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

IBM buys Resilient Systems, hires security guru Bruce Schneier

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY11 YEARS AGO

IBM has finalized a deal to acquire a startup called Resilient Systems Inc. in a move that not only bolsters its own security offerings, but also means it obtains the services of one of the world’s foremost computer security expects, Bruce Schneier. …

Microsoft unveils a slew of new security services to secure the enterprise

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY11 YEARS AGO

Microsoft unleashed a number of new security services last week, as part of a renewed security initiative laid out by the company’s CEO Satya Nadella last November. The major new offering is the new Microsoft Cloud App Security service, available from April, …

Google calls for a new HDD format: Taller, with more platters and I/O

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY11 YEARS AGO

Google has called on storage vendors to consider building newer hard drives with a taller design that are primarily intended for use in data centers, abandoning the traditional 3.5” dimension format. Google’s VP of Infrastructure Eric Brewer, also a professor at UC …

MapR hires 2 new execs, hints at IPO “when conditions are right”

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY11 YEARS AGO

Hadoop purveyor MapR Technologies Inc. has shaken up the upper echelons of its executive management team, hiring a new VP of Worldwide Business Development and a new Chief Marketing Officer. The superbly-named Geneva Lake is new VP of WBD. Not only does …

Chicago votes to make Computer Science a mandatory subject at all public schools

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY11 YEARS AGO

Most schools realize that students need to be able to use a computer in this day and age, which is why many have already established computer labs where they teach the basics of programming and using software. Still, in most U.S. schools …

The drones are coming! FAA to establish ‘guidelines’ by April 1

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY11 YEARS AGO

Drones could be about to become a lot more commonplace in a variety of industries after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it’s ready to finalize a regulatory framework governing their use by businesses. The FAA said in a statement that a …

Yahoo just made deep learning easier with CaffeOnSpark

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY11 YEARS AGO

Yahoo! Inc., is getting into the artificial intelligence (AI) game with the release of new internally-built software under an open-source license. Called CaffeOnSpark, the software is able to perform ‘deep learning’ on the vast ocean of data kept in Yahoo’s Hadoop file …

Martin Casado quits VMware to join Andreessen Horowitz

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY11 YEARS AGO

VMware Inc. executive Martin Casado, who’s currently in charge of its NSX software-defined networking business unit, is to leave the company to become a general partner at well known venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. VMware’s NSX business unit was created shortly after …

Google launches Project Shield to crusade against DDoS attacks

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY11 YEARS AGO

Attacking your enemies online can be incredibly cheap. For those who know where to look, it can cost as little as $150 to launch a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on a website and take it offline. Well, Google happens to …

IBM said to be scoping out Bruce Schneier’s Resilient Systems

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY11 YEARS AGO

IBM is said to be out shopping for security experts and technology, and could be about to land incident response solution provider Resilient Systems, Inc., in a deal valued at $100 million. Business news website Xconomy cites “persons with knowledge of the …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

IBM buys Resilient Systems, hires security guru Bruce Schneier

Microsoft unveils a slew of new security services to secure the enterprise

Google calls for a new HDD format: Taller, with more platters and I/O

MapR hires 2 new execs, hints at IPO “when conditions are right”

Chicago votes to make Computer Science a mandatory subject at all public schools

The drones are coming! FAA to establish ‘guidelines’ by April 1

Yahoo just made deep learning easier with CaffeOnSpark

Martin Casado quits VMware to join Andreessen Horowitz

Google launches Project Shield to crusade against DDoS attacks

IBM said to be scoping out Bruce Schneier’s Resilient Systems

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