Mike Wheatley
Latest from Mike Wheatley
Cloud data protection company Druva Inc. is expanding its capabilities for Amazon Web Services Inc. The updates announced today as AWS’ re:Invent conference begins in Las Vegas include new backup services for the Amazon Simple Storage Service, archiving capabilities for Amazon Elastic …
UK antitrust watchdog investigates Google’s acquisition of Looker
The U.K.’s competition watchdog today said it’s probing Google’s $2.6 billion acquisition of business intelligence startup Looker Data Sciences Inc. The Competition and Markets Authority said it was considering whether the deal could hurt competition in the U.K. or other markets and …
AppSheet adds predictive machine learning to its no-code app development tools
No code application software company AppSheet is expanding its skillset today by adding predictive machine learning capabilities and optical character recognition to its platform to help users make more intelligent business apps. AppSheet is one of several “no-code” platform providers that enable …
Formula One runs aerodynamic simulations on AWS to improve race car design
Always keen to showcase the capabilities of its public cloud computing platform at its annual re:Invent conference this week in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services Inc. today revealed a new project by existing customer Formula One Group as well as two brand-new …
Nvidia uses federated learning to enable AI in hospitals
Nvidia Corp. wants to make artificial intelligence a staple of the healthcare industry with a new distributed learning technique announced today that can train machine learning models while protecting patient privacy. AI holds great promise, but for industries such as healthcare where …
EU launches new antitrust probe into Google data collection practices
European Union antitrust regulators are targeting Google LLC again, this time scrutinizing its data collection practices in Europe, Reuters reported today. The new investigation comes just a few months after the EU imposed a record fine on the company for its alleged …
Russia’s Sberbank invests in driverless car tech firm Cognitive
Russian financial services giant PJSC Sberbank has expanded its technology portfolio to include driverless cars after making a substantial investment in local artificial intelligence transport firm Cognitive Technologies. Sberbank has signed a legally binding agreement with Cognitive Technologies that will lead to …
AI in the cloud: AWS makes machine learning more accessible for developers
Amazon Web Services Inc.’s re:Invent conference is still nearly a week away, but you wouldn’t know it from the sheer number of new products and updates its announced in recent days — especially in artificial intelligence, likely to be a key focus …
As Xerox steps up acquisition pursuit, HP delivers strong earnings
Personal computer and printer maker HP Inc. delivered strong fiscal fourth-quarter results that topped expectations on profit and revenue, sending its shares up slightly in after-hours trading. The results come at a tumultuous time for the company, which is struggling to fend …
Despite VMware boost, Dell misses revenue targets as US-China trade tensions bite
Dell Technologies Inc. missed revenue targets today as its server business struggled with higher costs and lower demand in a market left reeling by ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China. The infrastructure technology giant reported a third-quarter profit before certain …