Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things. Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days. Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

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Akamai’s latest update bolsters Layer 7 attack defense with machine learning

Content delivery network and cloud services provider Akamai Technologies Inc. today announced new additions to its flagship App & API Protector product, including advanced defenses against sophisticated application layer distributed denial-of-service attacks. Akamai’s new enhanced Layer 7 DDoS protections are designed to precisely detect and mitigate short DDoS attack bursts and use client reputation scores for improved ...

Autodesk’s fiscal 2024 ends on a high note, as earnings exceed analysts’ predictions

Shares in Autodesk Inc. rose more than 7% in late trading today after the computer-aided design software company reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings in its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended on Jan. 31, Autodesk reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.09, up from $1.86 in the same quarter of last year, ...

Zscaler shares dip despite outperforming earnings expectations

Shares in Zscaler Inc. fell more than 8% in late trading today despite the cloud security company delivering beats in its latest quarter and issuing a better-than-expected earnings outlook. For the quarter that ended on Jan. 31, Zscaler reported adjusted earnings per share of 76 cents, up from 37 cents in the same quarter of ...

Quantive unveils AI-driven strategy platform to enhance business decision making

Strategy execution platform startup Quantive USA Inc. today announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence platform that brings together the data, technology and expertise to help organizations turn their strategic ambitions into reality within a single solution. The new Quantive StrategyAI is designed to transform how business strategy works by integrating AI throughout the strategic management process. ...

HP shares drop after falling short on revenue in first quarter

Shares in HP Inc. fell more than 3% in late trading today after the personal computer and printer company fell short of expected revenue in its fiscal 2024 first quarter. For HP’s fiscal first quarter, the company reported adjusted earnings per share of 81 cents, up from 75 cents in the same quarter of last ...

Okta shares surge after reporting strong earnings and revenue growth

Shares in Okta Inc. jumped over 20% in late trading today after the identity and access management company impressed investors with strong earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended Jan. 31, Okta reported adjusted earnings per share of 63 cents, up from 30 cents in the same quarter ...

Salesforce reports earnings beat, shares hold steady after-hours

Salesforce Inc. shares remained flat in after-hours trading today after the cloud-based software company reported an earnings beat in its fiscal fourth quarter. For its fiscal fourth quarter ending Jan. 31, Salesforce reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.29, up from $1.69 per share in the same quarter of last year, on revenue of $9.29 ...

JFrog and Qwak integration offers MLOps solutions for streamlined application delivery

Software supply chain company JFrog Ltd. today announced a new integration with machine learning platform provider Qwak AI Ltd. that brings machine learning models alongside the traditional software development lifecycle processes to streamline, accelerate and scale the secure delivery of artificial intelligence applications. Qwak specializes in simplifying the machine learning operational journey with a platform designed to ...

CAST AI report unveils major underuse of cloud resources in Kubernetes environments

A new report released today by Kubernetes operations and cost management startup Cast AI Group Inc. finds that significant underuse of cloud resources in Kubernetes environments, which manage microservices, the components of modern applications. That’s resulting in substantial inefficiencies and opportunities for cost optimization in cloud computing. The second annual CAST AI Kubernetes Cost Benchmark Report, based on the ...

OpenAI to court: New York Times’ lawsuit used evidence obtained through hacking

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, asked a U.S. federal judge on Monday to dismiss a majority of a copyright lawsuit lodged against it by the New York Times in December, alleging that the Times paid someone to hack its service to create misleading evidence in the case. In the filing, OpenAI claims that the Times ...