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Developers can now take a peek at the next version of Microsoft Corp.’s Visual Studio integrated development environment for building software, applications, websites and other services. The Redmond-based company this morning announced the initial preview of Visual Studio 2019 at its Connect(); developer …
Portworx enables container application portability across clouds
Cloud-native storage company Portworx Inc. is attempting to tackle the problem of software container data portability with its latest platform update. PX-Enterprise is Portworx’s cloud-native storage product for Kubernetes, which is the most widely used tool for managing software containers. Developers use …
Splunk blows past estimates in strong earnings report
Updated: Big data analytics company Splunk Inc. is showing no sign of slowing down, easily beating expectations as it delivered yet another strong set of financial results. The company also raised its guidance for the next quarter and its full fiscal year, …
Workday stock jumps on strong subscription revenue growth
Updated: Executives at Workday Inc. had plenty to cheer about today as the enterprise software company delivered strong third-quarter earnings that came in well above estimates. The company, which sells cloud-based human capital management and enterprise financial software, posted earnings before certain …
Box beats earnings estimates as it edges toward profitability
Cloud storage company Box Inc. cheered investors today as it reported earnings that came in just above expectations. The company still posted an overall loss but managed to whip up excitement by claiming it’s on the verge of reaching profitability for the …
Nutanix posts strong subscription revenue growth and investors cheer
Data center infrastructure company Nutanix Inc. delighted investors Tuesday evening as it turned in strong fiscal first-quarter results that show how its shift towards a subscription business model is gathering speed. Nutanix posted a first-quarter loss before certain costs such as stock …
Amazon adds a raft of application container, IoT tools to the AWS Marketplace
Amazon Web Services Inc. is taking steps to raise the availability of third-party software and hardware relating to application containers and the “internet of things” on its cloud infrastructure platforms. Application containers are an important area of focus for Amazon due to …
Amgen and Korean Air jump aboard the AWS train
Big name brands just can’t get enough of Amazon Web Services Inc., if its rate of customer acquisitions, or at least its announcements of them, is anything to go by. The company today said it has signed up another pair of marquee customers, …
Gartner says it’s time to think about moving beyond the network edge
Gartner Inc. says the constantly evolving nature of technology means that anyone who thinks the network edge is the last place to develop new services could be in for a shock. The rise of edge computing has been one of the hottest …
Google adds Istio to its Kubernetes platform to make microservices easier to manage
Software developers are adopting Kubernetes-based microservices architectures to build modern applications in droves. Now, Google LLC is trying to help developers manage those microservices more easily with the addition of Istio, an open source service mesh, to its enterprise-grade Google Kubernetes Engine …