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 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 …

The unstoppable rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

Security vendor Trend Micro Inc. has shined its spotlight on a worrying new trend in so-called ransomware – malware that uses encryption to lock up user’s files before demanding a ransom (usually in Bitcoin) to decrypt them. In a new post on …

Dropbox ramps up its enterprise appeal ahead of expected IPO

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

Cloud storage vendor Dropbox Inc. is stepping up its enterprise push in order to get more profitable ahead of an expected initial public offering of stock, adding a set of new business-oriented features to its product. Dropbox, which boasts some 500 million …

Databricks ships out “easier, faster, smarter” Apache Spark 2.0

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

The immensely popular open-source cluster computing framework Apache Spark has just reached version 2.0, according to an announcement by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) yesterday. Spark’s incredible popularity means it’s become one of the most active open-source Big Data projects of them …

Drone delivery startup Flirtey flies first ever Slurpee to a customer’s home

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY10 YEARS AGO

As Amazon.com Inc., illustrated yesterday when it announced its moving its drone testing operations to the U.K., the U.S. lags behind other nations in the field due to strict regulations implemented by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). But the fact is, robotic …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

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

The unstoppable rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service

Dropbox ramps up its enterprise appeal ahead of expected IPO

Databricks ships out “easier, faster, smarter” Apache Spark 2.0

Drone delivery startup Flirtey flies first ever Slurpee to a customer’s home

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