Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cavium acquires QLogic to beef up its data center portfolio

By Mike Wheatley Jun 16, 2016

Data center chip specialist Cavium Inc. has just acquired QLogic Corp. with a view to taking on rivals Intel, Broadcom Corporation and Mellanox Technologies in the storage and networking arena. The billion-dollar plus deal…

Samsung reaches for the cloud with Joyent acquisition

By Mike Wheatley Jun 16, 2016

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Is ambitiously eying up the cloud with the purchase of Joyent Inc., which has previously raised $125 million in funding from sources like Intel Capital and Peter Thiel. The price…

Ubuntu bids to eliminate Linux fragmentation by making Snap packages available to all

By Mike Wheatley Jun 15, 2016

One of the biggest new features in April’s launch of Ubuntu 16.04 was the introduction of support for a new way to install applications. But the new feature, called Snappy, isn’t just for Ubuntu…

Exabeam touts behavioral analytics to combat ransomware

By Mike Wheatley Jun 15, 2016

With the rising incidence of ransomware in the enterprise constantly grabbing the headlines, security firm Exabeam Inc. is trying to do something about it. The company has just introduced a new tool onto the…

Nokia hopes its new IoT platform will have a big IMPACT

By Mike Wheatley Jun 15, 2016

What with everyone agreeing that the Internet of Things (IoT) is likely to explode in the coming years, Nokia Oyj is betting on its networking expertise to help it grab a slice of the…

Chef cooks up a new open-source application automation project

By Mike Wheatley Jun 14, 2016

Configuration management platform vendor Chef Software Inc. is turning its attention to application automation with the creation of a new open-source project called Habitat that allows developers to package their applications and run them…

Microsoft talks up integration with LinkedIn, but will users care?

By Mike Wheatley Jun 14, 2016

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella went to great lengths to try and justify his decision to shell out $26.2 billion to buy LinkedIn Corp. In a press conference yesterday, and also in a letter to…

After LinkedIn, will Twitter be the next takeover target?

By Mike Wheatley Jun 14, 2016

Rumors are swirling that Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn Corp. may make Twitter a more likely takeover target, with some analysts claiming such a deal will be “inevitable” if it’s unable to turn…

Google just made tons of new enemies with its support for the TPP

By Mike Wheatley Jun 14, 2016

Google’s decision to come out in support of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is unlikely to win the company many new friends, and will provide further ammunition to those who say the…

Dell earnings: Sales slip, driving revenues down as EMC merger nears

By Mike Wheatley Jun 13, 2016

Dell Inc. doesn’t report its finances these days, but its parent company Denal Holding Inc. does, and its latest figures show that the IT giant had an unremarkable fiscal first quarter of 2017. Denali…

Mike Wheatley

Cavium acquires QLogic to beef up its data center portfolio

Samsung reaches for the cloud with Joyent acquisition

Ubuntu bids to eliminate Linux fragmentation by making Snap packages available to all

Exabeam touts behavioral analytics to combat ransomware

Nokia hopes its new IoT platform will have a big IMPACT

Chef cooks up a new open-source application automation project

Microsoft talks up integration with LinkedIn, but will users care?

After LinkedIn, will Twitter be the next takeover target?

Google just made tons of new enemies with its support for the TPP

Dell earnings: Sales slip, driving revenues down as EMC merger nears

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