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Cloudera’s stock rises after big-data firm crushes earnings forecast
It’s smiles all round at big-data company Cloudera Inc., which saw its stock jump more than 10% today after posting financial results that easily beat Wall Street’s expectations. The company, which sells various data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning and analytics software to enterprises, reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of ...
Docker fleshes out developer strategy with new service plans
Several months after selling off its enterprise business, software container company Docker Inc. today fleshed out its new strategy to focus more on solving problems for developers with some expanded services. The new strategy is a necessary step for Docker, which was once seen as one of the most promising “unicorn” companies in Silicon Valley after ...
Red Hat updates Ceph Storage platform for cloud-native workloads
Red Hat Inc. today announced a new release of its Ceph Storage platform, based on the most recent Nautilus release of the Ceph open-source project. Red Hat Ceph Storage is a software platform that provides highly scalable object, block and file-based storage in a unified system. It’s designed to run on commodity hardware and uses ...
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Vcinity enables data access at local speeds from anywhere in the world
Multicloud is already a reality for a growing number of enterprises, and now they’re starting to demand more consistent experiences across the various public cloud platforms they use. One of the best ways to ensure more consistent experiences is to be able to leave data in place and access it where it’s stored, instead of ...
Salesforce updates Health Cloud with new analytics and relationship management tools
Salesforce.com Inc. today added several new features and capabilities to its Health Cloud customer relationship platform for the healthcare and life sciences industry. The updates continue Salesforce’s strategy of building out unique offerings for different industries. Among the new tools are a new Provider Relationship Management service for healthcare providers to keep track of their relationships ...
Western Digital appoints Cisco exec David Goeckeler as its new CEO
Data storage firm Western Digital Corp. has appointed Cisco Systems Inc. executive David Goeckeler as its new chief executive officer. Goeckeler (pictured), who currently heads up Cisco’s $34 billion networking and security business, will begin his new job March 9, replacing the outgoing Steve Milligan, who announced his retirement in October. The new CEO is credited ...
Okta caps off a solid year of growth especially with enterprises
Cloud identity management company Okta Inc. posted a strong set of financial results Thursday as it capped off its fiscal 2020, showing especially strong momentum with enterprise customers. The company reported a fourth-quarter loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of a penny a share on revenue of $167.3 million, up 45% from a ...
Google debuts Anthos for Telecom to help telcos modernize application infrastructure
Google LLC today launched a new version of its Anthos application development platform for telecommunications providers, part of a comprehensive new “Global Mobile Edge Cloud” strategy aimed at helping telcos digitally transform themselves. Google said it’s focused on delivering three key business outcomes for telecommunications firms. Its goals include helping telcos to monetize 5G as a ...
Deep learning chip startup Hailo raises $60M round
Israeli computer chipmaker Hailo Technologies Ltd. is poised to make a splash in the artificial intelligence world after landing a hefty $60 million funding round for its deep learning hardware today. The Series B round was led by existing investors with participation from ABB Technology Ventures, NEC Corp. and Latitude Ventures, and brings Hailo’s total ...
Google Cloud expands into Qatar and other regions
Google LLC today announced plans to open four new data center regions later this year as part of the ongoing expansion of its cloud infrastructure. The new regions will open in Delhi, Melbourne, Toronto and Doha, Qatar. They’ll give Google Cloud a total of 26 regions around the world. Google Cloud’s regions relate to a ...