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Big-data firm Cloudera Inc. is keeping up the momentum, posting third-quarter financial results today that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations on earnings and revenue. The provider of data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning and analytics software for enterprises reported a loss before certain …
CloudBees debuts Jenkins X as a service on Google Cloud
Enterprise DevOps company CloudBees Inc. has joined the software-as-a-service club with the preview release of its Jenkins X continuous integration/continuous delivery product on Google Cloud Platform. CloudBees announced what is its first SaaS product at the Jenkins World/DevOps World conference taking place …
Canonical offers optimized Ubuntu Pro images on AWS
Ubuntu Linux is already the most popular cloud operating system on Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud, but Canonical Ltd., the company that develops it, is hoping to extend its dominance by offering “premium” Ubuntu Pro Linux images to AWS users. The new …
Slack beats earnings expectations and raises its full-year forecast
Workplace collaboration platform provider Slack Technologies Inc. managed to recover a little impetus today after delivering strong third-quarter financial results that beat expectations on both earnings and revenue, sending its share price up 2% in after-hours trading. The company reported a loss …
AWS teams up with consultant Slalom to help businesses migrate to its cloud
Amazon Web Services Inc. wants to help educate businesses on how to go about migrating to its public cloud infrastructure, and it’s tapping the expertise of technology consultancy firm Slalom LLC to aid it in that endeavor. The plan, announced today, is …
With S3 Access Points, Amazon aims to make it easy to manage shared data
Amazon Web Services Inc. today introduced a new service called Amazon S3 Access Points that lets customers manage shared datasets. The service, announced at the annual re:Invent conference held by Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing company, allows users to customize access permission rules …
Sundar Pichai takes over as Alphabet CEO as Larry Page and Sergey Brin step down
Google LLC co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin today handed over control of parent company Alphabet Inc. to current Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai. Page and Brin will remain as Alphabet employees and retain their seats on its board of directors, but …
Amazon goes wide, using 5G and Outposts to bring ultra-low latency to network edge
Amazon Web Services Inc. is looking to expand its cloud to the network edge with a new service called AWS Wavelength. Wavelength makes AWS’ compute and storage services available at the edge of next-generation 5G cellular networks, enabling developers to build a new breed of …
MongoDB Atlas adds more features for AWS users
Database company MongoDB Inc. today added more features and more security to its MongoDB Atlas service for Amazon Web Services Inc. users. MongoDB Atlas is a fully managed cloud version of the company’s popular NoSQL database launched in 2016. It’s meant to eliminate …
Rackspace adds new Service Blocks to help customers get started on AWS
Managed cloud services provider Rackspace Inc. is offering three new “Service Blocks patterns” for Amazon Web Services Inc. customers today, helping them shift more complex workloads to AWS infrastructure. Rackspace’s Service Blocks are essentially packages of services tailored to address specific cloud …