Mike Wheatley
Latest from Mike Wheatley
If there’s any truth to the idea that every company is a software company, then perhaps every company employee needs to learn how to create software. Or at least that’s what Salesforce.com, Inc., seems to believe. The company made a major announcement …
HPE leads in cloud infrastructure space, Cisco not far behind
Cisco Systems Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE) continue to duke it out for supremacy in the cloud infrastructure market, with the latter company gaining a slight edge over the former, according to new research from Synergy Research Group. Synergy’s latest …
Midokura grabs $20.4m, eyes leadership in the SDN space
Network virtualization specialist Midokura has just raised $20.4 million in Series B funding in order to fuel further growth in a highly competitive market. The round was led by Japanese investment firm Simplex Inc., with participation from previous investor Innovation Network Corp., …
HPE taps the open-source community to help build The Machine
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) is hoping to speed up the development of a brand-new computer architecture called “The Machine” by inviting open-source developers to participate. HPE made the announcement at this week’s Discover 2016 conference in Las Vegas, at the same time launching …
21 million self-driving vehicles to hit the road by 2035, IHS says
There will be almost 21 million self-driving vehicles on the world’s roads by 2035, according to a new forecast from IHS Automotive, Inc. The United States is expected to lead the way in driverless vehicle adoption, in spite of regulatory challenges and …
Petitioners ask the EFF to investigate Microsoft over Windows 10 update tactics
Angry Microsoft customers have created a petition that calls for the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) to investigate the tactics the company has employed to persuade people to upgrade to Windows 10. Petition organizer Todd Kleinpaste said Microsoft’s tactics are in fact more …
Microsoft to kill off VM conversion tool, hustle users onto Azure
Microsoft is to retire its Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) in favor Azure Recovery Services. The company has set a deadline of June 3, 2017, after which time MVMC will no longer be available to download, and all references of it will …
Microsoft taps into Apache Spark to drive its Big Data & analytics services
Microsoft is making what it claims is an “extensive commitment” to the Apache Spark Big Data processing engine, launching several new offerings out of preview and into general release. The move is the latest in Microsoft’s embrace of open-source technologies, a trend …
Lenovo renews data center push with enhanced networking, storage, server offerings
It’s no secret that China’s Lenovo Group Ltd. has its sights set on becoming a major player in the data center. That became apparent when the company bought out IBM’s x86 server business last year in a XXXX deal. Now, in advance …
Angry investor turns on Oracle over fake cloud revenue claims
An angry investor is suing Oracle and its top executives after the company’s share price plummeted in the wake of allegations that it doctored its cloud revenue figures. The complaint, filed on behalf of Oracle shareholders by investor Grover Klarfeld, alleges that …