Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Chef Software bids to automate compliance with new InSpec 2.0 release

By Mike Wheatley Feb 20, 2018

Software development automation platform provider Chef Software Inc. has once again turned its attention to matters of compliance with a major update to its InSpec framework. Chef calls InSpec 2.0 a “compliance automation solution”…

Emerging Tech

Google’s Verily applies machine learning to retinal scans to predict heart disease

By Mike Wheatley Feb 19, 2018

Verily Life Sciences LLC, the health division of Google LLC’s parent company Alphabet Inc., today detailed the results of its work applying machine learning to retinal images to identify the risk factors of cardiovascular disease.…

Apps

Sony reported to be entering Japan’s ride-hailing market

By Mike Wheatley Feb 19, 2018

Japan’s Sony Corp. is said to be entering the ride-hailing game in its home nation, with reports suggesting that it’s teaming up with a number of local taxi firms on a new system that…

Cloud

Google gains a working IoT platform with $50M Xively acquisition

By Mike Wheatley Feb 15, 2018

Google LLC has moved one step closer to delivering on its promise of a building a fully managed “internet of things” service by acquiring LogMeIn Inc.’s Xively IoT platform. The deal, which is said…

Cloud

VMware buys CloudCoreo to improve cloud application security

By Mike Wheatley Feb 15, 2018

VMware Inc. is stepping up its cloud security game, acquiring a company called CloudCoreo that sells configuration management software. The virtualization software giant said Wednesday that CloudCoreo’s team of less than 10 employees will be…

Emerging Tech

MIT researchers develop neural network chip that’s 95% more energy efficient

By Mike Wheatley Feb 15, 2018

Many of the recent breakthroughs made in artificial intelligence, such as facial recognition and natural language processing systems, simply wouldn’t be possible without the help of neural networks. Neural networks refer to the tightly…

Apps

OpenText acquires cloud collaboration platform provider Hightail

By Mike Wheatley Feb 14, 2018

Enterprise information management company OpenText Corp. today announced the acquisition of Hightail Inc., which offers a cloud-based collaboration and file sharing service, for an undisclosed price. Hightail might not be a big name, but the…

Cloud

Cloud-native group seeks interoperability for serverless computing

By Mike Wheatley Feb 14, 2018

Serverless computing is rapidly emerging as a viable option for enterprises looking to run cloud-native workloads, according to a new whitepaper published by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation this week. The CNCF defines serverless computing…

Cloud

RightScale’s State of the Cloud report shows Microsoft Azure gaining on Amazon

By Mike Wheatley Feb 14, 2018

Enterprises are showing no signs of slowing down in their race to move applications and data into the cloud, challenges around security and spending remain. But the battle among cloud providers for the top…

Emerging Tech

Gartner: Almost half of all CIOs are planning to pilot AI projects soon

By Mike Wheatley Feb 13, 2018

Artificial intelligence may still be seen by some companies as something of an emerging technology, but that won’t be the case for long: Almost half of the chief information officers quizzed in a new…

Mike Wheatley

Chef Software bids to automate compliance with new InSpec 2.0 release

Google’s Verily applies machine learning to retinal scans to predict heart disease

MIT researchers develop neural network chip that’s 95% more energy efficient

Gartner: Almost half of all CIOs are planning to pilot AI projects soon

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