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

Data discovery firm Waterline Data grabs $14.5M funding round

Data discovery software provider Waterline Data Inc. is setting its sights on “global expansion” after raising $14.5 million in a new round of funding today. The Series C round, led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Jackson Square Ventures, Partech Ventures and Infosys Ltd., brings the company’s total capital raised to $37.5 million. Waterline Data sells ...

Google adds more machine learning features to Firebase

Google LLC is adding new capabilities to its Firebase mobile and web application development framework in order to make it more appealing to users from large enterprises. Google has been steadily rolling out updates to Firebase ever since it bought the service back in 2014, with the aim being to create a full-fledged platform for ...

Mirantis launches Kubernetes-based edge computing platform

Private-cloud infrastructure company Mirantis Inc. is switching its attention to the edge computing market with the launch of Mirantis Cloud Platform Edge, which is based on the open source Kubernetes container orchestration software. Mirantis said the main target market for MCP Edge is telecommunications providers, which need an easy way to roll out 5G services at ...

Chip giant Intel shows its resilience with blowout earnings

Intel Corp. is riding high today after posting better-than-expected third-quarter results thanks to record-breaking revenue from its data center group. The company, whose computer chips continue to power the vast majority of the world’s laptops, desktops and servers, posted a profit of $6.4 billion, or $1.38 per share, on revenue of $19.2 billion, up 19 percent ...

Mesosphere makes Kubernetes and Jupyter Notebooks available as a service

Data center operating system provider Mesosphere Inc. is updating its platform in a new release today that makes Kubernetes and Jupyter Notebooks available “as a service” for the first time. Mesosphere shot to fame around five years ago with the launch of its Data Center Operating System, or DC/OS, which is based on the open-source ...

Cloud security-as-a-service startup Arctic Wolf lands $45M Series C round

Cybersecurity startup Arctic Wolf Networks Inc. is cashing in on enterprises’ fears of becoming the next high-profile hacking victim, raising $45 million in a new round of funding. Future Fund led the Series C investment in the Sunnyvale, California-based company, which sells a security operations center-as-a-service, bringing the company’s total amount raised to $91.2 million. ...

Edge infrastructure firm Scale Computing raises $34.8M round

Hyperconverged infrastructure and edge computing startup Scale Computing Inc. today said it has landed $34.8 million in a late-stage round of funding. Scale Computing’s promise is a simple one, helping smaller organizations to identify, correct and mitigate problems with their information technology infrastructure so they can keep their systems up and running without any need for ...

Machine learning automation startup DataRobot lands $100M round

Well-funded machine learning startup DataRobot Inc. has just added $100 million more to its war chest via a late-stage round of funding led by Meritech and Sapphire Ventures. DFJ Growth and existing investors NEA, IA Ventures and Intel Capital also participated in the Series D round, which brings DataRobot’s total funding to date to $225 million. ...

ServiceNow beats earnings forecast as customer acquisition strategy gathers speed

Updated: ServiceNow Inc. is feeling good about itself after posting solid financial results again in its latest quarter, beating market expectations and seeing its stock price edge upwards in after-hours trading. The company, which sells workflow automation software to enterprises, reported third-quarter income before certain costs such as stock compensation of $129 million, or 72 ...

Former Microsoft Windows boss Terry Myerson becomes a venture capitalist

Former Microsoft Corp. executive Terry Myerson is joining the venture capital business about six months after announcing his departure from the Redmond-based software giant. Myerson, a 21-year company veteran who most recently served as Microsoft’s executive vice president of Windows and Devices, quit the company in the summer after announcing plans to do so in March. ...