Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile.

Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach.

Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Snowflake lands massive $263M funding round to expand its cloud data warehouse

CLOUD By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Cloud data warehouse company Snowflake Computing Inc. has just been handed a big fat wallet to fuel its growth after closing on a massive $263 million round of funding. The Series E round was led by ICONIQ Capital, Altimeter Capital and newcomer …

Microsoft’s Diagnostic Data Viewer lets Windows users see the data it collects on them

BIG DATA By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has faced years of criticism over its practice of slurping data from Windows 10 users. Organizations such as the European Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have complained, and France actually ordered the software giant to stop tracking its users. …

The Linux Foundation creates new umbrella organization for open network projects

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Finding itself close to being overwhelmed by the sheer number of open-source networking projects it manages, the Linux Foundation said Tuesday it has decided to create a single administrative structure to govern them all. Called the “LF Networking Fund,” the new initiative …

Microsoft slims down Windows Server Core container operating system

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has managed to slim down the already slimmed down version of its operating system for virtualized and software container environments. Windows Server Core, as the operating system is known, does away with nonessential components such as a fancy user interface …

Cumulus Networks lands $43M funding as investors bet on shift to open networks

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Open networking company Cumulus Networks Inc. has closed on a $43 million late-stage funding round as it bids to capitalize on an enterprise shift to more agile data center operations that can change quickly with shifting needs. The Series D financing round …

AI research guru Yann LeCun shifts role at Facebook as new AI boss joins

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. is restructuring its artificial intelligence research teams, hiring a new leader to head up its research lab and Applied Machine Learning group, which implements AI tech into many of its products. Yann LeCun (pictured), a prominent AI expert who founded …

Facebook acquires online identity authentication startup Confirm

APPS By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. said today it has acquired Confirm Inc., a startup specializing in authenticating government-issued identity documents, for an undisclosed amount. The social media giant isn’t saying what it intends to do with the technology. But the acquisition comes amid broader efforts by …

Rainforest QA lands $25M funding round to expand its human software testing platform

APPS By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Software testing provider Rainforest QA Inc. is gearing up for expansion after landing a $25 million round of funding. The Series B round was led by SVB Capital, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Capital, Rincon Ventures and Initialized Capital, …

Megadeals propel venture capital investments to record high in 2017

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

The amount of money invested into startups hit a new annual high in 2017 as venture capital firms made big bets on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and automotive systems. KPMG Enterprise, a subsidiary of KPMG Services Pte. Ltd., said in …

Intel asks users to hold off patching Meltdown and Spectre security bugs

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Intel Corp. has told its hardware and software partners to stop distributing a security patch intended to fix the Meltdown and Spectre bugs that affect the majority of computers using its processor chips. The chipmaker began rolling out the fix in December, …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Microsoft’s Diagnostic Data Viewer lets Windows users see the data it collects on them

The Linux Foundation creates new umbrella organization for open network projects

Microsoft slims down Windows Server Core container operating system

Cumulus Networks lands $43M funding as investors bet on shift to open networks

AI research guru Yann LeCun shifts role at Facebook as new AI boss joins

Facebook acquires online identity authentication startup Confirm

Rainforest QA lands $25M funding round to expand its human software testing platform

Megadeals propel venture capital investments to record high in 2017

Intel asks users to hold off patching Meltdown and Spectre security bugs

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