Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

AWS intros Device Defender service for IoT security

By Mike Wheatley Aug 2, 2018

Amazon Web Services Inc. is upping its game in “internet of things” security with Thursday’s launch into general availability of a new fully managed service that audits IoT devices for suspicious activity. The AWS…

Infra

Sealing Treasure Data buy, Arm launches Pelion IoT Platform to manage data on any device

By Mike Wheatley Aug 2, 2018

British chip designer Arm Holdings Plc Thursday announced a new platform for the “internet of things” devices that can handle data from any kind of device on any cloud. The platform was made possible thanks…

Infra

Amazon wants to ditch Oracle’s software by 2020, but analysts say it won’t be easy

By Mike Wheatley Aug 1, 2018

Amazon.com Inc. and Oracle Corp. have famously been at each other’s throats for years, arguing over whose products and services are more superior and offer better value. Even so, Amazon has also been a…

Cloud

Siemens eyes IoT opportunity as it acquires low-code software developer Mendix

By Mike Wheatley Aug 1, 2018

German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said today it’s acquiring “low-code” software development platform provider Mendix Inc. in a deal valued at about $700 million. Siemens will pay cash to acquire Mendix, which has its…

Cloud

Microsoft chips away at Amazon’s lead in the cloud infrastructure market

By Mike Wheatley Aug 1, 2018

If Gartner Inc.’s latest report on the state of the cloud infrastructure-as-a-service market wasn’t surprising in putting Amazon Web Services Inc. well out in front, it does show that Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit had better…

Infra

To save money, enterprises are replacing virtual machines with software containers

By Mike Wheatley Aug 1, 2018

Docker software containers are seeing increased enterprise adoption at the expense of older virtualization technology platforms, according to a new survey from bare-metal container company Diamanti Inc. The company, which quizzed 576 information technology…

Big Data

Confluent’s new release makes Apache Kafka easier to use and more secure

By Mike Wheatley Jul 31, 2018

Confluent Inc. is pressing forward with its goal of making Apache Kafka easier and safer to use, updating its commercial version of the open-source streaming data processing software with enterprise-grade security and new developer…

Apps

After a record-breaking quarter, Apple edges closer to $1 trillion valuation

By Mike Wheatley Jul 31, 2018

Apple Inc. is inching closer toward becoming the world’s first trillion-dollar valuation company after smashing expectations with record-breaking third-quarter earnings. The iPhone maker Tuesday easily beat Wall Street’s forecasts with earnings of $2.34 per…

Cloud

Istio, an open source service mesh for microservices, hits version 1.0

By Mike Wheatley Jul 31, 2018

The open source Istio project is ready for prime time with the release of version 1.0, according to announcements by its key developers, Google LLC, IBM Corp. and Red Hat Inc. Istio is a…

Big Data

Yellowbrick Data exits stealth with $44M and an all-flash data warehouse

By Mike Wheatley Jul 31, 2018

Data warehouse startup Yellowbrick Data Inc. is emerging from stealth mode today after four years in the making, backed by $44 million in venture capital funding. The company is touting what it says is…

Mike Wheatley

AWS intros Device Defender service for IoT security

Sealing Treasure Data buy, Arm launches Pelion IoT Platform to manage data on any device

Siemens eyes IoT opportunity as it acquires low-code software developer Mendix

To save money, enterprises are replacing virtual machines with software containers

Confluent’s new release makes Apache Kafka easier to use and more secure

After a record-breaking quarter, Apple edges closer to $1 trillion valuation

Yellowbrick Data exits stealth with $44M and an all-flash data warehouse

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