Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Twilio beats the street with solid Q2 earnings

By Mike Wheatley Aug 9, 2016

Cloud communications provider Twilio Inc. posted its first earnings report since going public earlier this year, and the results were extremely positive with revenues rising by 70 percent and the number of active customers…

Rackspace offloads Cloud Sites web hosting business

By Mike Wheatley Aug 9, 2016

Rackspace Inc. caused a bit of disappointment at its earnings call yesterday when it refused to confirm or deny rumors it might be selling itself to a private equity investor. But it did offload…

Google acquires cloud commerce provider Orbitera

By Mike Wheatley Aug 8, 2016

It’s quite rare for a company like Google, with more than 58,000 employees, to look outside its fiefdom for innovation. But that’s exactly what happened yesterday, when the Web giant acquired cloud services provider…

The Weather Company now provides forecasts for drone operators

By Mike Wheatley Aug 8, 2016

The Weather Company is the latest organization to take to the skies, but instead of using drones to help provide weather reports, its idea is to provide drone operators with up to the minute…

Windows 10 to get two major upgrades next year

By Mike Wheatley Aug 7, 2016

Microsoft has said it plans to release two versions of Windows 10 in 2017, but there will be no further upgrades this year. The news was delivered as Microsoft began rolling out this summer’s…

Windows 10 Anniversary Update freezes user’s PCs

By Mike Wheatley Aug 7, 2016

Microsoft’s highly anticipated Windows 10 Anniversary Update has gone awry, with dozens of reports claiming that the update has left numerous PCs unusable. Angry updaters have taken to Reddit in their droves to vent…

AWS, Microsoft Azure clear leaders in Gartner’s IaaS Magic Quadrant

By Mike Wheatley Aug 5, 2016

Microsoft Azure is hot on Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) heels, ranking just behind the cloud leader and inside the upper-right corner of Gartner Inc.’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Magic Quadrant. Both Microsoft Azure…

Microsoft’s update privacy policy has a new section on “Enterprise Products”

By Mike Wheatley Aug 5, 2016

Microsoft has updated its privacy policy with the inclusion of a new section on “Enterprise Products.” According to the company, the term “Enterprise Products” relates to all of the company’s products and services that…

Rackspace on the verge of private equity buyout

By Mike Wheatley Aug 5, 2016

Rackspace is reportedly close to being bought out by a private equity firm, almost two years after it first said it was planning to pursue strategic alternatives, the Wall Street Journal reported. In the…

Google allows cloud customers to lock down their own data

By Mike Wheatley Aug 4, 2016

Google has made its Customer-Supplied Encryption Keys (CESK) option for Google Compute Engine generally available. Customer content will still be encrypted by Google as the default option, but customers can choose to use CESK…

Mike Wheatley

Twilio beats the street with solid Q2 earnings

Google acquires cloud commerce provider Orbitera

The Weather Company now provides forecasts for drone operators

Windows 10 to get two major upgrades next year

Windows 10 Anniversary Update freezes user’s PCs

AWS, Microsoft Azure clear leaders in Gartner’s IaaS Magic Quadrant

Microsoft’s update privacy policy has a new section on “Enterprise Products”

Rackspace on the verge of private equity buyout

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