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Red Hat stock drops after miss on revenue targets and guidance
Updated: Red Hat Inc. endured a miserable after-hours trading session that saw its stock fall as much as 7 percent following a poor second quarter that saw it miss revenue targets and deliver guidance below forecasts. The company, which sells support for an array of open-source software and services for enterprises, reported earnings before certain ...
Google rolls out more cloud platform updates at Tokyo Next conference
Google LLC is taking the opportunity to beef up its Google Cloud Platform as it visits Japan for its Cloud Next Tokyo ’18 conference. The company made a raft of announcements early Thursday in Tokyo, including general availability of its Cloud Memorystore for Redis, new tools for developers, a vulnerability scanning feature for its Container ...
With support for Microsoft’s Power BI, Qubole powers more interactive data analytics
Qubole Inc. is giving its users another option to dig into their data and gain further insights through an integration with Microsoft Corp.’s Power BI business analytics service. Qubole sells a popular cloud-based platform that allows workers without coding skills to connect to and analyze big data. The Qubole Data Service, released today, provides a ...
Stormy weather for traditional IT: Cloud spending edges closer to ‘tipping point’
Cloud computing will account for more than $1.3 trillion worth of information technology spending by 2022, according to a new report from Gartner Inc. The analyst firm, in its “Market Insight: Cloud Shift — 2018 to 2022” report published today, said that across key areas of IT spending, including application software, business process outsourcing and system infrastructure ...
Kong releases version 1.0 of its open source API management platform
Enterprise application programming interface management company Kong Inc. today announced the 1.0 release of its open-source technology platform. The company says Kong 1.0 is now “feature-complete” and ready to serve as a foundation for developers looking to build a cloud-native microservices information technology architecture that can leverage advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. ...
GTI launches a high-performance, low-power custom chip for IoT devices
Specialized computing chips that can be customized for modern workloads such as artificial intelligence processing are all the rage. Now, a startup called Gyrfalcon Technology, Inc. is joining in with a new application-specific integrated circuit for “internet of things” devices that enables high-performance and low-power AI at the network edge. GTI said today it’s taking ...
Software testing automation company mabl lands $20M funding round
Automated software testing startup mabl Inc. is setting its sights on the enterprise after landing a $20 million round of funding led by GV, formerly Google Ventures, with participation from existing investors CRV and Amplify Partners. In addition to the Series B round, mabl is also launching a new enterprise-grade version of its platform called ...
Microsoft is offering a new managed desktop service for corporate customers
Microsoft Corp. wants to take some of the heat off information technology departments with a new service introduced today that provides complete management of an organization’s Windows 10 devices. Microsoft Managed Desktop gives business users the option of having Microsoft manage all of their Windows 10 machines. Microsoft will provide those users with Windows 10 ...
Report shows how machine learning delivers big business benefits
Much of the focus on artificial intelligence is on how it can help to automate tasks normally performed by humans, but most organizations are adopting the tech primarily for its business benefits, according to a survey from 451 Research Inc. The analyst firm published the findings of its “Voice of the Enterprise (VoTE): AI & ...
Microsoft acquires deep learning startup Lobe
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has acquired a small San Francisco-based startup called Lobe Artificial Intelligence Inc. as part of its continuing push to help people create deep learning models more easily. Lobe has created a platform that lets users build, train and deploy custom deep learning models using a simple drag-and-drop interface that requires ...
