Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile.

Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach.

Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Windows 10 Anniversary Update starts rolling out

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft yesterday began rolling out its much anticipated Windows 10 Anniversary update. The company plans to roll out the update in phases, starting with newer PCs first, although those who don’t want to wait can grab it from Microsoft’s servers now. “You …

Mesosphere launches “Container 2.0” initiative

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

Mesosphere Inc., pioneer of the data center operating system approach to container orchestration, yesterday unveiled plans to kickstart what it calls the “Container 2.0” movement. The company has just struck alliances with a trio of enterprise Big Data vendors in order to …

Salesforce moves quick to snap up productivity app Quip

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

Salesforce.com, Inc. has been expanding beyond its core CRM business for some time, and yesterday took another step in that direction with the acquisition of cloud-based word processing app Quip. The deal was priced at $582 million, according to a filing made …

HPE cloud boss Bill Hilf departs the company

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

Just hours after rumors emerged of private equity firms circling Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE), the tech giant has announced the departure of three key executives, including the heads of its cloud and storage businesses. Bill Hilf, whose official title was senior vice president and …

Windows 10 Anniversary Update prevents Pro edition users from disabling Microsoft’s ads

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft is making some controversial changes to its Group Policy editor in its forthcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which will mean that Windows 10 Pro edition users will no longer have the ability to disable some of the operating system’s more intrusive …

AWS leads the cloud, but Google, IBM and Microsoft are all catching up

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to lead the field in cloud infrastructure services, but rivals including Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and IBM Softlayer are all catching up, according to analysis from Canalys. According to the research house’s latest figures, 30.4 percent …

Private equity firms eye HPE’s software business for acquisition

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE) is said to be the subject of multiple acquisition talks. According to two separate reports quoting unnamed sources, HPE is the subject of a proposed takeover by several private equity groups, and is also considering the sale …

Chimera ransomware keys leaked by rival gang as cyber-turf wars heat up

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

The ransomware business has gotten so profitable and so competitive that rival gangs are now sabotaging each other in a bid to secure more victims for themselves. As revealed this week, the creators of the Mischa and Petya ransomware viruses have turned on the …

HERE Maps rebrands as HERE WeGo, adds new route planning features

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

HERE Maps, considered by many to be the only serious rival to Google Maps, will no longer be known as “Maps” after deciding to rebrand itself. As of today, the app will now be known as HERE WeGo. The company said the …

The UAE outlaws VPNs and proxies under threat of stiff fines and jail time

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has apparently outlawed the use of VPNs and secure proxy services in the country via a new royal edict. Anyone caught using a VPN could potentially be jailed and fined between 500,000 and 2,000,000 UAE dirhams ($136,130 …

1
…
755
756
757
758
759
…
1040

Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Windows 10 Anniversary Update starts rolling out

Mesosphere launches “Container 2.0” initiative

Salesforce moves quick to snap up productivity app Quip

HPE cloud boss Bill Hilf departs the company

Private equity firms eye HPE’s software business for acquisition

Chimera ransomware keys leaked by rival gang as cyber-turf wars heat up

HERE Maps rebrands as HERE WeGo, adds new route planning features

The UAE outlaws VPNs and proxies under threat of stiff fines and jail time

LATEST FROM THECUBE

UPCOMING CUBE EVENTS

RECENT CUBE EVENTS

Supermicro Open Storage Summit 2026

Black Hat USA 2026

GraphTalk 2026

AMD Advancing AI 2026

RAISE Summit 2026

SIGN IN

Bio

Ethics statement

Contact us

Partner with us

Contact us

Guest inquiry