Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Infra

Cyberthreats will drive higher growth in security spending

By Mike Wheatley Aug 22, 2017

Spending on security products is forecast to grow by 7 percent this year, or a hefty $6.5 billion, as enterprises become increasingly wary of cybersecurity threats in the wake of several high-profile ransomware attacks…

Infra

Microsoft’s Brainwave accelerates deep learning with Intel programmable chips

By Mike Wheatley Aug 22, 2017

Microsoft Corp. is upping the stakes in the race to build artificial intelligence systems with the introduction of a new initiative called Project Brainwave. The company is embedding neural network technology into its programmable…

Cloud

Report: Google to integrate Titan security chips with its cloud services

By Mike Wheatley Aug 22, 2017

Google Inc. is set to announce additional details about its new hardware-focused security chip for its public cloud that it believes can help it differentiate its offering from rivals Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft…

Big Data

Big data firm Databricks raises massive $140M funding led by Andreessen Horowitz

By Mike Wheatley Aug 22, 2017

Big data specialist Databricks Inc. has just landed a massive late-stage funding round of $140 million to fund its expansion into artificial intelligence. The company, which was founded by the creators of the Apache…

Emerging Tech

Microsoft’s speech recognition systems achieve parity with humans

By Mike Wheatley Aug 21, 2017

Microsoft Corp.’s artificial intelligence research team said it has made a significant breakthrough with its natural-language speech recognition technology. The company announced on Monday that it has finally achieved a human-parity word error rate…

Infra

IT organizations are struggling to recruit skilled server staff

By Mike Wheatley Aug 21, 2017

Information technology firms are finding it difficult to hire staff for roles across traditional servers and converged infrastructure due to a decline in the number of applicants with the necessary skills, a new report…

Cloud

Rackspace announces private cloud capabilities on VMware

By Mike Wheatley Aug 21, 2017

Managed services company Rackspace Inc. has said it’s expanding its private cloud capabilities through VMware Inc.’s Cloud Foundation. The company on Monday confirmed the general availability of its Rackspace Private Cloud on VMware’s Cloud…

Apps

Uber sets its sights on former GE CEO Jeff Immelt

By Mike Wheatley Aug 20, 2017

Former General Electric Co. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey R. Immelt has emerged as the top candidate to take over the CEO job at Uber Technologies Inc. Recode reported over the weekend that a majority of…

The Daily Stormer retreats to the dark web after being booted offline yet again

By Mike Wheatley Aug 20, 2017

Neo-Nazi hate site The Daily Stormer briefly reappeared online for a few hours on Friday, only to be dumped a few hours later by its new web hosting provider. Dubbed as the “top hate…

Infra

Flash shortage continues with no end in sight

By Mike Wheatley Aug 18, 2017

Big chip makers such as Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Micron Technology Inc. are raking in record revenue, thanks to a global shortage of flash memory, and the long-running shortage of memory chips is…

Mike Wheatley

Cyberthreats will drive higher growth in security spending

Big data firm Databricks raises massive $140M funding led by Andreessen Horowitz

Microsoft’s speech recognition systems achieve parity with humans

IT organizations are struggling to recruit skilled server staff

Uber sets its sights on former GE CEO Jeff Immelt

The Daily Stormer retreats to the dark web after being booted offline yet again

Flash shortage continues with no end in sight

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