Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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…

Emerging Tech

GlaxoSmithKline to invest up to $43M in AI-powered drug development

By Mike Wheatley Jul 3, 2017

Medicinal drug development is a long and complicated process that often takes years before a new drug is ready for human trials. That’s far too long for some people to wait, so pharmaceutical firms…

Infra

IT hardware spending growth to decline in 2017

By Mike Wheatley Jul 3, 2017

Information technology hardware manufacturers should brace themselves for a disappointing year, with spending growth likely to slow through 2017, according to a new market report from Morgan Stanley Research. Morgan Stanley’s June 2017 AlphaWise…

Apps

Dropbox is plotting an IPO later this year, report says

By Mike Wheatley Jul 3, 2017

File-sharing service Dropbox Inc. could be the latest major technology firm to undergo an initial public offering, following reports it’s to begin interviewing investment banks in coming weeks. Reuters said the IPO would be…

Cloud

Layoffs loom as Microsoft reshuffles sales teams to focus on cloud services

By Mike Wheatley Jul 2, 2017

Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a big staff reorganization intended to boost sales of cloud services. Microsoft announced the changes in an internal memo, according to several reports. Although the software giant typically does…

Apps

Adobe adds voice analytics for AI assistants such as Siri and Alexa

By Mike Wheatley Jun 30, 2017

Cloud software company Adobe Systems Inc. has added a new voice analytics solution to its Analytics Cloud product. The company says the new capabilities should help brands to better personalize customer experiences and boost loyalty…

Cloud

New Kubernetes release extends its reach versus Docker

By Mike Wheatley Jun 29, 2017

Docker might be the most popular software container technology around, but the Kubernetes project is making just as many waves thanks to its ability to group containers that make up applications into logical units…

Cloud

Report: Alibaba in talks to acquire ZTEsoft to boost its cloud computing business

By Mike Wheatley Jun 29, 2017

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is all set to acquire ZTE Corp.’s software business in an effort to boost its cloud computing arm, Alibaba Cloud. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg…

Cloud

Red Hat updates its Cloud Suite for cloud-native app deployment

By Mike Wheatley Jun 29, 2017

Linux platform provider Red Hat Inc. is updating its Red Hat Cloud Suite offering with new capabilities designed to simplify the deployment of cloud-native applications in data centers. Cloud computing is all the rage…

Big Data

Datameer enables deep learning on its business intelligence platform

By Mike Wheatley Jun 29, 2017

Big data analytics player Datameer Inc. Wednesday unveiled a new SmartAI platform that uses Google Inc.’s TensorFlow machine learning framework to bring deep learning models to the enterprise. Deep learning is a kind of unsupervised…

Mike Wheatley

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

GlaxoSmithKline to invest up to $43M in AI-powered drug development

IT hardware spending growth to decline in 2017

Dropbox is plotting an IPO later this year, report says

Adobe adds voice analytics for AI assistants such as Siri and Alexa

New Kubernetes release extends its reach versus Docker

Report: Alibaba in talks to acquire ZTEsoft to boost its cloud computing business

Datameer enables deep learning on its business intelligence platform

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