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Software-as-a-service spending poised to hit $100B annually
Analyst firm Synergy Research Group today provided an update on the state of the enterprise software-as-a-service market, saying that it’s on track to hit a $100 billion annual run rate in the current quarter. Synergy’s data shows the market grew by more than 30% in the last year, driving more than $23 billion in revenue for the ...
Google debuts Deep Learning Containers in beta
Google LLC this week announced the beta availability of a new cloud service that provides environments optimized for deploying and testing applications powered by deep learning, a subset of artificial intelligence that tries to mimic the way the human brain tackles problems. The service, called Deep Learning Containers, can be run both in the cloud ...
Oracle launches a more secure version of its Autonomous Database service
Oracle Corp. is adding a new private database service option called Autonomous Database Dedicated for customers that can’t run their most critical workloads on its public cloud infrastructure platform. The company said the new service announced today is designed for enterprises that have “high security or operational policy requirements” but would like to benefit from its ...
BlackBerry barely beats earnings estimates on slow Cylance sales
Enterprise mobility and security company BlackBerry Ltd. edged past expectations today as it reported its fiscal first-quarter earnings. The company, which has transitioned away from its former business of selling smartphones, reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of a penny per share on revenue of $267 million. Wall Street was expecting break-even ...
Apple has hired Arm’s lead CPU architect Mike Filippo
It’s no secret that Apple Inc. has ambitions to build its own hardware as it tries to reduce its reliance on third-party suppliers. The iPhone maker has already taken a number of steps in that direction, designing its A-series chips for its smartphones for example, and it’s also said to want to build its own ...
D-Wave unveils tools for building quantum-classical hybrid apps
Quantum computer company D-Wave Systems Inc. aims to help companies to build and run what it calls “quantum-classical hybrid applications” with the launch today of a new open-source hybrid workflow platform that leverages its most advanced systems. The platform is called D-Wave Hybrid, and is being made generally available as part of the Ocean software ...
Converged infrastructure systems sales grow 19%
Enterprises are showing no letup in their demand for converged infrastructure systems, if International Data Corp.’s latest numbers are any indication. In IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker published today, revenue from the market increased by 19.3% year over year to $3.75 billion during the first quarter of 2019. Once again, Dell Technologies Inc. led the way ...
Google beefs up Gmail security with new tools for admins
Google LLC today strengthened G Suite with more security tools for Gmail. The new tools are designed for use by information technology administrators, and include a new sandbox feature, better protections against phishing and malware, and new controls to stop employees from forwarding, copying, downloading or printing messages they receive. In a blog post, G ...
Micron dodges Huawei ban to deliver stronger-than-expected earnings
American chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. surprised analysts today after reporting third-quarter results that easily beat expectations. The company’s earnings report comes as several media sources said it and other chipmakers have found ways to get around a U.S. government ban on sales to the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., which is one of ...
NeuVector adds container runtime security to AWS infrastructure
Container network security firm NeuVector Inc. today said it’s integrating its security tools with some of Amazon Web Services Inc.’s public cloud infrastructure services to help companies running Kubernetes workloads better protect those deployments. The integrations cover Amazon services including AWS Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes, AWS Elastic Container Service and AWS App Mesh, the company ...