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Microsoft’s Cortana boss Javier Soltero says he’ll quit later this year
Microsoft Corp. is waving goodbye to another senior executive. This time around it’s Javier Soltero, the current head of its digital assistant Cortana, who’s leaving the firm. The departure of Soltero (pictured) is just the latest in what seems to be an ongoing shakeup within Microsoft’s leadership team, following the exit of 20-year veteran Terry ...
Tableau Software misses revenue target but posts strong profit
Updated: Tableau Software Inc. is flying high today despite reporting a mixed bag in its third-quarter results. The data analytics software company posted a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 7 cents per share on revenue of $239.6 million. Tableau’s revenue rose 11 percent from the same quarter a year ago, primarily ...
Shares of Twilio jump 35% as it easily beats earnings targets
Updated: Communications services company Twilio Inc. put a smile on the face of shareholders once again today, posting third-quarter results that breezed past expectations. The company also reported strong growth on the customer acquisition front, further cheering investors, who sent Twilio’s stock soaring by more than 12 percent in after-hours trading. Update: Shares rocketed more than 35 percent ...
Speedy database startup ScyllaDB now goes even faster
Database startup ScyllaDB Inc. is using its two-day Scylla Summit starting today to announce the release of Scylla Open Source 3.0. The new product represents a major upgrade to ScyllaDB’s open-source NoSQL database, with a host of new features designed to achieve parity with the Apache Cassandra database with which it’s trying to compete. Scylla’s database is ...
Periscope Data makes it easier to analyze data from multiple storage platforms
Analytics company Periscope Data Inc. hopes to help its customers tap into diverse data sets much more quickly with a new tool announced today. Data Engine enables faster access to a variety of data warehouses. It was optimized to deliver faster queries on both Amazon Web Services Inc.’s Redshift and Snowflake Computing Inc.’s cloud-based data warehouse services. Data ...
Verizon is restructuring its businesses as 5G networks begin to roll out
Verizon Communications Inc. is planning to restructure its businesses into three units as part of a plan to optimize itself for opportunities in the upcoming era of 5G networks. The telecommunications company said today it will split into units focused on consumers, businesses and its media and advertising businesses, which it picked up through its acquisitions ...
Microsoft and Walmart are creating a ‘cloud factory’ to take on Amazon
Microsoft Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are building on a strategic partnership announced in July that saw them commit to using the Redmond software giant’s cloud, artificial intelligence and “internet of things” tools to modernize the retailer’s business operations. Microsoft and Walmart today said they’ve created a new “cloud factory” at the latter’s existing Innovation Hub ...
Extreme Networks brings agility and automation to data center networks
Networking company Extreme Networks Inc. aims to help enterprises along their “digital transformation” journey. Today, the company is pitching a new set of hardware and software offerings designed to manage multiple cloud environments better. The company has just announced its new Agile Data Center, combining its SLX switching and routing hardware with management, analytics and ...
Facebook open-sources its reinforcement learning toolkit Horizon
Facebook Inc. has open-sourced another important piece of artificial intelligence software designed to help developers build “reinforcement learning models” into their software applications. Starting today, developers can use Facebook’s Horizon software toolkit to build applications that can learn to perform specific computing tasks through trial and error. Facebook has been using Horizon for a number of ...
Symantec posts solid earnings with ‘good wins’ in endpoint security
Cybersecurity company Symantec Corp. saw its stock price jump almost 8 percent in after hours-trading Thursday after beating expectations on both profits and guidance. Symantec reported a fiscal second-quarter net loss of $8 million, or a penny per share. Earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation came in at 42 cents per share, on ...
