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With strong cloud sales, Microsoft comfortably beats earnings targets
Microsoft Corp. delivered strong fiscal first-quarter earnings results Tuesday that exceeded expectations, with solid revenue growth across virtually all of its product lines, sending its stock up almost 5% on Wednesday. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.27 per share on revenue of $45.3 billion, up 22% from the ...
InfluxDB updates aimed at making it easier to build time-series database apps
InfluxData Inc. announced some useful updates today that should help developers to build applications powered by the InfluxDB database more easily. The open-source InfluxDB is a time-series database that’s optimized for information processed chronologically, hence the name. Certain kinds of data need to be arranged in the exact order created. For example, the heat readings ...
Public cloud security startup Sonrai Security raises $50M in new funding
Public cloud security startup Sonrai Security Inc. said today it has closed on a new $50 million funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $88 million. The Series C round was led by the venture arm of cybersecurity platform provider Istari Global Ltd. and also saw participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures, Polaris Partners, ...
Cisco buys Kubernetes specialist replex to boost AppDynamics’ observability skills
Cisco Systems Inc. is making another “acquihire” to strengthen its AppDynamics application monitoring platform, snapping up Germany-based startup replex GmbH for an undisclosed price today. The acquisition is designed to help AppDynamics “grow its product and engineering talent,” according to Linda Tong, general manager of AppDynamics, who announced the news in a blog post. Ultimately, ...
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Supply problems take a bite out of Intel’s PC chip business and its stock falls hard
Semiconductor giant Intel Corp. saw its stock dive in after-hours trading today after its third-quarter sales fell short of Wall Street’s targets. The company blamed component shortages that hampered its all-important personal computer business. Intel also warned investors its gross margin and free cash flow is likely to decline to a lower level over the next ...
Google beefs up Android Enterprise security and makes it easier to manage
Google LLC is updating its Android Enterprise program with a number of new features and capabilities today. Among them, it’s adding a superior way for identity providers to integrate authentication services an a new application programming interface for speedier updates. And it’s launching its first vulnerability reward program to improve the security of its Pixel ...
Zebra announces more flexible warehouse robots for fulfillment operations
Enterprise technology giant Zebra Technologies Corp. announced three new autonomous mobile robots today as part of a new fulfillment system for warehouse operators. The Fetch Robotics-branded system is powered by a fulfillment software package for order or batch picking called FetchCore that’s used to manage warehouse operations and control the three robots. Zebra is a massive ...
Amazon previews AWS Data Exchange for its Redshift data warehouse service
Amazon Web Services Inc. has announced the public preview of AWS Data Exchange for Amazon Redshift, with an aim to make it simpler for customers to find third-party data and query it using its data warehouse service. The AWS Data Exchange debuted in 2019. The service is meant to help customers find, subscribe and use ...
Qualtrics posts another surprise profit and its stock makes solid gains
Experience management platform provider Qualtrics International Inc. delivered another strong quarter today with a surprise profit and stronger-than-expected revenue sending its stock higher. The company reported a third-quarter profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of a penny a share on revenue of $271.6 million, up 41% from a year ago. Analysts had been expecting Qualtrics ...
Automation Anywhere wants to bring software robots into the call center
Robotic process automation firm Automation Anywhere Inc. is bringing its smarts into contact centers, helping call center agents become more efficient by quickly surfacing the information they need to handle customer calls. Automation Anywhere is widely considered one of the leaders in the fast-growing RPA market, valued at north of $6.8 billion. The company’s Automation ...