Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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French aerospace contractor Thales buys digital security firm Gemalto for $5.6B

By Mike Wheatley Dec 17, 2017

French aerospace contractor Thales Group Sunday said it will acquire the digital security startup Gemalto NV in an all-cash deal worth $5.6 billion. The move comes just days after information technology services firm Atos Corp. saw a $5.1…

Infra

Xen Project updates its hypervisor with security and UI improvements

By Mike Wheatley Dec 14, 2017

The Xen Project has just updated its open-source hypervisor to version 4.10, with new security features and improvements to its underlying code and user interface. The updated platform, which is used by numerous public…

Emerging Tech

28% of enterprises are assessing blockchain, but almost no one’s using it

By Mike Wheatley Dec 14, 2017

Interest in blockchain technology is growing among enterprises, but adoption is still nascent, with just 3 percent of businesses actually using it in production this year. That’s according to 451 Research Inc.’s new Blockchain…

Emerging Tech

What’s quantum computing good for? IBM is ready to show and tell

By Mike Wheatley Dec 14, 2017

IBM Corp. is doubling down on its quantum computing research efforts with the aid of clients who have been granted early access to its IBM Q platform, the company’s commercial quantum computing service. With…

Cloud

Google explains some of the advanced measures it takes to protect data in its cloud

By Mike Wheatley Dec 13, 2017

With the rise of ransomware and other forms of cyberattacks this year, computer security is becoming a major concern for most enterprises. In response, Google LLC has taken the opportunity to advocate some of…

Infra

Toshiba and Western Digital end their battle over flash memory business sale

By Mike Wheatley Dec 13, 2017

Computer storage giants Toshiba Corp. and Western Digital Corp. said have finally ended their long-running dispute over the sale of the former company’s flash memory business. Toshiba has been trying to sell its Toshiba…

Cloud

Facing competition from Amazon, Google slashes cloud machine learning prices

By Mike Wheatley Dec 12, 2017

Google LLC has reacted to the launch of rival Amazon Web Services Inc.’s SageMaker machine learning service by dramatically slashing the cost of its own offering. Technology news website VentureBeat first reported the price…

Infra

Juniper automates network security with policy management and threat prevention

By Mike Wheatley Dec 12, 2017

Juniper Networks Inc. is beefing up security for its networking infrastructure with a new update to its platform that automates policy management and makes it easier to mitigate security breaches. The company said today…

Cloud

Amazon Web Services opens up its second region in China

By Mike Wheatley Dec 12, 2017

Public cloud giant Amazon Web Services Inc. is stepping up its presence in China with the addition of a second region in the country, bringing its total up to 17 regions globally. Amazon said late…

Emerging Tech

Synaptics debuts built-in fingerprint scanners for mobile displays

By Mike Wheatley Dec 12, 2017

Human interface builder Synaptics Corp. is hoping to steal a march on mobile security system designers with the launch of what it says is the world’s first fingerprint sensor that comes built into smartphone…

Mike Wheatley

French aerospace contractor Thales buys digital security firm Gemalto for $5.6B

Xen Project updates its hypervisor with security and UI improvements

28% of enterprises are assessing blockchain, but almost no one’s using it

What’s quantum computing good for? IBM is ready to show and tell

Toshiba and Western Digital end their battle over flash memory business sale

Juniper automates network security with policy management and threat prevention

Amazon Web Services opens up its second region in China

Synaptics debuts built-in fingerprint scanners for mobile displays

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