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

Slack lands $250M funding round led by Japan’s Softbank Group

APPS By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Slack Technologies Inc., maker of the popular team messaging application of the same name, has become the latest beneficiary of Softbank Group Corp.’s $1 billion Vision Fund. The company said on Sunday it has just closed on a $250 million funding round …

David Goulden, Dell EMC’s infrastructure services president, will quit next year

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

One of Dell EMC’s most senior executives, David Goulden (pictured), who is currently in charge of the company’s Infrastructure Solutions Group, will leave the company by the end of its current fiscal year in January 2018. Dell Technologies Inc. announced the departure …

Amazon beefs up cloud server instances for high-performance databases

CLOUD By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services Inc. late Wednesday announced new server instances for customers running data-intensive in-memory databases such as SAP SE’s Hana platform on its cloud. The new EC2 instances come with 4 terabytes of dedicated DDR4 memory. They’re currently available in Amazon’s …

Microsoft unveils new cloud security services and user interface tools

CLOUD By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. on Thursday unveiled a new set of services called Azure Confidential Computing that’s designed to bolster the security of its public cloud service. Separately, the company is also planning to lift the lid on a preview of Project Honolulu, which …

Lyft and Uber eye big funding from Google and SoftBank

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Ride-hailing giants Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. look to be on the verge of landing even more big funding rounds, led by Google Inc.’s parent company Alphabet Inc., and Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. The biggest surprise is Lyft’s funding. …

IBM can now simulate chemical molecules on its quantum computers

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

IBM Corp. has claimed a major new breakthrough in its quantum computing efforts. The company said it has created a new approach to simulating molecules using a quantum computer that could have a transformative effect on materials science and chemistry and enhance …

Toshiba aims to sell flash memory unit to consortium including Apple and Dell

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. and Dell Technologies Inc. may soon be part-owners of Toshiba Corp.’s flash memory chip business. Toshiba said Wednesday it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with a consortium led by Bain Capital Private Equity LP to “negotiate a mutually …

Trump blocks sale of Lattice Semiconductor to China-backed firm

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

U.S. President Donald Trump has blocked the proposed sale of Lattice Semiconductor Corp. to a private equity firm backed by Chinese investors, saying the deal “threatens to impair the national security of the United States.” Lattice, which is based in Hillsboro, Oregon, …

Oracle joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation, adds new container services

CLOUD By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

As the excitement around software containers reaches fever pitch, database software giant Oracle Corp. is throwing its weight behind the cause. The company said Wednesday it’s signing up as a platinum member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, the organization leading the …

Ride-hailing firms Lyft and Uber open-source microservices technology

CLOUD By MIKE WHEATLEY9 YEARS AGO

Ride-hailing companies Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. are embracing the open-source software movement. The two megastartups have both donated technologies developed in-house to the Cloud Native Computing Federation, which is best known for hosting the Kubernetes container orchestrator project. The CNCF …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Slack lands $250M funding round led by Japan’s Softbank Group

David Goulden, Dell EMC’s infrastructure services president, will quit next year

Amazon beefs up cloud server instances for high-performance databases

Lyft and Uber eye big funding from Google and SoftBank

IBM can now simulate chemical molecules on its quantum computers

Toshiba aims to sell flash memory unit to consortium including Apple and Dell

Trump blocks sale of Lattice Semiconductor to China-backed firm

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