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Machine learning experiment tracking startup Weights and Biases raises $45M
Machine learning startup Weights and Biases Inc. said today it has raised $45 million in a new round of funding that brings its total amount raised to $65 million. The Series B round was led by Insight Partners with participation from Coatue, Trinity Ventures and Bloomberg Beta. Weights and Biases has created a platform for ...
Microsoft brings its Azure Quantum cloud service into public preview
Microsoft Corp. said today that its Azure Quantum platform that lets customers play around with quantum computing tools built by its hardware and software partners is now in public preview. The company wants researchers and developers to start using its quantum cloud service to explore, build and test new applications that can take advantage of ...
Western Digital’s stock jumps on strong earnings results
Western Digital Corp. today posted second-quarter financial results that beat expectations, with revenue from hard drive sales hitting a three-year high, it said today. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 69 cents per share on revenue of $3.9 billion, down 7% from the same period a year ago. That was ...
Atlassian smashes earnings targets as it shifts to the cloud
Enterprise productivity software company Atlassian Corp. Plc. posted strong second-quarter financial results today, easily beating expectations thanks to a surge in demand for its products. The results come at a delicate time for Atlassian, which sells project management and collaboration software for developers and engineers, including products such as Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket. The company ...
Juniper’s stock slips on weak guidance despite earnings beat
Computer network equipment maker Juniper Networks Inc. delivered strong fourth-quarter financial results today with both profits and sales that beat Wall Street’s expectations. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 55 cents per share on revenue of $1.22 billion, up 1% from the same period a year ago. Analysts had ...
Dell and SK Telecom team up to offer faster 5G edge connectivity
Dell Technologies Inc. is stepping up its push into 5G and the network edge today, partnering with the Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom Co. Ltd. and VMware Inc. to improve content delivery and application experiences. The idea is to remove the complex network path between devices and the location where data is hosted, the companies ...
Buying Signavio, SAP gets into business transformation-as-a-service
German software giant SAP SE announced today a new concierge offering for enterprises that it’s calling “RISE with SAP.” The new offering is labeled as “Business transformation-as-a-Service” and is aimed at guiding SAP’s customers through their digital transformation as they evolve to become more “intelligent enterprises,” the company said. In addition, SAP said it’s buying ...
ServiceNow tops earnings expectations with strong subscription revenue growth
Updated: ServiceNow Inc. reported strong fourth-quarter earnings and revenue and significant customer growth today as it easily beat Wall Street’s expectations. The company posted a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of $1.17 per share on revenue of $1.25 billion, up 31% from the same period one year ago. Analysts were looking for earnings ...
Crushing forecasts, Apple’s quarterly revenue tops $100B but shares sag
Apple Inc. posted its largest-ever quarterly revenue today, blowing past Wall Street forecasts to top the $100 billion mark for the first time. The iPhone maker reported a fiscal first-quarter profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of $1.68 per share on revenue of $111.4 billion, up 21% from the same year before. Wall Street ...
Google’s Dialogflow CX brings more advanced virtual agents to contact centers
Google LLC said today that its Dialogflow CX service is now generally available, meaning enterprises now have an easier way to create more advanced virtual agents to staff their contact centers. Part of Google’s Contact Center AI offering, Dialogflow CS is designed for companies that want to automate their contact center operations. Google said Dialogflow ...