Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Oracle to bolster cloud sales teams with 1,000 new hires

By Mike Wheatley Jul 19, 2017

Oracle Corp. has launched a major recruitment drive aimed at boosting its cloud sales force, even as it prepares to make layoffs elsewhere. The move comes amid a major reorganization of Oracle’s sales teams…

Cloud

Amazon drops controversial cloud contract clause to win over more customers

By Mike Wheatley Jul 19, 2017

Amazon.com Inc. is trying to make itself appear more friendly by eliminating a controversial clause in its cloud customer agreement contracts that has put off many companies from doing business with it. For several…

Big Data

Google Analytics can now handle natural-language voice queries

By Mike Wheatley Jul 19, 2017

Some of Google Inc.’s products and services are already pretty good at dealing with queries spoken in plain English. We no longer have to type our searches into Google, for example, we can just…

Cloud

Public cloud spending will hit $266 billion by 2021, says IDC

By Mike Wheatley Jul 18, 2017

Enterprise spending on public cloud infrastructure and services is set to hit $266 billion by 2021, according to new research from International Data Corp. The analyst firm said public cloud services spending will also…

Infra

Qualcomm CEO says he expects to reach a settlement with Apple in patent royalties case

By Mike Wheatley Jul 18, 2017

Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s chief executive officer has broken his silence on the company’s ongoing legal wrangles with Apple Inc., making comments that suggest he wants the dispute to be settled out of court. Steve…

Big Data

Yandex open-sources CatBoost, a machine learning library that can be trained with minimal data

By Mike Wheatley Jul 18, 2017

Russia’s search engine market leader Yandex Europe AG has just open-sourced a new machine learning library called CatBoost. The company is the latest in a long line of tech giants to offer a machine…

Cloud

Report: AWS and VMware to team up on hybrid cloud data center product

By Mike Wheatley Jul 18, 2017

Former rivals Amazon Web Services Inc. and VMware Inc. are collaborating on a new data center product targeting hybrid cloud users, according to a report in The Information. If true, the move would mark a…

Cloud

Report: Google is planning to introduce a cloud-based quantum computing service

By Mike Wheatley Jul 17, 2017

Although it’s still debatable whether a true quantum computer has even been built yet, Google Inc. is already looking to drive the development of new applications and tools for the technology. The company is reportedly planning…

Emerging Tech

Neurala wants to use its deep-learning software to locate missing children

By Mike Wheatley Jul 17, 2017

Deep learning startup Neurala Inc. wants to use artificial intelligence for public safety purposes. To that end it’s teaming up with Motorola Solutions Inc. today to develop “intelligent cameras” that can be worn by police…

Big Data

Wall Street analyst says IBM Watson is ‘outgunned’ in AI battle

By Mike Wheatley Jul 16, 2017

IBM Corp. has been left reeling ahead of its earnings call Tuesday following a scathing report last week on its Watson artificial intelligence business unit. The report comes from Wall Street analyst firm Jefferies &…

Mike Wheatley

Amazon drops controversial cloud contract clause to win over more customers

Google Analytics can now handle natural-language voice queries

Public cloud spending will hit $266 billion by 2021, says IDC

Qualcomm CEO says he expects to reach a settlement with Apple in patent royalties case

Yandex open-sources CatBoost, a machine learning library that can be trained with minimal data

Neurala wants to use its deep-learning software to locate missing children

Wall Street analyst says IBM Watson is ‘outgunned’ in AI battle

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