Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Facebook’s Superpack data compression technique reduces Android app size by 20%

By Mike Wheatley Sep 13, 2021

Facebook Inc.’s software team has spent the last two years working on a way to compress application code with a view to keeping app sizes more manageable, ultimately coming up with a new technique…

Cloud

Cloud directory service JumpCloud raises $159M in late-stage round at $2.56B valuation

By Mike Wheatley Sep 13, 2021

Cloud directory-as-a-service provider JumpCloud Inc. is getting some serious traction, announcing a $159 million late-stage round of funding today that follows a $100 million raise in January. The Series F round was led by…

Policy

Epic Games appeals verdict in Apple antitrust case

By Mike Wheatley Sep 12, 2021

Epic Games Inc. is not satisfied with the partial victory it won in its antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and is calling on a higher court to reexamine the ruling. On Sunday, the company…

Emerging Tech

Google’s X moonshot factory is helping Chile with its ambitious clean energy push

By Mike Wheatley Sep 9, 2021

Alphabet Inc.’s X Development LLC, formerly known as Google X and now simply “X,” is working with the Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional in Chile to virtualize that country’s electrical transmission grid and develop new grid…

Cloud

Cloud analytics firm Sumo Logic delivers earnings beat

By Mike Wheatley Sep 9, 2021

Cloud analytics software provider Sumo Logic Inc. just managed to beat expectations for its fiscal second-quarter results today, but the market was less than impressed as its stock fell sharply in after-hours trading. The…

Cloud

Box CEO Aaron Levie defeats Starboard’s bid to oust him

By Mike Wheatley Sep 9, 2021

Activist investor Starboard Value LP has failed in its bid to oust Box Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Aaron Levie and two other directors from the company’s 10-person board. The three directors easily beat…

Security

Dell doubles down on ransomware protection with new software and services

By Mike Wheatley Sep 9, 2021

Dell Technologies Inc. is stepping up to the challenge of helping organizations protect themselves against the rising threat of ransomware. It announced the launch of new software and services today that help accelerate virtual…

Cloud

Amazon EKS Anywhere launches into general availability

By Mike Wheatley Sep 8, 2021

Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced that its Amazon EKS Anywhere service is generally available now. The service is an extension of the Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, which is a managed offering that makes…

Big Data

Couchbase misses targets in its first-ever earnings report and its stock crumbles

By Mike Wheatley Sep 8, 2021

Database software maker Couchbase Inc. saw its stock crumble away in after-hours trading after reporting a bigger-than-expected loss in its first earnings call since listing on the Nasdaq exchange in June. The company reported…

Security

FireMon buys DisruptOps and welcomes back its former CEO

By Mike Wheatley Sep 8, 2021

Network security policy management startup FireMon LLC is welcoming its former chief executive officer back into the fold as it expands into risk monitoring and incident response with the acquisition of fellow startup DisruptOps…

Mike Wheatley

Facebook’s Superpack data compression technique reduces Android app size by 20%

Epic Games appeals verdict in Apple antitrust case

Google’s X moonshot factory is helping Chile with its ambitious clean energy push

Dell doubles down on ransomware protection with new software and services

Couchbase misses targets in its first-ever earnings report and its stock crumbles

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