Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Microsoft adds search features to Dynamics 365 cloud business software

By Mike Wheatley Jan 9, 2017

Microsoft has updated its cloud-based business and customer management service platform Dynamics 365 with enhanced search features that the company says makes it easier for users to find the answers they’re looking for. Dynamics 365…

CEO Marissa Mayer, five others to quit Yahoo’s board post-merger with Verizon

By Mike Wheatley Jan 9, 2017

Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer will resign from the company’s board of directors once its planned $4.8 billion merger with Verizon Communications Inc. is completed. Meanwhile, what’s left of Yahoo will be…

Infra

Report: Smartphone maker ZTE to ax 3,000 staff ahead of US exports ban

By Mike Wheatley Jan 8, 2017

Chinese telecommunications equipment and systems company ZTE Corp. is reportedly preparing to lay off about 3,000 of its employees, including a fifth of its smartphone division workforce, according to a report Friday. Citing anonymous…

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Cloud storage firm Bitcasa bites the dust as it shuts down all services

By Mike Wheatley Jan 8, 2017

Cloud storage operator Bitcasa Inc. has bailed out of the game for good, according to a blog post by ex-Chief Executive Officer Brian Taptich. But Taptich’s final message that the company is “no more” is nonetheless…

Infra

Necessary evil no more, customer service emerges as a key profit driver

By Mike Wheatley Jan 8, 2017

Sales has long been the biggest priority for many organizations, while customer service took a backseat, treated as a necessary evil and given limited resources. But a new report from Salesforce.com Inc.’s research division suggests that…

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Microsoft’s SQL Server named best database software in 2016

By Mike Wheatley Jan 6, 2017

Microsoft Corp.’s SQL Server has landed Solid IT GmbH’s database management software of the year award for 2016, beating out Oracle Corp.’s MySQL and the open-source PostgreSQL, which finished second and third, respectively. DB-Engines,…

Cloud

Skills shortage holds back agile software development, survey finds

By Mike Wheatley Jan 6, 2017

Fragmented testing processes and a lack of automation skills are hampering enterprises’ efforts to speed up the deployment of new software, according to a new survey on software testing released this week. The report,…

Cloud

Cloud computing revenues grow 25% to hit $148 billion in 2016

By Mike Wheatley Jan 5, 2017

Spending on cloud computing services overtook that of private cloud hardware and software for the first time in 2016, according to a report released Wednesday by Synergy Research Group. The research also revealed that…

Infra

Samsung sees Q4 profits rise 50% as it shakes off Galaxy Note 7 fiasco

By Mike Wheatley Jan 5, 2017

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. revealed on Friday that its fourth-quarter profits for 2016 jumped by 50 percent to the highest level in over three years, in what looks likely to be a rapid recovery…

Cloud

Fugue lands $41M Series D round to push cloud management

By Mike Wheatley Jan 5, 2017

Cloud infrastructure management company Fugue Inc. has just closed on a juicy $41 million Series D funding round, bringing its total funding to more than $75 million. The round was led by New Enterprise…

Mike Wheatley

Microsoft adds search features to Dynamics 365 cloud business software

CEO Marissa Mayer, five others to quit Yahoo’s board post-merger with Verizon

Report: Smartphone maker ZTE to ax 3,000 staff ahead of US exports ban

Necessary evil no more, customer service emerges as a key profit driver

Microsoft’s SQL Server named best database software in 2016

Skills shortage holds back agile software development, survey finds

Samsung sees Q4 profits rise 50% as it shakes off Galaxy Note 7 fiasco

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