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.

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Camunda aims to modernize robotic process automation with APIs

Camunda Services GmbH said today it’s aiming to modernize robotic process automation bot implementations with its latest Camunda 7.14 platform release. RPA is a subset of artificial intelligence that involves using software robots to observe workflows in common business applications and then deduce ways to automate repetitive tasks. The robots are used to monitor worker’s ...

Gartner says global data center infrastructure spending will grow 6% next year

Gartner Inc. has some welcome news for data center infrastructure vendors today, publishing a forecast that predicts spending in the industry to grow 6% globally next year. The growth will come as a result of businesses rebounding from cash flow restrictions that were imposed on them during the coronavirus pandemic, Gartner said. It projects that ...

Observe exits stealth with $35M funding to reinvent application observability

An appropriately named startup called Observe Inc. said today it’s getting into the emerging market for observability tools after landing $35 million in a new funding round and debt financing led by Mike Speiser, managing partner at Sutter Hill Ventures. Famous technology firm executives Michael Dell, Frank Slootman and Scott Dietzen also invested in the ...

Amazon cuts the cost of AWS SageMaker instances by up to 18%

Amazon Web Services Inc. said today it’s making its popular Amazon SageMaker artificial intelligence service cheaper to use. Amazon SageMaker was launched in 2017 and makes it possible for developers to build and train machine learning models for analytical and predictive applications that run in the AWS cloud. The service eliminates much of the grunt ...

Rook graduates from the CNCF, enabling persistent storage for Kubernetes apps

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation, which houses the open-source Kubernetes project and other cloud-native technology initiatives, said today that Rook has become its latest project to graduate. Rook is an open-source, cloud-native storage orchestrator for Kubernetes, which is used to manage large clusters of containers that house the components of modern applications. It’s designed to ...

Aliro Quantum helps researchers get started on quantum apps and networks

Aliro Technologies Inc. today announced the availability of its cross-platform quantum computing software portfolio that it says can serve as a foundation for organizations hoping to build powerful quantum systems. The company, which does business as Aliro Quantum, aims to democratize access to quantum computing. It announced the launch of its products at the virtual InnovationXLab ...

Oracle launches a cloud-native observability platform for hybrid IT

Oracle Corp. said today it’s getting into the multicloud observability business with the launch of a new, highly integrated monitoring solution that provides visibility and control for applications deployed across various types of computing infrastructure. According to Oracle, its new Cloud Observability and Management Platform helps customers reduce the complexity, risk and costs associated with operating a ...

DigitalOcean launches App Platform service to automate infrastructure management

DigitalOcean Inc., which operates a “developer cloud” that makes it easier for developers to build modern applications, said today it’s launching a new cloud-based platform that automates infrastructure management. The DigitalOcean App Platform enables developers to deploy their application code in production with just a few clicks, and advances the company’s overall mission of simplifying ...

Rancher Labs’ new release enables GitOps at scale for Kubernetes

Container software company Rancher Labs Inc. launched a major update to its Kubernetes management platform today. In particular, it added an easier installation experience and new capabilities such as GitOps at scale for edge clusters, as well as full lifecycle management of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service clusters. The company’s Rancher platform is a lightweight Kubernetes distribution ...

Equinix says its bare metal service Equinix Metal is up and running

Data center infrastructure company Equinix Inc. said today it’s launching a new, fully automated and interconnected bare-metal computing service for its customers, based on the technology it obtained from Packet Hosting Inc. earlier this year. Equinix is a provider of digital infrastructure and colocation services. It owns a number of huge data centers that are ...