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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

SoftBank plunks down $250M to fund Uber rival in Asia

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Japanese telecom giant SoftBank might become a target for Uber Inc’s aggresive executives after it invested $250 million into the citizen taxi service’s biggest rival in Southeast Asia – a startup called GrabTaxi. The GrabTaxi app has seen massive growth in Southeast Asia, …

20M businesses face Windows Server 2003 end of support risk

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

About 20 million businesses will face a major security risk in the next 221 days that could leave their IT systems wide open to vulnerabilities and threats from cyberattackers. That’s the assessment of Dell Inc. anyway, which this week took the opportunity …

Senator Franken doesn’t want a Lyft, he wants answers

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Uber’s troubles have been well documented over the previous few weeks, but though the negative press doesn’t seem to have deterred its investors, it’s biggest rival Lyft has seized on the opportunity to steal some of its business. Lyft has gone out …

Uber’s PR problems pile up with latest privacy breach

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Uber Inc. has been bedeviled by privacy concerns following revelations about its “God View” tool that grants employees access to users’ personal data. Although Uber tried to persuade its customers it can be trusted by publishing its privacy policy on its blog …

All-flash startup Kaminario bags $53M to scale up storage

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Startup Kaminario has just announced a $53 million funding round that will fuel its push into the growing flash storage market. The new round means it’s raised a considerable $128 million, making it one of the best-funded flash startups around. And Kaminario …

Hortonworks sets IPO price ahead of NASDAQ debut

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Hortonworks Inc. seems keen to get on with its upcoming IPO as soon as possible. It just announced an important bit of news ahead of its NASDAQ debut. Following on from its S-1 filing last month, Hortonworks has issued an update to …

Microsoft buys email app Acompli to revamp Outlook

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY12 YEARS AGO

Microsoft has acquired the San Francisco-based email application builder Acompli Inc., in a deal valued at $200 million. The announcement isn’t exactly a surprising one considering how Microsoft accidentally leaked the news before Thanksgiving in a blog post, but it does show …

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