Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Google Cloud poaches longtime Oracle exec Amit Zavery

By Mike Wheatley Mar 11, 2019

Google LLC has poached another key executive from its rival Oracle Corp. as it continues to rebuild its cloud management team under the leadership of its new Chief Executive Thomas Kurian. Amit Zavery (pictured) today…

Apps

F5 Networks buys NGINX for $670M to move into app delivery services

By Mike Wheatley Mar 11, 2019

Network traffic management company F5 Networks Inc. said today it plans to acquire NGINX Inc. in a deal valued at $670 million, part of a bid to capitalize on the popularity of multicloud deployments. F5…

Infra

Reports: Nvidia to acquire networking startup Mellanox for $7B

By Mike Wheatley Mar 10, 2019

Updated below: Computer graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. reportedly has won a bidding war to acquire hot Israeli startup called Mellanox Technologies Ltd. that had also caught the eye of Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp.…

Big Data

Tibco Software buys SnappyData for real-time analytics on Apache Spark

By Mike Wheatley Mar 7, 2019

Data integration software firm Tibco Software Inc. said today it has acquired a startup called SnappyData Inc. as it looks to boost the real-time analytics capabilities of its platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were…

Apps

Google launches Rewarded Products to help developers earn on their apps

By Mike Wheatley Mar 7, 2019

Google LLC is trying to make it easier for Android developers to monetize application users with a new Google Play service it’s calling “Rewarded Products.” The service, introduced today, enables developers to offer perks…

Cloud

Okta buys workflow automation startup Azuqua for $52.5M

By Mike Wheatley Mar 7, 2019

Cloud identity management company Okta Inc. today announced the acquisition of “low code” workflow automation startup Azuqua Inc. in a deal valued at $52.5 million. The announcement came as the company posted its fourth-quarter earnings…

Apps

Transposit grabs $12.2M Series A funding to simplify API composition

By Mike Wheatley Mar 7, 2019

Startup Transposit Corp. wants to solve developer’s headaches with its new application programming interface composition platform after raising $12.2 million in a new round of funding. Sutter Hill Ventures led the Series A round, with…

Policy

France shakes down foreign tech firms with a new 3% tax

By Mike Wheatley Mar 6, 2019

France’s government is taking aim at big internet companies such as Amazon.com Inc., Google LLC and Facebook Inc. with a new 3 percent tax on their French revenues. The move is designed to prevent…

Apps

Apple to recruit 1,200 engineering staff at new San Diego facility

By Mike Wheatley Mar 6, 2019

Apple Inc. today said it’s planning to hire 1,200 additional employees over the next three years to work at a planned new facility in San Diego, which is not coincidentally the home base of one…

Security

Google’s new Web Risk API protects apps from malicious URLs

By Mike Wheatley Mar 6, 2019

Google LLC today added more security features to its cloud platform as it bids to stay one step ahead of cyberattackers who are constantly on the lookout for new targets to attack. The new…

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Tibco Software buys SnappyData for real-time analytics on Apache Spark

Google launches Rewarded Products to help developers earn on their apps

Apple to recruit 1,200 engineering staff at new San Diego facility

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