Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Infra

Extreme Networks brings agility and automation to data center networks

By Mike Wheatley Nov 5, 2018

Networking company Extreme Networks Inc. aims to help enterprises along their “digital transformation” journey. Today, the company is pitching a new set of hardware and software offerings designed to manage multiple cloud environments better.…

AI

Facebook open-sources its reinforcement learning toolkit Horizon

By Mike Wheatley Nov 1, 2018

Facebook Inc. has open-sourced another important piece of artificial intelligence software designed to help developers build “reinforcement learning models” into their software applications. Starting today, developers can use Facebook’s Horizon software toolkit to build applications…

Security

Symantec posts solid earnings with ‘good wins’ in endpoint security

By Mike Wheatley Nov 1, 2018

Cybersecurity company Symantec Corp. saw its stock price jump almost 8 percent in after hours-trading Thursday after beating expectations on both profits and guidance. Symantec reported a fiscal second-quarter net loss of $8 million,…

Apps

Apple stock tanks after it says it will stop reporting how many devices it sells

By Mike Wheatley Nov 1, 2018

Updated: IPhone maker Apple Inc. dragged down tech stocks in after-hours trading late today thanks to a light forecast for its next quarter and a warning to investors it would stop providing unit sales…

Security

Qualys buys Layered Insight so it can offer more robust container security tools

By Mike Wheatley Oct 31, 2018

Cybersecurity software provider Qualys Inc. has gotten its checkbook out in order to add new container-focused security features to its platform. The company said Tuesday it’s acquiring a startup called Layered Insight Inc., which offers…

Security

Google adds new features to protect user accounts

By Mike Wheatley Oct 31, 2018

Google LLC is taking advantage of a quiet news week to beef up the security of its user accounts. The company today announced four new features that are designed to beef up protection before and…

Infra

Gravitational packages Kubernetes into snapshots for simple on-premises deployment

By Mike Wheatley Oct 31, 2018

Cloud infrastructure compliance specialist Gravitational Inc. today announced it’s selling a new packaging tool for Kubernetes that it claims will make it quick and easy to run the container orchestration software inside on-premises data centers.…

Infra

Samsung’s memory chips drive another record quarterly profit, but slower times ahead

By Mike Wheatley Oct 30, 2018

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. gave its investors plenty to think about today as it forecast weaker-than-expected earnings ahead shortly after posting a record operating profit in the third quarter. Samsung reported an operating profit of…

Infra

Cray announces Shasta, a supercomputer designed for enterprises

By Mike Wheatley Oct 30, 2018

Supercomputer company Cray Inc. today unveiled what it says is its first “exascale-capable” machine, one that ultimately will be able to do a quintillion calculations per second. Shasta, as it’s called, is designed for enterprises that need…

Cloud

Microsoft chooses new chip supplier Xilinx for half of Azure’s AI workloads

By Mike Wheatley Oct 30, 2018

Microsoft Corp. is reportedly diversifying its chip suppliers for its Azure cloud infrastructure, using highly specialized semiconductor technology from Xilinx Inc. in addition to those from its chief supplier Intel Corp. Microsoft’s move comes…

Mike Wheatley

Facebook open-sources its reinforcement learning toolkit Horizon

Symantec posts solid earnings with ‘good wins’ in endpoint security

Apple stock tanks after it says it will stop reporting how many devices it sells

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