Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Tech giants form a new alliance to take on patent trolls

By Mike Wheatley Jul 10, 2017

Many of the technology industry’s biggest companies today announced they’re joining forces in a bid to reform U.S. patent laws and tamp down so-called patent trolls. The group includes Adobe Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Cisco…

Apps

News outlets ask Congress for help in ad revenue dispute with Facebook and Google

By Mike Wheatley Jul 9, 2017

Major media companies, including the New York Times, the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal owner News Corp., are reportedly joining forces in an effort to renegotiate the advertising revenue they receive from Facebook Inc.…

Cloud

IT infrastructure spending to rise 12.4% in 2017, driven by the cloud

By Mike Wheatley Jul 7, 2017

The insatiable demand for more public and private cloud services among enterprises will drive a 12.4 percent surge in information technology infrastructure spending this year, according to analyst firm International Data Corp. IDC’s latest…

Cloud

Microsoft beefs up Azure cloud in UK with software container service and more

By Mike Wheatley Jul 6, 2017

As one of the world’s biggest public cloud computing providers, Microsoft Corp. has an expansive global reach. But not everyone is aware that the company’s cloud service offerings differ quite substantially depending on where…

Infra

In bitter legal spat, Qualcomm asks for ban on Apple iPhone imports

By Mike Wheatley Jul 6, 2017

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has taken another stab at Apple Inc. in the companies’ pitched legal battle, accusing the iPhone maker of infringing six of its patents and demanding a ban on the import of…

Apps

EU may hit Google with a second massive fine, this time over Android abuse

By Mike Wheatley Jul 5, 2017

Google Inc. is bracing itself for a second massive fine from European Union regulators, as another antitrust case nears its conclusion. EU antitrust officials have asked for a second opinion on the case, which…

Infra

After a long decline, the PC market may finally return to growth in 2018

By Mike Wheatley Jul 5, 2017

Information technology analyst firm Gartner Inc. has some good news for PC makers: The long-declining market for PCs is set to return to growth next year. The reason is that buyers are reaching the…

Apps

Microsoft Workplace Analytics aims to deliver insights into workforce productivity

By Mike Wheatley Jul 5, 2017

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday made its new workforce productivity tool Workplace Analytics generally available, available as an add-on to the company’s enterprise-level Office 365 subscribers. Ryan Fuller, general manager of Workplace Analytics, said in a blog…

Infra

AMD gains market share on Intel thanks to its new Ryzen chips

By Mike Wheatley Jul 3, 2017

Semiconductor firm Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has something to celebrate after seeing its share of the x86 processor chip market rise following the launch of its new Ryzen microchips. The new data comes from…

Big Data

NEC claims new machine learning capabilities 50X faster than Apache Spark

By Mike Wheatley Jul 3, 2017

Japanese computer giant NEC Corp. claims to have developed new data processing technology capable of accelerating machine learning on vector computers by up to 50 times that of the popular Apache Spark big data…

Mike Wheatley

Tech giants form a new alliance to take on patent trolls

News outlets ask Congress for help in ad revenue dispute with Facebook and Google

In bitter legal spat, Qualcomm asks for ban on Apple iPhone imports

EU may hit Google with a second massive fine, this time over Android abuse

After a long decline, the PC market may finally return to growth in 2018

Microsoft Workplace Analytics aims to deliver insights into workforce productivity

NEC claims new machine learning capabilities 50X faster than Apache Spark

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