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

Pepperdata moves into GPU monitoring and optimization for data-intensive apps

Big data infrastructure management firm Pepperdata Inc. is turning its attention to high-performance workloads, launching a new monitoring tool today for graphics processing units that power data-intensive applications such as Apache Spark on Kubernetes. Pepperdata sells software that’s used to manage and fine-tune workloads that run on big data frameworks such as Apache Hadoop and Spark. ...

Data observability startup Monte Carlo raises $60M in Series C funding

A startup called Monte Carlo Inc. is looking to extend its lead in an emerging category for data observability tools after announcing a $60 million funding round today. ICONIQ Growth led the Series C round, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and existing backers Accel, GGV Capital and Redpoint Ventures, bringing Monte Carlo’s total amount raised ...

Amazon debuts a new generation of x86-based workhorse compute instances

Amazon Web Services Inc. is updating its family of general-purpose EC2 compute instances, adding a new generation of Intel Corp. x86-based compute options into the mix. The new Amazon EC2 M6i instances announced today are intended to provide a better balance of compute, memory, storage and network resources, Amazon said. They’re built on the AWS ...

SAP buys SwoopTalent for its people analytics platform

SAP SE is getting into people analytics after acquiring intellectual property and key talent from a company called SwoopTalent Corp. for an undisclosed sum. SwoopTalent has created platform that automatically connects talent systems and data for analytics, machine learning and migrations. SAP said that following today’s acquisition it’s planning to embed SwoopTalent’s technology with its ...

Sales enablement firm Seismic buys coaching startup Lessonly and raises $170M late-stage funding

Sales enablement technology provider Seismic Software Inc. is expanding into coaching and training after acquiring Lessonly Inc. and landing $170 million in a late-stage round of funding today. Seismic said the Series G round brings its valuation to $3 billion, and will help to fund its research and development efforts and expand its global footprint. ...

Abacus.AI debuts industry-first platform for building, training and running deep learning models

Abacus.AI Inc. today launched what it says is the world’s first enterprise-scale, real-time machine learning and deep learning operations platform today. The startup’s platform enables companies large and small to stream real-time events such as clickstream data, online purchases, social media interactions and media views from websites and “internet of things” sensors. Then, that data can ...

Identity security firm CyberArk posts mixed financial results

Security company CyberArk Software Ltd. saw its stock gain in extended trading today despite posting mixed second-quarter financial results that saw it miss earnings targets. The Israel-based company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of a penny per share on revenue of $117.2 million, up 10% from the same period one year ...

New customers flock to Palantir, driving strong revenue growth

Data analytics company Palantir Technologies Inc. saw its stock close up more than 11% in regular trading thanks to solid second-quarter results, a string of new customer deals and strong guidance for the next three months. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 4 cents per share on revenue of ...

Next Pathway automates data validation and testing for cloud app migration

Next Pathway Inc., a provider of automated cloud migration technologies, has added key data validation and test automation capabilities to its toolbox. The new version of Shift Tester, announced today, works by automatically testing what the company says are three core areas that require validation during any cloud migration project, namely data, data quality and ...

Tech giants throw weight behind open-source eBPF to make IT infrastructure more intelligent

A group of big tech firms is backing a new open-source software effort that aims to make the Linux operating system kernel more programmable. Announced today, the move promises to help information technology infrastructure become more intelligent, scalable and feature-rich without adding any complexity. The likes of Google LLC, Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Netflix Inc. ...