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Google Cloud partners with Rubin Observatory to advance astronomical discovery
Google LLC said today it’s helping to advance astronomical research, using its cloud platform to host the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Interim Data Facility. The Rubin IDF will be used to collect and host vast amounts of astronomical data ahead of a planned 10-year survey of the southern skies. The Legacy Survey of Space and Time, ...
Nvidia breakthrough enables AI training with limited datasets
Nvidia Corp.’s scientific research team has come up with way to train artificial intelligence models using just a fraction of the study material that’s normally required. The new method, announced today, involves applying a special training technique to the popular Nvidia StyleGAN2 neural network that’s used to train AI-based image generators. With the technique, researchers reduced ...
DocuSign reports 54% revenue growth as it smashes earnings expectations
DocuSign Inc., the company that provides digital document signing tools for companies and people, saw its stock rise in after-hours trading today after reporting third-quarter financial results that blew past Wall Street’s expectations. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 22 cents per share on revenue of $382.92 million, up 54% ...
Stock of cloud subscription firm Zuora jumps on earnings and revenue beat
Shares of Zuora Inc. rose today after the cloud subscription services company posted third-quarter financial results that topped Wall Street’s expectations. The company reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of a penny a share on revenue of $77.2 million, up 8% from the same quarter last year. Analysts had modeled a wider loss ...
Shares of big-data firm Cloudera rise as it tops earnings targets
Big-data specialist Cloudera Inc. delivered solid third-quarter financial results today, beating expectations on earnings and revenue and following up with strong guidance for the current quarter. The company, which sells data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning and analytics software to enterprises, reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 15 cents per share. ...
Netenrich debuts its Intelligent Security Operations Center
Cybersecurity firm Netenrich Inc. today announced the general availability of its Intelligent Security Operations Center that’s aimed at helping midsized enterprises and managed service providers better manage their cybersecurity investments according to their evolving needs. Many large enterprises run Security Operations Centers, special teams dedicated to monitoring and analyzing their security posture on an ongoing basis. ...
Cohesity’s data protection software now available as a service
Data management software company Cohesity Inc. said today its core data protection software is now available via software as a service to all customers for the first time. Cohesity DataProtect delivered as a Service is available in the U.S. today through resellers and the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. It’s billed by the company as an ...
Alkira extends its cloud network-as-a-service offering
Networking-as-a-service startup Alkira Inc. today announced the next step in its goal to provide enterprises with complete end-to-end connectivity as a service, launching what it calls a “Cloud Backbone-as-a-Service” into general availability. The company is one worth watching, since it has come a long way already since its launch in April. Alkira operates what it ...
Shares of analytics firm Splunk go splat as it falls well short of expectations
Big-data analytics giant Splunk Inc. was left reeling today after missing on its third-quarter earnings and revenue targets and offering guidance for the next quarter that fell way short of expectations. The company’s stock lost more than 23% of its value on Thursday after it reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation ...
As Snowflake reports first earnings since IPO, investors cheer results and outlook
Updated: Cloud data warehouse phenom Snowflake Inc. put in a strong showing in its first-ever quarterly results as a public company today, beating expectations on earnings and revenue. But it offered a forecast for product revenue in the current quarter that fell short of expectations, and that sent its stock down after-hours. Update: Investors quickly changed ...