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The market for networking switches and routers has just seen its biggest-ever quarterly sales, with third-quarter revenue topping the $11 billion mark for the first time, according to data from Synergy Research Group. The analyst firm said today it reckons the market …
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8cx processor for Windows 10 laptops
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. made its name as the world’s biggest suppliers of microprocessor chips, but in recent years the company has taken a shot across the bow of Intel Corp., muscling into its territory with a class of chips designed to power …
Application container market revenue to top $4.3B by 2022
The red-hot application container market will soon be where the money is, if the latest forecast from 451 Research Inc. holds true. The research firm has just published a report titled “Market Monitor Cloud-Enabling Technologies – Application Containers,” saying it expects the …
Subscription revenue and customer gains drive another strong quarter for Okta
Cloud identity management service provider Okta Inc. showed positive free cash flow for the first time in its history as it posted yet another strong set of financial results. The company beat market estimates with a loss before certain costs such as stock …
Cloudera posts strong earnings ahead of Hortonworks merger
Big-data company Cloudera Inc. today posted positive quarterly results ahead of its expected merger with rival firm Hortonworks Inc. announced two months ago. The results came in ahead of Wall Street’s expectations. For the third quarter, Cloudera recorded a loss that narrowed from the …
Google’s Cloud Security Command Center enters beta
Google LLC today introduced a new security service in beta test that serves as a centralized portal for information technology teams to unify data on security vulnerabilities and act on potential threats before any damage is done. The company said the beta …
Intel looks to quantum materials for the next generation of microprocessors
Researchers at Intel Corp. may have hit upon a replacement for the decades-old technology that has been used in microprocessors, memory chips and other logic circuits since their inception. The research is important because chips based on complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor technology are nearing the peak of …
Google’s new app building tool Flutter is ready to fly
Google LLC’s cross-platform mobile app software development framework Flutter is finally ready for primetime following months of testing that began with its beta release earlier this year. The release of Flutter 1.0 has been widely anticipated by the mobile developer community as …
Microsoft teams with Docker to dive deeper into open source
Microsoft Corp. is stepping up its commitment to the open-source software movement. It’s doing so amid an evolving information technology landscape that’s becoming increasingly reliant on the idea of distributed applications that run on multiple computing platforms. Enterprises today employ a mix …
Developers get access to new AI tools on Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Corp. is using this week’s Connect(); 2018 developer conference to beef up the artificial intelligence offerings available on its Azure public cloud infrastructure platform. The headline of a flurry of AI announcements today is the general availability of the Azure Machine …