Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Report: Microsoft starts blocking updates for Windows 7 & 8.1 on newer PCs

By Mike Wheatley Mar 20, 2017

Microsoft Corp. could be about to upset a few Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users, as it appears it will now enforce a new support policy outlined last year that means newer personal computers…

Infra

Intel announces Optane, the first solid-state drive based on its 3D Xpoint memory

By Mike Wheatley Mar 20, 2017

Intel Corp. on Sunday announced an entirely new kind of storage device based on its new 3D Xpoint memory technology that’s designed to bridge the gap between low-cost NAND memory typically found in all-flash storage…

Cloud

Microsoft adds faster virtual machines to its Azure cloud

By Mike Wheatley Mar 19, 2017

Microsoft Corp. has added a new series of virtual machines to its Azure cloud platform that are aimed at tackling cloud-based workloads with high storage requirements. The new VMs, or computers emulated in software…

Cloud

Adobe pulls off another strong quarter thanks to Creative Cloud growth

By Mike Wheatley Mar 17, 2017

Marketing and creative cloud software provider Adobe Systems Inc. reported increased profits in its first quarter thanks to higher recurring revenues from its Creative Cloud suite. The maker of Photoshop and Illustrator, which has…

Cloud

Report: Majority of businesses deploy sensitive data without proper security in place

By Mike Wheatley Mar 17, 2017

Thales e-Security Inc. has just published its 2017 Data Threat Report, revealing that an overwhelming number of enterprises are using sensitive data in advanced computing solutions without adequate safeguards in place. Thales’ survey, which…

Cloud

Parts of Microsoft Azure cloud hit by eight-hour outage, but you probably didn’t notice

By Mike Wheatley Mar 17, 2017

Microsoft Corp. has confessed that some of its Azure cloud storage service customers might have “experienced difficulties provisioning new resources or accessing their existing resources” during two outages, one of which lasted for around…

Cloud

DevOps teams need more automation & flexibility, survey finds

By Mike Wheatley Mar 16, 2017

The expanded use of the cloud and microservices resulting from the rise in hybrid information technology infrastructure is leading to greater demand for automation in areas such as compliance, according to a new study.…

Big Data

Microsoft announces Apache Spark connector for Azure database

By Mike Wheatley Mar 16, 2017

Microsoft Corp. wants its Azure cloud to be the go-to platform for big data services. To that end, on Wednesday it made available a new Apache Spark connector for its DocumentDB database. The announcement…

Cloud

Cloud wars: Amazon hits back at Google with more flexible pricing

By Mike Wheatley Mar 16, 2017

Google Inc. reignited the cloud price wars last week at its Next cloud conference when it announced “committed use discounts” for customers that commit to a one- or three-year contract to use its virtual computers.…

Cloud

Docker open-sources its container core to the Cloud Native Computing Federation

By Mike Wheatley Mar 15, 2017

Fulfilling a promise made last December, Docker Inc. on Wednesday donated containerd, a core piece of the Docker runtime engine, to the Cloud Native Computing Federation. The containerd runtime is used as a method…

Mike Wheatley

Report: Microsoft starts blocking updates for Windows 7 & 8.1 on newer PCs

Intel announces Optane, the first solid-state drive based on its 3D Xpoint memory

Microsoft adds faster virtual machines to its Azure cloud

Adobe pulls off another strong quarter thanks to Creative Cloud growth

DevOps teams need more automation & flexibility, survey finds

Microsoft announces Apache Spark connector for Azure database

Docker open-sources its container core to the Cloud Native Computing Federation

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