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

GlobalFoundries hits the ground running, beating forecasts in first earnings since IPO

INFRA - BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 5 YEARS AGO

Contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries Inc. posted strong fourth-quarter results today, with earnings and revenue that beat expectations, in its first earnings report since going public late last year. The company followed up with a higher outlook that sent its stock up slightly in after-hours trading. GlobalFoundries reported an operating loss for the period of $491 ...

API connectivity firm Kong’s latest release delivers lower latency, higher throughput

CLOUD - BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 5 YEARS AGO

Kong Inc. today announced a big update to its popular application programming interface connectivity platform, delivering big improvements in both latency and throughput, resulting in faster speeds and higher capacity for users. Kong Enterprise 2.7 is a connectivity platform that connects APIs and microservices natively across and within clouds, Kubernetes, data centers and more using ...

Cloudentity partners with Google Cloud’s Apigee to enable open banking innovation

CLOUD - BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 5 YEARS AGO

Identity and authorization software provider Cloudentity Inc. said today it’s partnering with Google Cloud’s Apigee to give financial services customers a simple, unified solution to address regulatory requirements around open banking. Apigee is Google Cloud’s application programming interface management tool, which is used by developers to design, secure, analyze and scale their APIs anywhere with ...

M3ter exits stealth with $17.5M to help SaaS firms implement usage-based pricing

BIG DATA - BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 5 YEARS AGO

London-based startup m3ter is exiting stealth mode today armed with $17.5 million in funding as it looks to tackle the challenge of usage-based pricing for software-as-a-service providers. Today’s round was led by Kindred Capital and included participation from Union Square Ventures and Insight Partners. M3ter is aiming to solve the difficulty of implementing usage-based pricing ...

Teradata stock makes gains after-hours following strong earnings beat

BIG DATA - BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 5 YEARS AGO

Big-data stalwart Teradata Corp.’s stock gained almost 7% in after-hours trading today after it reported fourth-quarter financial results that beat expectations on earnings and missed on revenue. The company reported a net profit of $33 million in the quarter, or 57 cents per share. Revenue rose 3% from a year ago, to $475 million. Wall Street ...

Google Cloud protects VMs against cryptojacking with agentless threat detection service

SECURITY - BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 5 YEARS AGO

Google Cloud is expanding its Security Command Center service with the availability of Virtual Machine Threat Detection in public preview starting today. VMTD works by scanning virtual machine instances in Google Compute Engine to detect a wide range of security threats, including things like cryptomining malware, which hijack virtual machines and redirect their computing power ...

Predictive ad-tracking startup SegmentStream raises $2.7M seed funding

AI - BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 5 YEARS AGO

SegmentStream Ltd. said today it has raised $2.7 million in seed funding to try to solve the headaches of online marketers struggling to find a way forward without the assistance of third-party cookies. Today’s round was led by Fort Ross Ventures, with participation from OKS Group and a number of angel investors, including Liad Agmon ...

KeyBank partners with Google Cloud on cloud-first digital banking

CLOUD - BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 5 YEARS AGO

Google Cloud said today it’s partnering with KeyBank, a subsidiary of KeyCorp., and the consultancy Deloitte Touche Ltd., on a new “cloud-first banking” initiative. KeyBank is aiming to tap Google Cloud to become the first large regional bank in the U.S. to operate its primary platforms and applications in the cloud. By doing so, it ...

Box can now be used as the single file system within Slack app

APPS - BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 5 YEARS AGO

Cloud content company Box Inc. said today it’s updating its Box for Slack integration, making it possible to use Box as the single file storage system within the Slack application. The update means Box’s enterprise-grade security, compliance and governance features will be applied to content shared within Slack. Other benefits, according to Box, include less ...

Aiming to power hybrid work, Cisco debuts faster Wi-Fi 6E Secure Access platform

INFRA - BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 5 YEARS AGO

Cisco Systems Inc. announced today it’s “re-imagining hybrid work” with multiple improvements to its Secure Access networking platform that will enable people to connect rapidly and securely from their home, office or any other location. As Cisco notes in its pitch, hybrid work is fast becoming a mainstay of many enterprises today and it believes ...