Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Rackspace brings its ‘Fanatical Support’ managed services to Google’s cloud

By Mike Wheatley Mar 8, 2017

Rackspace Inc. is hoping to take cash in on the rising popularity of Google Inc.’s cloud by offering managed services for its enterprise customers. The San Antonio-based firm will introduce its Fanatical Support offering…

Infra

Facebook revamps its data centers with new servers, donates designs

By Mike Wheatley Mar 8, 2017

Facebook Inc. is revamping its data centers with new server hardware in order to cope with the masses of new data its users generate every day. As one of the largest web companies in…

Apps

Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017 for building cloud and mobile apps

By Mike Wheatley Mar 8, 2017

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2017, the latest version of its flagship integrated development environment platform with new capabilities for building mobile- and cloud-first applications. The new version of…

Infra

ZTE fined $892m for shipping prohibited technology to Iran

By Mike Wheatley Mar 7, 2017

Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE Corp. has been slapped with an $892 million fine after it admitted violating U.S. laws that restrict the sale of American-made technology to Iran. The U.S. Justice Department said ZTE…

Emerging Tech

Researchers hit new milestone with DNA storage

By Mike Wheatley Mar 7, 2017

Researchers have demonstrated how an algorithm used to stream video on a smartphone can unlock the full potential of DNA storage by squeezing more data into its four base nucleotides. DNA storage has been…

Cloud

Cisco, IBM update VersaStack offering with hybrid cloud capabilities

By Mike Wheatley Mar 7, 2017

Cisco Systems Inc. and IBM Corp. on Monday announced they’ve updated their joint VersaStack portfolio with hybrid cloud capabilities and a new set of software-defined industry solutions. VersaStack is a converged data center infrastructure…

Emerging Tech

Einstein, meet Watson: Salesforce and IBM combine forces on AI

By Mike Wheatley Mar 6, 2017

Salesforce.com Inc. is improving its Einstein deep learning platform via a new partnership with IBM Corp. that will see Big Blue’s Watson AI business unit integrated with the service. The partnership, announced Monday, effectively…

Infra

Microsoft intros Azure Stack preview with continuous update model

By Mike Wheatley Mar 6, 2017

Microsoft Corp. last week unveiled a new version of Azure Stack called Technical Preview 3. The new preview of its forthcoming Azure on-premises stack comes with a bunch of new updates, the promise of…

Infra

Dell is dominating storage following EMC acquisition, IDC says

By Mike Wheatley Mar 5, 2017

Market researcher International Data Corp. has introduced a new methodology for its latest Storage Tracker report, which puts Dell Technologies Inc. at the top of the tree with more external storage revenues than those of…

Infra

Microsoft extends Windows Server, SQL support for six years

By Mike Wheatley Mar 5, 2017

Microsoft Corp. has delivered its “Premium Assurance” product that was unveiled last year. The new offering ensures enterprises will receive security updates and bug fixes to Windows Server and SQL Server for an additional…

Mike Wheatley

Facebook revamps its data centers with new servers, donates designs

Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017 for building cloud and mobile apps

ZTE fined $892m for shipping prohibited technology to Iran

Researchers hit new milestone with DNA storage

Cisco, IBM update VersaStack offering with hybrid cloud capabilities

Einstein, meet Watson: Salesforce and IBM combine forces on AI

Microsoft intros Azure Stack preview with continuous update model

Dell is dominating storage following EMC acquisition, IDC says

Microsoft extends Windows Server, SQL support for six years

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