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Workday Inc. continued its hot streak as it easily topped expectations for its second-quarter financial results. The company, which sells financial management and human capital management software to companies, reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 44 cents per share on …
With record PC revenue, Dell smashes earnings forecasts
Dell Technologies Inc. smashed second-quarter earnings forecasts today thanks to record-breaking revenue from its personal computer business unit. The infrastructure technology giant reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.15 per share on revenue of $23.4 billion, up 2% …
Google announces beta availability of Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory
Google LLC today announced the public beta test of its Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory. Active Directory is a popular if somewhat aging Microsoft Corp. service that traditionally runs on on-premises Windows Servers. It’s used by thousands of organizations to manage …
Zuora stock rallies as subscription services firm posts lower-than-expected loss
Cloud subscription management services firm Zuora Inc. showed it’s making good progress today with second-quarter financial results that easily beat expectations. The company reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 9 cents per share on revenue of $69.7 …
Despite beating earnings expectations, Box sees stock fall again
Cloud storage company Box Inc. struggled to generate much enthusiasm from its investors today, despite posting second-quarter financial results that beat expectations. The company’s earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation came in at zero cents per share. Revenue rose 16% from …
Nutanix stock pops on strong earnings beat
Data storage company Nutanix Inc. is flying high late today after reporting fourth-quarter financial results that easily beat expectations. The company, which sells so-called hyperconverged information technology infrastructure that integrates compute, storage and networking components, reported a loss before certain costs such …
Rackspace debuts more managed services for hybrid clouds
Managed cloud services company Rackspace Inc. today announced new offerings aimed at helping its customers better manage their hybrid cloud deployments. The new services are intended to facilitate the deployment and management of modern applications, the company said. The new services come after Rackspace …
With sanctions yet to bite, Huawei sees strong smartphone sales growth
China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. somehow managed to increase its share of the global smartphone market in the second quarter after seeing strong sales growth, despite the specter of a U.S. government-led embargo hanging over it. That’s according to the latest reckoning …
Google’s Cloud Text-to-Speech gets more languages and voices
Google LLC today updated its Cloud Text-to-Speech service with new languages and voices in order to make it useful to more of its customers. Google Cloud Text-to-Speech is intended to help companies develop better conversational interfaces for the services they supply. It …
Cloud-native infrastructure management firm Platform9 raises $25M
Private cloud services company Platform9 Systems Inc. said today it has raised $25 million in a late-stage round of funding that brings its total amount raised to date to $61.5 million. NGP Capital led the Series D round, which also saw participation …