Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Workday creates $250M venture fund for emerging tech such as AI and blockchain

By Mike Wheatley Feb 7, 2018

Cloud business software provider Workday Inc. has become the latest technology firm to create its own investment arm. The company today announced the launch of a $250 million venture fund that will focus on new technologies…

Apps

Google adds new ways to collaborate on Office files using G Suite

By Mike Wheatley Feb 7, 2018

Google LLC is hoping to steal more enterprise customers from Microsoft Corp. with an update to its G Suite productivity platform that’s designed to make it more compatible with Office documents. The update, announced…

Big Data

HarperDB launches new HTAP database for the ‘internet of things’

By Mike Wheatley Feb 7, 2018

Startup HarperDB Inc. is emerging from stealth mode today with a faster database specifically for software developers creating applications for the “internet of things.” Combining traditional SQL for structured data and NoSQL for other kinds…

Cloud

Cisco says virtually all data center workloads will be based in the cloud by 2021

By Mike Wheatley Feb 6, 2018

Cloud services are becoming so ubiquitous that they will account for virtually all data center traffic within the next three years, according to a new report from Cisco Systems Inc. The latest Cisco Global…

Infra

Startup Pensa delivers new platform for automating software-driven networks

By Mike Wheatley Feb 6, 2018

Intelligent automation software startup Pensa Inc. is adding to its product portfolio with today’s release of Pensa Maestro NFV, a new offering designed to automate the process of replacing dedicated network hardware with software…

Infra

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet’s earnings beat expectations

By Mike Wheatley Feb 5, 2018

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet Inc. gave itself a big pat on the back Monday after posting fourth-quarter earnings results that comfortably beat Wall Street’s forecast. The company, based in Sunnyvale, California, reported a net loss…

Cloud

Cloud infrastructure giants Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba all gain market share

By Mike Wheatley Feb 4, 2018

Enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services in the fourth quarter of 2017 leaped by 46 percent to more than $13 billion from the previous year, according to a new report released Friday by Synergy Research Group.…

Cloud

Heptio announces new Kubernetes subscription service for multicloud deployments

By Mike Wheatley Feb 4, 2018

Startup Heptio Inc. is looking to differentiate its platform from the numerous Kubernetes software distributions inundating the market with what it calls the first “undistribution” of the container orchestration software. Heptio’s new Kubernetes subscription…

Infra

Broadcom ups its bid to acquire Qualcomm to $121B

By Mike Wheatley Feb 4, 2018

Updated: U.S.- and Singapore-based semiconductor firm Broadcom Ltd. doesn’t like taking no for an answer. The company, which recently saw an offer to acquire rival chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. rejected, Monday said it has…

Emerging Tech

Lightelligence aims to accelerate AI workloads to light speed

By Mike Wheatley Feb 2, 2018

Boston-based startup Lightelligence has just landed $10 million in seed funding as it bids to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads with a new technology based on light. The round was led by Baidu Venture and…

Mike Wheatley

Workday creates $250M venture fund for emerging tech such as AI and blockchain

Google adds new ways to collaborate on Office files using G Suite

HarperDB launches new HTAP database for the ‘internet of things’

Startup Pensa delivers new platform for automating software-driven networks

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet’s earnings beat expectations

Heptio announces new Kubernetes subscription service for multicloud deployments

Broadcom ups its bid to acquire Qualcomm to $121B

Lightelligence aims to accelerate AI workloads to light speed

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