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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

SDN? How about $$$DN? IDC predicts $8bn sales by 2018

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

The future of software-defined networking (SDN) is looking very rosy indeed, with the market segment set to rake in a healthy $8 billion by 2018, well up from the current pittance ($960 million) it’s set to bring through the door in 2014. …

PernixData gets a $35M funding boost in Flash storage race

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Flash virtualization startup PernixData has grabbed another $35 million in series C funding. It’s yet another big bet on the impending disruption in enterprise storage as technology moves towards cloud services and virtualization. What differentiates PernixData from other storage startups is its …

VMware gobbles up CloudVolumes for real-time app delivery

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

VMware has just gobbled up a pre-VMworld 2014 snack, adding to its desktop virtualization stack by acquiring real-time application delivery firm CloudVolumes. The company kept schtum on how much money it shelled out, but was eager to talk about why it did. …

Google’s cloud adds Mesos clusters + Docker containers

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Mesosphere, Inc. has announced that its Mesos clusters are now available on the Google Compute Engine, allowing Google Inc.’s cloud users to abstract basic devops, which simplifies the data center to look more like a single bit of hardware. For those who don’t …

Gartner’s Hype Cycle: Big Data’s on the slippery slope

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Gartner has just released its annual Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, and it shows some interesting moves for two of the most important enterprise technologies – Big Data and the cloud. Organizations that make use of these technologies might therefore need to …

Containers & KVMs go head-to-head in IBM Research study

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

IBM Research Division has just published a paper detailing a side-by-side comparison of Docker containers versus the KVM hypervisor, highlighting the latter’s cost when used with NAT or AUFS, and questioning the wisdom of running containers inside virtual machines. Big Blue’s boffins …

IBM’s X86 server sale to Lenovo gets a green light

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

The sale of IBM Corp’s low-end server division to China’s Lenovo Group Ltd., has finally been granted the go-ahead by US regulators. The Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) has given the thumbs up to the acquisition, which will see Lenovo take IBM’s X86 …

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