Mike Wheatley
Latest from Mike Wheatley
IBM outlines a new cloud push, with an emphasis on AI and security across clouds
IBM Corp. is hoping to entice more enterprises to its cloud platforms with a raft of updates aimed at boosting security and enabling artificial intelligence workloads and “multicloud” deployments. The company’s announcements will be made Tuesday during its annual Think Conference taking place in Las Vegas this week, where the overriding theme is all about its ...
Japanese regulators raid Amazon’s Tokyo HQ in antitrust probe
Authorities in Japan have raided Amazon.com Inc.’s offices in Tokyo as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation, local media reports said Sunday. The raid was said to have been carried out by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission late last week, in a bid to collect evidence for its probe into the company. An Amazon spokesperson told SiliconANGLE ...
CACI trumps General Dynamics’ bid to acquire defense IT contractor CSRA
Defense contractor CACI International Inc. is trying to scuttle rival firm General Dynamics Corp.’s bid to acquire CSRA Inc. with its own $7.2 billion offer to buy out the company. CACI’s new offer of $44 in cash and stock per share exceeds the $40.75 per share all-cash offer that was agreed between CSRA and General ...
Microsoft open-sources its Service Fabric microservices infrastructure platform
Microsoft Corp. is open-sourcing one of its most important pieces of software, Service Fabric. The software is the foundational technology that powers the core infrastructure of its Azure cloud platform, as well as other services such as Skype for Business, Intune, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Data Factory, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Dynamics 365 and ...
Open Networking Foundation’s Stratum project aims to make generic gear more programmable
The Open Networking Foundation has launched a new open-source project that aims to create a reference platform for generic networking gear known as “white boxes” to make them more easily programmable. The project, called Stratum, will also support a new set of software-defined networking interfaces created by the group, which are designed to make the ...
Google adds new device management and security options to Chrome Enterprise
Google LLC today announced that it’s strengthening the security of its Chrome Enterprise operating system for business users with a bunch of new features and partnerships aimed at protecting devices in the far reaches of the cloud. Google launched Chrome Enterprise last August as a solution for businesses managing large deployments of devices running Chrome ...
Cloudian buys software-defined storage partner Infinity Storage
Object storage appliance provider Cloudian Inc. has decided that its partnership with Infinity Storage was so successful that it has bought the company outright. Cloudian sells an object storage appliance it claims is “infinitely scalable,” with integrated data management features and broad interoperability. Object storage supports unstructured data, and it’s increasingly popular in big-data projects. ...
Airtable launches new low-code platform as it lands $52M funding round
Airtable, an enterprise productivity software provider that combines the simplicity of spreadsheets with the power of databases, is getting into the low-code software development game. The startup is expanding its platform with the launch of Airtable Blocks, enabling those with no previous coding experience to build useful business applications that can leverage new advances in ...
Microsoft to launch major update for Outlook.com in coming weeks
After beta-testing a major update to its web-based email client Outlook.com for the past six months, Microsoft Corp. says it’s all set to release the new version to the masses. Microsoft officials said Wednesday that Outlook.com users would be moved to the new experience over the next few weeks. In addition, the company is launching ...
Microsoft plans more Azure regions in Germany, Switzerland and the UAE
Microsoft Corp. is continuing to expand its Azure public cloud platform, saying it plans to add new regions in Germany, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. Microsoft made the announcement Wednesday shortly after details of the expansion plans were leaked to media. The company said it’s planning to add two regions in UAE, one each in Abu ...