Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

HP takes on supercomputer giants with water-cooled Apollo system

By Mike Wheatley Jun 10, 2014

HP has just entered the supercomputer game, offering an eco-friendly way for enterprises to access petaflops of computing power. Announced just before the opening of its HP Discover event in Las Vegas, the company…

Most IT pros ‘aren’t doing anything’ to prep for the Internet of Things

By Mike Wheatley Jun 9, 2014

IT professionals are pretty excited about the potential benefits of the Internet of Things, but few are ready to deal with the new breed of connected devices landing in their organizations. The warning comes…

Watch out pervs: Ransomware holds Android phones hostage

By Mike Wheatley Jun 9, 2014

Bad guys have cooked up the first strain of file-encrypting ransomware targeted at smartphones running Android. Called Android/Simplocker, the malware was spotted by the security firm ESET. Researchers say it works by scanning Android…

Storage market tanks as firms shun high-end hardware

By Mike Wheatley Jun 9, 2014

Late last week IDC announced one of the worst ever quarters for the storage sector, as enterprise buyers shunned high-end systems. IDC blamed the slump on a 25 percent drop in purchases of high-performance…

Gartner: Big Data security should start with the data

By Mike Wheatley Jun 6, 2014

One of the central requirements of Big Data is that you take a data-centric approach to cybersecurity. Well, that seems obvious enough – if your vital data is stored in huge repositories, it makes…

Oracle lights up open SDN, joins OpenDaylight Project

By Mike Wheatley Jun 6, 2014

Oracle has said it’s joining the OpenDaylight Project, an open-source software-defined networking alliance, as a silver member. The company says it wants to bake OpenDaylight’s software into its Solaris 11.2 as soon as possible.…

UK joins the witch hunt: Proposes life sentences for ‘hackers’

By Mike Wheatley Jun 6, 2014

The UK government is mulling over a new law that would see life sentences dished out to hackers who carry out “cyberattacks which result in loss of life, serious illness or injury or serious…

China stirs up more Windows 8 hate: ‘It’s a big challenge for our cybersecurity’

By Mike Wheatley Jun 5, 2014

China really doesn’t like Windows 8. Not only has it supposedly banned certain government agencies from using the operating system, it’s now resorting to using scare tactics in its local media, running a news…

VMware kills off vCenter Heartbeat

By Mike Wheatley Jun 5, 2014

VMware has somewhat interestingly announced the end of availability of its vCenter Heartbeat product, which is designed to protect vCenter Server against application, operating system, hardware and network failures, and other kinds of outages.…

IBM-Lenovo x86 server deal delayed due to security fears

By Mike Wheatley Jun 5, 2014

Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business could be on the rocks after the two companies asked US regulators for more time to carry out a security review. The companies are said to want…

Mike Wheatley

HP takes on supercomputer giants with water-cooled Apollo system

Most IT pros ‘aren’t doing anything’ to prep for the Internet of Things

Watch out pervs: Ransomware holds Android phones hostage

Storage market tanks as firms shun high-end hardware

Oracle lights up open SDN, joins OpenDaylight Project

UK joins the witch hunt: Proposes life sentences for ‘hackers’

China stirs up more Windows 8 hate: ‘It’s a big challenge for our cybersecurity’

VMware kills off vCenter Heartbeat

IBM-Lenovo x86 server deal delayed due to security fears

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