Mike Wheatley
Latest from Mike Wheatley
Splunk acquires staff and technology assets from former rival Rocana
A fairly heated dispute between two leading business intelligence platform providers seems to be done and dusted after Splunk Inc. said it’s acquiring some technology and intellectual property assets from rival Rocana Inc. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Publicly held Splunk is fairly well-known as a leader in business intelligence, offering a ...
SAP and VMware partner to make enterprise IoT deployments easier
Software giants SAP SE and VMware Inc. are teaming up to launch a new enterprise-focused “internet of things” initiative that encompasses devices, the cloud, infrastructure and other applications. The two companies said their new partnership is all about accelerating and streamlining enterprise internet of things initiatives. The goal, they said, is to enable “fast deployment, ...
Ascendify lands $11M funding to bring predictive analytics to talent management
Skills shortages are a growing problem for enterprises today, preventing many from adopting new technologies such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence. To address this challenge, a startup called Ascendify Corp. is touting its Intelligent People Management talent acquisition platform as a possible solution. Ascendify’s talent recruitment platform is built on what the company calls ...
Red Hat adds software-defined storage to application containers
Linux company Red Hat Inc. is bringing what it calls “versatile software-defined storage” to its OpenShift Container Platform. The idea is to make it easier for those working with the platform to provision, manage, scale and upgrade their storage environments for container-based workloads. The new feature comes as part of Red Hat’s Container-Native Storage 3.6 release, a ...
Pensa emerges from stealth with tools to automate software-defined data centers
A new startup that wants to help developers spin up virtual data centers more easily has just emerged from stealth mode: Pensa Inc., which today launched the first of its products alongside the hiring of a high-profile chief executive officer to lead its efforts. The new CEO is Tom Joyce (pictured), who previously served as a senior ...
Gartner says worldwide IT spending will grow 4.3% in 2018
Gartner Inc. says organizations will hike their spending on global information technology next year as they step up their digital transformation efforts. The analyst firm said at its Gartner Symposium/Itxpo in Orlando, Florida, Tuesday that it expects worldwide IT spending to hit $3.7 trillion in 2018, up from the $3.5 trillion its forecast for 2017. ...
Broadcom’s $5.5B deal to buy Brocade is delayed again
Broadcom Ltd.’s proposed $5.5 billion acquisition of network equipment maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. has been pushed back amid regulatory review hurdles. Semiconductor maker Broadcom announced its intention to acquire Brocade back in November, but the deal has been repeatedly delayed due to regulator concerns that it might be anticompetitive. The original acquisition agreement gave ...
NetApp expands hybrid cloud partnership with Microsoft Azure
NetApp Inc. said it’s launching a new service that aims to make it easier to migrate workloads to Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud. On Tuesday the company launched its Microsoft Azure Enterprise Network File System as a service in the Azure cloud. The service makes it easier to move on-premises applications using the service to Microsoft’s ...
ServiceNow acquires design firm Telepathy to deliver easier-to-use apps
Information technology management company ServiceNow Inc. already has a strong reputation for delivering enterprise-class capabilities, and now it’s trying to win over more customers by delivering greater aesthetic value as well. To that end, company has just acquired a design studio called Telepathy to help transform its user interface and experience knowhow. ServiceNow said it’s ...
CIOs must set their sights on business objectives to stay relevant
Chief information officers need to look beyond controlling costs and engineering processes and consider how their role relates to business objectives such as increasing revenues and the development of talent, a new Gartner Inc. survey has concluded. Gartner’s 2017 CIO Agenda Survey, released Monday, found that an overwhelming 95 percent of CIOs believe digitalization will lead ...