Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Microsoft claims Windows 7 no longer ‘fit’ for business

By Mike Wheatley Jan 17, 2017

Microsoft Corp.’s German subsidiary has said that the Windows 7 personal computer operating software is no longer “fit” for business users, in what looks like another effort to push companies to upgrade to Windows…

Infra

FTC slaps Qualcomm with antitrust lawsuit, alleging it forced Apple to use its chips

By Mike Wheatley Jan 17, 2017

Mobile chip maker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is being sued by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for violating laws on fair competition. The FTC on Tuesday filed a three-page complaint against Qualcomm, accusing it of strong-arming…

Apps

Eyeing virtual reality, Zoom lands massive $100M Series D funding round

By Mike Wheatley Jan 17, 2017

Zoom Video Communications Inc., the Santa Clara, California-based startup that’s bidding to disrupt the online video communications industry, has just landed $100 million in new funding. The Series D funding round brings its total…

Cloud

With lasers, security chips, encryption galore, Google sends a message: Don’t even try to hack us

By Mike Wheatley Jan 16, 2017

Google Inc. has just published a white paper that details how it secures the data centers for its public cloud services and internal operations, sending a clear message: Don’t even think about trying to…

Cloud

Spending on cloud IT infrastructure rises 8.1 percent in third quarter

By Mike Wheatley Jan 16, 2017

Cloud IT infrastructure revenues are on the rise, with sales from servers, storage and Ethernet switches growing by 8.1 percent in the third quarter of 2016 from a year ago as sales of most…

Big Data

Hortonworks hires Raj Verma as its new president and sales chief

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2017

Hortonworks Inc. is refreshing its sales team with the appointment of industry veteran Rajnish Verma as its new president and chief operating officer. The new president, who was previously COO of enterprise software company…

Emerging Tech

Concerned about security, Commerce Department urges creation of IoT strategy

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2017

The United States government needs to formulate a national strategy for the Internet of Things to guide global standards and determine the best use of radio spectrum and other infrastructure assets. That’s the chief…

Infra

IBM announces all-flash storage arrays for cloud, machine learning jobs

By Mike Wheatley Jan 12, 2017

IBM Corp. has updated its storage array line up with all-flash versions that offer increased capacities and support for cognitive and other demanding workloads. IBM announced the original DS8880 storage arrays last year, with…

Infra

The Trump effect: Political uncertainty trims Gartner’s 2017 IT spending forecast

By Mike Wheatley Jan 12, 2017

Gartner Inc. is blaming political uncertainty for a rather modest forecast of 2.7 percent growth in global information technology spending this year. The research firm’s latest Worldwide IT Spending Forecast, which predicts spending of $3.46…

Big Data

Arcadia Data brings visual analytics to Cloudera Enterprise

By Mike Wheatley Jan 11, 2017

Arcadia Data Inc. is making it easier for users to extract business insights from Hadoop and other big data platforms in a new team-up Cloudera Inc. The company said Wednesday that it’s integrating its Arcadia Enterprise visual…

Mike Wheatley

Microsoft claims Windows 7 no longer ‘fit’ for business

FTC slaps Qualcomm with antitrust lawsuit, alleging it forced Apple to use its chips

Eyeing virtual reality, Zoom lands massive $100M Series D funding round

Hortonworks hires Raj Verma as its new president and sales chief

Concerned about security, Commerce Department urges creation of IoT strategy

IBM announces all-flash storage arrays for cloud, machine learning jobs

Arcadia Data brings visual analytics to Cloudera Enterprise

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