Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Infra

Cisco will discontinue its Intercloud Services public cloud platform next year

By Mike Wheatley Dec 13, 2016

Cisco Systems Inc. has revealed that it’s about to kill off its OpenStack-based Intercloud Services public cloud infrastructure. The service will shut down in March 2017, the maker of networking gear and software said…

Infra

Stratoscale’s Symphony 3 lets enterprises build an on-premises AWS region

By Mike Wheatley Dec 12, 2016

Cloud infrastructure provider Stratoscale Ltd. has revamped its hyper-converged software, with a focus on Amazon Web Services Inc.’s public cloud, hybrid clouds and developers. The new release, Stratoscale Symphony 3, adds support for object storage…

Emerging Tech

Bill Gates and other tech leaders form $1B cleantech fund to fight climate change

By Mike Wheatley Dec 12, 2016

Pledging to invest at least $1 billion into cleantech startups over the next 20 years, ex-Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Bill Gates has been joined by Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma, Richard Branson, Vinod Khosla, John…

Cloud

Kubernetes 1.5 release adds support for Windows Server 2016

By Mike Wheatley Dec 12, 2016

The latest release of Kubernetes, version 1.5, will become available on Dec. 15. The update will see the popular container management system land on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Server for the first time. The Kubernetes…

Infra

CoreOS adds automated ‘self-driving’ capabilities to Kubernetes container software

By Mike Wheatley Dec 12, 2016

CoreOS Inc. pioneered the idea of automatic updates with its software container-focused operating system Container Linux. Now, the company is looking to do the same thing with Kubernetes, the popular container orchestration software, in…

Infra

VMware enables integrated software containers in its flagship vSphere 6.5 platform

By Mike Wheatley Dec 11, 2016

VMware Inc. has finally introduced its long-awaited vSphere Integrated Containers feature in vSphere 6.5, its flagship server virtualization software. VMware first pitched the idea of integrated containers at VMWorld 2015, arguing that it’s inherently more…

Infra

Thales unveils container encryption tools to boost security, reduce downtime

By Mike Wheatley Dec 11, 2016

To date, most container security efforts have focused on the isolation of individual containers from one another and through other access control approaches. Now, one data security firm is proposing an entirely new approach. Thales…

Cloud

Report: 20 percent of government agencies don’t encrypt cloud data

By Mike Wheatley Dec 9, 2016

Almost 20 percent of government agencies using the public cloud do not encrypt their data, despite claiming that security is one of their biggest priorities, according to new survey by workload security firm HyTrust…

Apps

Google reduces size of Android app updates by 65 percent

By Mike Wheatley Dec 8, 2016

Google Inc. announced on Thursday that it’s rolling out a new method for application updates via its Play Store that slashes data usage. But there is a downside. The new method, called file-by-file patching,…

Apps

Microsoft extends support for Windows Server, SQL Server by 6 years

By Mike Wheatley Dec 8, 2016

Microsoft Corp. is extending support for Windows Server and SQL Server by an additional six years to a total of 16 years. The new licensing option, “Premium Assurance,” is available for Windows Server 2008…

Mike Wheatley

Cisco will discontinue its Intercloud Services public cloud platform next year

Stratoscale’s Symphony 3 lets enterprises build an on-premises AWS region

Bill Gates and other tech leaders form $1B cleantech fund to fight climate change

Kubernetes 1.5 release adds support for Windows Server 2016

CoreOS adds automated ‘self-driving’ capabilities to Kubernetes container software

VMware enables integrated software containers in its flagship vSphere 6.5 platform

Thales unveils container encryption tools to boost security, reduce downtime

Report: 20 percent of government agencies don’t encrypt cloud data

Google reduces size of Android app updates by 65 percent

Microsoft extends support for Windows Server, SQL Server by 6 years

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