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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.

Intel’s Brian Krzanich to chair FAA’s new drone council

By Mike Wheatley May 9, 2016

Brian Krzanich has been a massive proponent of drones ever since taking over the CEO’s chair at Intel Corp. almost three years ago. During that time he’s spoken about the merits of the technology…

Windows 10 won’t be free after July 29, and the nagware’s gonna stop too

By Mike Wheatley May 9, 2016

Microsoft has been busy reminding all and sundry this weekend that its year-long free upgrade to Windows 10 offer is about to expire. After July 29 passes, those who suddenly remember they want to…

eBay snaps up AI-powered Expertmaker to clean up its messy listings

By Mike Wheatley May 6, 2016

eBay has a problem: Its website is just too damn messy, and its search capabilities aren’t powerful enough. As a result, users are forced to wade through pages and pages of listings to find…

Apple taps into SAP for more enterprise clout

By Mike Wheatley May 6, 2016

Apple is looking to further its involvement in the enterprise via a new partnership with German IT giant SAP SE. The partnership will see the two firms create native apps for the iPhone and…

Alibaba claims AliCloud is “one of the largest cloud providers in the world”

By Mike Wheatley May 6, 2016

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s cloud computing arm AliCloud is doing very nicely in its bid to become the AWS of Asia, reporting stunning growth of 138 percent in 2016 that saw it pull in…

Dell/EMC merger: Customer impact will be minimal in the short-term, but long-term doubts remain

By Mike Wheatley May 5, 2016

Huge tasks still face both Dell Inc. and EMC since the former announced it planned to acquire the latter in a $67 billion deal last October. Dell still needs to close $57 billion in…

SmartUX Studio lets you transform legacy apps to mobile ones

By Mike Wheatley May 5, 2016

Enterprises desperately want to build more mobile apps for their businesses, but many are unable to do so due to a lack of resources. Now, to help smaller enterprises solve this dilemma, a startup…

VMware touts new feature-lite versions of NSX

By Mike Wheatley May 5, 2016

VMware Inc. is hoping to squeeze a few extra dollars from its NSX offering by amping up the price tag, and offering cheaper, “feature-lite” versions of the product with less features. NSX is an…

The “big four” still rule the cloud as market growth surpasses 50%

By Mike Wheatley May 4, 2016

The cloud isn’t all about the “big four” providers of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google and IBM. After the top four, the next twenty cloud firms are growing at an average of 41 percent…

Yet another skills gap: This time it’s containers

By Mike Wheatley May 4, 2016

Containers are growing in popularity all the time, but for companies that use them it’s still a significant challenge to hire workers capable of managing them. Those revelations come from continuous app delivery firm…