Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Google updates Anthos and debuts a new app modernization program

By Mike Wheatley Aug 25, 2020

Google LLC today expanded the capabilities of its hybrid cloud application development platform Anthos, with an eye to helping companies modernize their most critical business applications. To that end, Google also announced during its…

Cloud

IPO explosion: Snowflake leads a wave of filings to go public

By Mike Wheatley Aug 24, 2020

Fast-growing cloud computing company Snowflake Computing Inc. filed plans to go public today, joining five other Bay Area startups that have announced similar plans as well today. Snowflake said in its IPO filing that…

Big Data

Confluent adds ‘cluster linking’ to Apache Kafka to make event data globally accessible

By Mike Wheatley Aug 24, 2020

Confluent Inc. said today it’s introducing a new “cluster linking” feature to its event streaming platforms. The idea is to make event data globally available to businesses, no matter if it resides in multiple…

Cloud

Microsoft looks to secure more cloud contracts with foreign governments

By Mike Wheatley Aug 23, 2020

Microsoft Corp. is eyeing more cloud computing deals similar to the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract it won from the U.S. Department of Defense last year. The company is targeting foreign governments…

Big Data

Google adds near real-time wildfire data to Maps

By Mike Wheatley Aug 20, 2020

Google LLC said today it has updated its Maps and Search tools to show wildfire boundaries so people can see exactly where they’re located in real time and work out how to avoid them. In…

Cloud

Alibaba Cloud reports strong first-quarter sales

By Mike Wheatley Aug 20, 2020

China’s Alibaba Group Ltd. said today that its cloud computing business saw strong growth in its fiscal first quarter amid rising demand from industries including the financial services and retail sectors. The growth comes…

AI

Apple reportedly acquired augmented reality startup Camerai 18 months ago

By Mike Wheatley Aug 20, 2020

Apple Inc. reportedly acquired an Israeli startup called Camerai around 18 months ago for “several tens of millions of dollars” and quickly folded it into its computer vision team, according to a report in…

Policy

FinOps Foundation launches to promote best cloud financial practices

By Mike Wheatley Aug 20, 2020

The FinOps Foundation announced its formation today, saying it aims to advance best practices, education and standard for cloud financial management. Backed by the Linux Foundation, the FinOps Foundation said it’s focused on “codifying and…

Security

Pentest-as-a-service provider Cobalt Labs raises $29M in new funding

By Mike Wheatley Aug 20, 2020

Penetration-test-as-a-service company Cobalt Labs Inc. today expanded its war chest after landing $29 million in a funding round that brings its total amount raised to $37 million. Highland Europe led the round, and Cobalt said…

Big Data

BigID adds Hyperscan tool for large volumes of unstructured data

By Mike Wheatley Aug 20, 2020

Data protection and privacy startup BigID Inc. said today it’s adding a new Hyperscan technology to its platform that enables customers to scan large volumes of unstructured file data hosted in their internal data…

Mike Wheatley

IPO explosion: Snowflake leads a wave of filings to go public

Confluent adds ‘cluster linking’ to Apache Kafka to make event data globally accessible

Google adds near real-time wildfire data to Maps

Apple reportedly acquired augmented reality startup Camerai 18 months ago

Pentest-as-a-service provider Cobalt Labs raises $29M in new funding

BigID adds Hyperscan tool for large volumes of unstructured data

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