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Carbon Black pulls another successful quarter out of the bag
Cybersecurity firm Carbon Black Inc. is riding high today after once again beating expectations on revenue. The company, which has beaten expectations on each of its earnings calls since going public last year, reported a first-quarter loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 22 cents per share, in-line with estimates. Revenue came to $58.6 million, ...
Tableau stock rises despite revenue miss and lower guidance
Big-data company Tableau Software Inc. saw its stock rise almost 4% in after-hours trading today after posting financial results that beat expectations on earnings but fell just short of revenue forecasts. The company, which sells data analytics software that helps enterprises obtain useful insights, reported first-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of ...
Ahead of Build conference, Microsoft adds AI and blockchain services to Azure cloud
Microsoft Corp. is trying to build up some excitement ahead of its annual Build developers conference, launching several new tools and services designed to help software makers use artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies more easily. Build takes place next week in Seattle, and the company intends to use the event to demonstrate the capabilities of ...
InCountry lands $7M in seed funding to help companies comply with data residency laws
Startup InCountry is exiting stealth mode today with $7 million in seed funding as it launches its first data-residency-as-a-service offering, designed to help companies adhere to rules requiring personal data to be stored in the country from which it originates. Caffeinated Capital and Felicis Ventures led the seed round, with participation from Ridge Ventures, Bloomberg ...
Puppet’s new release eases app developers’ infrastructure headaches
DevOps automation company Puppet Inc. is adding new features and integrations designed to help information technology teams deliver modern software applications more easily and deploy them at scale. Puppet has emerged as one of the most popular automation platforms around, offering a range of services that automate the delivery and optimization of modern software applications. ...
Red Hat debuts new logo ahead of IBM acquisition
Red Hat Inc. is dropping its legendary “Shadowman” logo after almost 20 years as its proposed $34 billion acquisition by IBM Corp. nears completion. The enterprise software company debuted its new logo (pictured) this week, saying that six of its employees, including one high-ranking executive, already have it tattooed onto their bodies. The revamped logo ...
Bob Muglia quits CEO role at Snowflake Computing, replaced by Frank Slootman
Former Microsoft Corp. executive Bob Muglia is standing down from his role as chief executive at Snowflake Computing Inc. after five years in the job. Muglia (pictured), who helped the cloud data warehouse startup achieve strong growth and attract enormous funding during his tenure, will be replaced by Frank Slootman, who did a similarly good ...
Qualcomm to get $4.5B+ in royalties from Apple, but guidance disappoints
Updated: Qualcomm Technologies Inc. posted better-than-expected earnings today, but its guidance signaled that the lucrative resolution of its yearlong legal battle with Apple Inc. won’t be enough to counter the impact of slowing sales of smartphones that use its chips. The company also revealed more details about that settlement, which ensures its mobile chipsets will ...
Facebook updates PyTorch AI framework as adoption explodes
Facebook Inc. today headlined its annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, with an update of PyTorch, its popular artificial intelligence software framework used by developers to accelerate the deployment of AI-based applications. The PyTorch platform has rapidly become a big hit with AI developers since its launch back in 2017, as it enables them ...
Twilio’s revenue shoots up 80% as it easily beats targets
Cloud communications services company Twilio Inc. is back on track after beating its first-quarter profit and revenue targets. The company, which disappointed investors in the last quarter with its poor full year guidance, reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 5 cents per share on revenue of $233.1 million, up 81% from ...