Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Big Data

Aiming to spur Internet of Things apps, Microsoft adds Kafka software support to its Azure cloud

By Mike Wheatley Dec 7, 2016

Microsoft Corp. has just made it a little easier to build Internet of Things applications that rely on the popular open-source Apache Kafka streaming data ingestion engine. The company has just released a tool…

Apps

Microsoft to close on LinkedIn acquisition in days after EU grants approval

By Mike Wheatley Dec 6, 2016

Microsoft Corp. is on the verge of completing its blockbuster $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn Corp. after the European Union finally agreed to give the deal the thumbs-up. EU regulators said Tuesday that they…

Apps

Samsung scores big win against Apple in patent infringement case

By Mike Wheatley Dec 6, 2016

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. won a key courtroom battle against its rival Apple Inc. Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a $399 million judgment against it for copying parts of the iPhone…

Infra

HPE launches new ‘micro data center’ for computing at the network’s edge

By Mike Wheatley Dec 5, 2016

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. on Monday launched a new “micro data center” aimed at companies using both their own servers and software and cloud computing to do heavy-duty data analysis. Announced at the Gartner…

Infra

Report: Cybersecurity confidence among IT pros fell in 2016

By Mike Wheatley Dec 5, 2016

Information technology security practitioners are less confident about their cybersecurity readiness than they were 12 months ago, according to a new report from Tenable Network Security Inc. The IT security firm’s “2017 Global Cybersecurity…

Apps

IBM, Intel, Microsoft object to Chinese demands for their source code

By Mike Wheatley Dec 5, 2016

IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have all filed objections with the Chinese government after it requested they hand over the source code for some of their most important software products. The objection…

Infra

Google launches new security service for open-source software

By Mike Wheatley Dec 5, 2016

Google Inc. is launching a new service aimed at continuously testing open-source software projects for security vulnerabilities. The new service is called OSS-Fuzz, and is currently available in beta for a select number of open-source…

Apps

Workday shares plunge as it warns large contracts are delayed

By Mike Wheatley Dec 1, 2016

Enterprise software vendor Workday Inc. reported solid third-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, but warned that a number of proposed deals with large enterprise customers had been delayed because of “economic and political…

Big Data

MapR’s new Ecosystem Pack for developers enables Big Data streaming

By Mike Wheatley Dec 1, 2016

MapR Technologies Inc. Thursday touted new Big Data streaming capabilities in its latest Ecosystem Pack, which is designed to keep developers up to date with the components of its Converged Data Platform. MapR’s Ecosystem…

Cloud

Red Hat survey finds traditional enterprises struggle with digital transformation

By Mike Wheatley Dec 1, 2016

Traditional enterprises, meaning companies which have been established for some years and are typically using older information technology, are struggling to keep up with their “digital native” counterparts, according to a new survey from…

Mike Wheatley

Aiming to spur Internet of Things apps, Microsoft adds Kafka software support to its Azure cloud

Microsoft to close on LinkedIn acquisition in days after EU grants approval

Samsung scores big win against Apple in patent infringement case

HPE launches new ‘micro data center’ for computing at the network’s edge

Report: Cybersecurity confidence among IT pros fell in 2016

IBM, Intel, Microsoft object to Chinese demands for their source code

Google launches new security service for open-source software

Workday shares plunge as it warns large contracts are delayed

MapR’s new Ecosystem Pack for developers enables Big Data streaming

Red Hat survey finds traditional enterprises struggle with digital transformation

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