when the company revealed its ...

Server maker Super Micro’s stock soars on strong earnings beat

Data center server maker Super Micro Computer Inc. is flying high today, its stock up more than 10% in after-hours trading after reporting solid fiscal third-quarter results. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $1.55 per share, generating net income of $77 million for the quarter. Revenue for the quarter came ...

Commvault closes on fiscal 2022 with solid earnings and revenue beat

Data protection software firm Commvault Systems Inc. closed its fiscal 2022 year by posting fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue today that comfortably beat expectations. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 75 cents per share on revenue of $205.9 million, up 8% from one year ago and resulting in a ...

AMD grows its revenue by 71%, brushing aside concerns of a semiconductor slowdown

Computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. brushed aside any concerns of a slowdown in the semiconductor industry today as it delivered fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations, sending its stock higher in extended trading. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $1.13 per share on revenue of $5.89 ...

Dell revamps PowerMax, PowerStore and PowerFlex storage arrays with 500+ software updates

Dell Technologies today revealed it has added more than 500 software enhancements to its portfolio of storage arrays. The innovations will enable improvements in intelligence, automation, data mobility and security across clouds, on-premises and edge storage environments for all customers at no added cost, Dell said. Announced at Dell’s annual user conference Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas, ...

Meta AI shares its large language model with AI research community

Meta Platforms Inc.’s artificial intelligence research team said today it’s making large language models more accessible to the scientific and academic research community with the availability of its Open Pretrained Transformer (OPT-175B) model. So-called large language models are natural language processing systems that contain more than 100 billion parameters. LLMs have proven to be transformational ...