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

The rise of automation: Opportunity or a disaster in the making?

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

The idea that technology will eventually do away with the need for manual, human labor is nothing new. Ever since the first enterprising farmers began using cattle to plough their fields instead of doing the job manually, workers have been fearful of …

Canonical’s “Snappy” Ubuntu Core bites into Google’s Cloud

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Canonical Ltd., the maker of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has just made its snappy Ubuntu Core operating system, designed for running Docker containers, available on Google’s Compute Engine. Ubuntu Core is a newly released, stripped down version of the original Ubuntu OS. …

MongoDB acquires WiredTiger to boost storage engine performance

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

NoSQL database giant MongoDB Inc. has moved to acquire WiredTiger Inc., which builds a database storage engine solution, barely a month after including the technology as an option in the latest version of its product. It’s an important buy for MongoDB, and …

Cloudera establishes China base to head up Hadoop’s next revolution

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Intel-backed Hadoop vendor Cloudera Inc. is hoping to export the Big Data craze to China with the opening of three offices in the country, its just announced. Cloudera already has a small Asian presence thanks to its offices in Japan, but the …

CISO’s influence grows as cloud envelops the enterprise

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

In case you need any more evidence that enterprises no longer see the cloud as a security threat, here it is straight from the horse’s mouth – almost 90 percent of IT security leaders have, or are planning to adopt the cloud …

Computer model shows Alcatraz escapees likely to have perished

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

The mystery of three prisoners who famously escaped from the Alcatraz maximum security jail in San Francisco Bay may have finally been solved, thanks to Big Data and computer modelling. In 1962, convicted bank robber Frank Morris, together with brothers Clarence and …

Uber hits back at regulators with massive lobbying effort

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

We’ve all had bad weeks before where nothing ever seems to go right for us. But few of us have had it quite as tough as Uber Inc. has had it over the last seven days. It all started so well too …

Windows 10 Build 9901 leak gives first look at Cortana on the desktop

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Microsoft’s boffins are working overtime to get Windows 10 up to scratch in time for its big release early next year. But that hasn’t stopped someone from spilling the beans so to speak, and there’s been another leak, this time of Windows …

Docker dodges another security flaw with new patch

WIKIBON By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Docker’s container tech has been hit by more security woes, with the revelation that an earlier security patch has led to a brand new vulnerability being discovered in the software. Docker rolled out version 1.3.2 last month in order to patch a …

UK researchers reveal plans for an “Internet of sheep”

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Smart cities might be all the rage here in the USA, but in England the Internet of Things is spreading its tentacles outside of its urban centers, deep into the countryside. Computer scientists at Lancaster University have just launched an 18-month research …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

The rise of automation: Opportunity or a disaster in the making?

Canonical’s “Snappy” Ubuntu Core bites into Google’s Cloud

MongoDB acquires WiredTiger to boost storage engine performance

Cloudera establishes China base to head up Hadoop’s next revolution

Computer model shows Alcatraz escapees likely to have perished

Uber hits back at regulators with massive lobbying effort

Windows 10 Build 9901 leak gives first look at Cortana on the desktop

Docker dodges another security flaw with new patch

UK researchers reveal plans for an “Internet of sheep”

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