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.

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Dell updates its PowerProtect data protection suite for Kubernetes apps

Dell Technologies Inc. has expanded its PowerProtect family of software and appliances that’s used by companies to protect, manage and recover their most critical application data. Dell said early Wednesday that its updated portfolio gives customers greater agility by meeting their data protection needs across VMware and Kubernetes environments, as well as in public clouds ...

Amazon simplifies network traffic inspection with AWS Gateway Load Balancer

Amazon Web Services Inc. announced general availability today of a new service that it says makes it easier for customers to use outside virtual network appliances on its cloud infrastructure. AWS Gateway Load Balancer makes it simple and cost-effective to deploy, scale and manage virtual appliances such as firewalls or network monitoring systems in the ...

Datadog delivers again with a quarterly earnings beat but light billings hit stock

Data monitoring and analytics provider Datadog Inc.’s stock fell almost 7% in late trading today even after it posted strong third-quarter results that comfortably beat analysts’ expectations. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 5 cents per share on revenue of $154.7 million, up 61% from a year ago. Wall ...

Google’s latest AI tools help doctors read medical records faster

Google LLC is trying to lift some of the burden from overworked physicians and doctors with new cloud services launched today that it says can automate the review and programmatic analysis of medical documents. The aim is to help them increase productivity and prevent the burnout of healthcare workers who are under more pressure than ever before ...

Adobe buys marketing software firm Workfront for $1.5B to boost Experience Cloud

Adobe Inc. announced today it has inked a deal to acquire the marketing software company Workfront Inc. for $1.5 billion. The company, which sells cloud-based software for creatives and designers, said it plans to integrate Workfront’s software with its Experience Cloud offering, which is used to manage customized marketing campaigns, content delivery, analytics, data, advertising and ...

Pressured by investors, F5 Networks announces $1B stock buyback

Network security and traffic management company F5 Networks Inc. saw its stock jump almost 7% in pre-market trading today after announcing plans to buy back $1 billion worth of its stock over the next two years. The company said the plan involves the “accelerated repurchase” of $500 million worth of its stock in fiscal 2021, ...

Cellwize raises $32M for its RAN automation platform that helps speed up 5G deployments

Mobile network automation and orchestration provider Cellwize Wireless Technologies Inc. said today it has secured $32 million in a funding round led by Intel Capital and Qualcomm Ventures LLC. Verizon Ventures, Samsung Next and existing investors Viola Ventures, DTCP, GreenApple Tech, Vintage Investment Partners, and Sonae IM also participated in the Series B round, which ...

Dell launches new HPC systems for genomics, digital manufacturing and AI

Dell Technologies Inc. is stepping up its high-performance computing game with the launch of new systems and services designed for use cases such as genomics, digital manufacturing and artificial intelligence. The new systems, announced today, are part of the Dell EMC Ready Solutions family of compute and server hardware that’s customized for specific workloads. With the ...

Cloudflare’s stock jumps on solid earnings and revenue beat

Shares in the network security and internet traffic management firm Cloudflare Inc. jumped more than 10% in after-hours trading today after it posted third-quarter earnings and revenue that easily topped analysts’ forecasts. The company, which is based in San Francisco, reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 2 cents per share on ...

New Relic’s stock tumbles on bigger-than-expected loss

New Relic Inc.‘s stock was taken to the cleaners again today after it posted second-quarter earnings that fell some way short of Wall Street’s expectations. The company reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 7 cents per share on revenue of $166.1 million. Wall Street had been reckoning a profit of ...