Mike Wheatley
Latest from Mike Wheatley
Gartner: Enterprises to hold off on PC purchases; higher prices to blame
The PC market has been feeling the pinch for a few years, and things are likely to get tougher as vendors are forced to raise their prices by as much as 10 percent this year, due to the impact of the strong dollar on profits. That forecast from Gartner, Inc. will have a ripple effect ...
Oracle distances itself from Salesforce acquisition rumors
Salesforce.com, Inc. might be up for sale, but Oracle yesterday played down speculation that it is the mystery suitor, as most analysts initially suspected. The comments came directly from Oracle CEO Safra Catz, who didn’t outright deny her company was interested in buying Salesforce, but simply refused to comment. However, she was more forthcoming when ...
Adatao brings its Big Data machine learning tools to the masses
Big Data startup Adatao Inc. is aiming to make business intelligence accessible to everyone with the release of its first products, after it raised $13 million in venture capital late last year. The company’s main offering is the Adatao Data Intelligence Platform, which comes with a user-friendly interface and combines a set of predictive applications ...
Microsoft hopes to have Windows 10 on ONE BILLION devices in just 3 years
Microsoft’s Terry Myerson, head of the company’s Operating Systems Group, has gone out on a limb and predicted that Windows 10 will be running on one billion devices within the next two to three years. Myserson made his claims during day one of the company’s Build 2015 developer conference in San Francisco. He said the ...
Mesosphere’s DCOS now available on AWS & Microsoft Azure
Mesosphere Inc. has taken another step towards its goal of data center domination, launching a public beta of its Datacenter Operating System (DCOS) on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
IBM claims key breakthroughs in quantum computing
Quantum computing is still in its infancy, but IBM today announced a major breakthrough with regards to error detection and a scalable design. If, as Moore’s Law states, the number of transistors on a microprocessor continues to double every 18 months, the year 2020 or 2030 will find the circuits on a microprocessor measured on ...
Uber’s poised to muscle in on the delivery business
Not satisfied with upsetting every single cab driver on the face of the planet, Uber Inc. is setting out to do the same thing with delivery guys, with a new service to ship products from numerous well known merchants. This wouldn’t be the first time Uber has dabbled in deliveries. It’s been using its network ...
Amazon shows it means business with new online marketplace
Businesses will no longer have to go scouring through big-box stores looking for their office supplies, providing Amazon’s latest venture catches on. The online retail giant has just announced a new marketplace strictly for businesses, fittingly called Amazon Business. The idea is that businesses can buy all the supplies they need to keep up and ...
Declining Windows sales likely to erode Microsoft’s bottom line
Microsoft will face a tough challenge to maintain its revenues in the face of declining Windows license sales, which dropped by 22 percent in its most recent earnings report, analysts believe. The company was forced to admit its Windows revenues tanked last week, even as it reported $4.98 billion in net income on $21.7 billion ...
Maritime data startup Windward lands a $10.8M windfall
Windward, an Israeli-based maritime data analytics startup has just raised $10.8 million funding in a Series B round led by Horizons Ventures, with participation from Series A investor Aleph and others. The company says it will use the new funds to build what it claims will be the largest and most comprehensive martime data analytics ...