Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

How Microsoft’s Cortana used Big Data to predict the FIFA World Cup

By Mike Wheatley Jul 15, 2014

Celebrity Big Data scientist Nate Silver can step aside. And so can Paul the Octopus (anyone remember him?) for that matter. There’s a new god of football predictions in town, and it goes by…

Evolving IT security: Digital Risk Officers to emerge by 2017

By Mike Wheatley Jul 15, 2014

The rapid pace of technological evolution represents a massive challenge for companies whose operations are based on a digital business model. In order to manage risk and shore up security, we’re going to see…

IBM adds Elastic Storage to its SoftLayer cloud infrastructure

By Mike Wheatley Jul 15, 2014

IBM is revamping the way it does cloud storage. Having already committed some $1.2 billion to establish data centers for rent in every country where it needs them, Big Blue is now offering a…

Password managers hacked: Researchers find ‘critical’ vulnerabilities

By Mike Wheatley Jul 14, 2014

If you’re using a popular password manager your credentials might not be entirely safe, following the discovery of several vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to gain access. University of California Berkeley researchers have discovered…

DARPA shows off bullets that can be steered to a target

By Mike Wheatley Jul 14, 2014

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has made significant progress in building ‘steerable’ bullets that can be directed to a target, and now the agency has released video footage of the first prototype in…

Is wearable tech wearing thin in the enterprise?

By Mike Wheatley Jul 14, 2014

Wearable tech is all the rage. Almost every other day, new gadgets that can be strapped on, attached or worn seem to hit the headlines. Smartwatches, smartglasses, fitness trackers and augmented reality headsets are…

Amazon throws Zocalo in the ring to box with Box & Dropbox

By Mike Wheatley Jul 11, 2014

Amazon has just made a move into the cloud business services market with a direct attack on Dropbox and Box – it’s launched Zocalo, billed as a secure enterprise storage service. Zocalo, which is…

Verizon to Netflix: Traffic bottlenecks are all your fault, so shut it.

By Mike Wheatley Jul 11, 2014

Verizon might have just won its war of words with Netflix over network access for streaming videos. Verizon’s David Young, vice-president of federal regulatory affairs, landed the seemingly fatal blow in a report posted…

Google’s Kubernetes Docker container manager gets big backers

By Mike Wheatley Jul 11, 2014

Some of the world’s biggest tech companies are lining up to help develop the open-source Kubernetes software container management system that search engine giant Google announced last month. CoreOS, Docker, IBM, Microsoft, Mesosphere, Red…

DARPA’s latest hair-brained scheme: Implantable memory chips

By Mike Wheatley Jul 10, 2014

Brain implants could finally become a reality, thanks to those crazy, lovable boffins over at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA. The agency, which has been working on all kinds…

Mike Wheatley

How Microsoft’s Cortana used Big Data to predict the FIFA World Cup

Evolving IT security: Digital Risk Officers to emerge by 2017

IBM adds Elastic Storage to its SoftLayer cloud infrastructure

Password managers hacked: Researchers find ‘critical’ vulnerabilities

DARPA shows off bullets that can be steered to a target

Is wearable tech wearing thin in the enterprise?

Amazon throws Zocalo in the ring to box with Box & Dropbox

Verizon to Netflix: Traffic bottlenecks are all your fault, so shut it.

Google’s Kubernetes Docker container manager gets big backers

DARPA’s latest hair-brained scheme: Implantable memory chips

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