Mike Wheatley
Latest from Mike Wheatley
Cisco hints at plan to adopt application-centered containers
Apparently not wanting to be left out of the latest craze in virtualization, Cisco Systems, Inc. is hinting at plans to incorporate Docker containers into its emerging cloud services. The tidbit comes from this blog post, which offers a fairly standard primer on containers vs. virtual machines. But the real nugget comes at the end ...
NASA is building an automated air traffic control system for drones
With the prospect of commercial drones buzzing around our heads becoming more and more real, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is developing a new kind of air traffic control system that addresses the unique needs of the low-altitude aircraft. News of the agency initiative came last week as Google unveiled Project Wing, an experimental program that ...
China turns up the heat in Microsoft antitrust probe
China’s anti-trust regulator has deepened its probe into Microsoft Corp., giving the company twenty days to reply to queries regarding the compatibility of its Windows and Office software products Reuters is reporting that the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) interviewed Microsoft Vice President David Chen last week, and has now given the firm a deadline ...
Android breaks free: One step closer to world domination
Google’s pursuit of mobile world domination is coming along nicely, with the latest data from UK-based tech analyst Kantar Group showing that Android has made even more inroads into the US and other markets. Apple’s hold over its fanbois is slowly slipping, while Windows Phone’s growth seems to have stalled in 2014. The findings aren’t ...
Server sales rising: HP leads the way
It’s anything but doom and gloom for the server industry, despite claims to the contrary. As IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker reveals, sales are actually on the rise, and it all points to a half-decent outlook in the mid-to-long term. IDC says that “factory revenue in the worldwide server market increased 2.5% year over ...
Meet Dr. Watson: IBM’s cancer-busting supercomputer
IBM Corp’s Watson supercomputer is set to tackle scientific research head-on after being re-programmed to analyse Big Data in the cloud. It’s just launched a new system called Watson Discovery Advisor for analyzing scientific and medical research. Big Blue claims that the system understands the nuances of natural language so well it’s able to comb ...
Hot containers: Microsoft cuddles up to Google’s Kubernetes
Microsoft Corp., has just added support for managing Docker containers in its Azure cloud, with the help of the open-source Kubernetes tool that was designed and built by rival Google Inc. For two companies that are so often at odds with each other, it’s a move that might raise a few eyebrows. The coolest aspect ...
VMware’s hybrid cloud shift: A decoder ring of products | #VMworld
As expected, VMworld 2014 has underlined VMware’s ambitions to move away from its hypervisor roots and embed its ecosystem deeper into the enterprise. That much was evident in a string of new product announcements and rebranding efforts on days one and two of the event. VMware has generated a lot of hype about its new ...
Microsoft patches a patch that crippled Windows PCs
Microsoft Corp., has fixed a faulty update that was pulled two weeks ago after its support discussion forum was flooded with reports of crippled computers. The August patch was yanked after reports of it causing Windows 8.1 systems to be locked into using specific fonts. There were also more serious reports that it caused some ...
Scality delivers ‘Amazon EBS-like’ VM storage with RING 5.0 | #vmworld
Object storage software startup Scality introduced version 5.0 of its RING software for software-defined storage at VMworld yesterday. The software has been given a number of enhancements, with Scality claiming its 95 percent faster at file operations and random IO. However, the big news is that RING now supports VM storage capabilities. For those unfamiliar ...