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Microsoft Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are building on a strategic partnership announced in July that saw them commit to using the Redmond software giant’s cloud, artificial intelligence and “internet of things” tools to modernize the retailer’s business operations. Microsoft and Walmart today …
Extreme Networks brings agility and automation to data center networks
Networking company Extreme Networks Inc. aims to help enterprises along their “digital transformation” journey. Today, the company is pitching a new set of hardware and software offerings designed to manage multiple cloud environments better. The company has just announced its new Agile …
Facebook open-sources its reinforcement learning toolkit Horizon
Facebook Inc. has open-sourced another important piece of artificial intelligence software designed to help developers build “reinforcement learning models” into their software applications. Starting today, developers can use Facebook’s Horizon software toolkit to build applications that can learn to perform specific computing tasks …
Symantec posts solid earnings with ‘good wins’ in endpoint security
Cybersecurity company Symantec Corp. saw its stock price jump almost 8 percent in after hours-trading Thursday after beating expectations on both profits and guidance. Symantec reported a fiscal second-quarter net loss of $8 million, or a penny per share. Earnings before certain …
Apple stock tanks after it says it will stop reporting how many devices it sells
Updated: IPhone maker Apple Inc. dragged down tech stocks in after-hours trading late today thanks to a light forecast for its next quarter and a warning to investors it would stop providing unit sales figures for iPhones and other products. Apple’s stock …
Qualys buys Layered Insight so it can offer more robust container security tools
Cybersecurity software provider Qualys Inc. has gotten its checkbook out in order to add new container-focused security features to its platform. The company said Tuesday it’s acquiring a startup called Layered Insight Inc., which offers a “SecurityOps” platform that combines DevOps capabilities with …
Google adds new features to protect user accounts
Google LLC is taking advantage of a quiet news week to beef up the security of its user accounts. The company today announced four new features that are designed to beef up protection before and after users log in, and also when their …
Gravitational packages Kubernetes into snapshots for simple on-premises deployment
Cloud infrastructure compliance specialist Gravitational Inc. today announced it’s selling a new packaging tool for Kubernetes that it claims will make it quick and easy to run the container orchestration software inside on-premises data centers. Kubernetes is one of the most popular tools …
Samsung’s memory chips drive another record quarterly profit, but slower times ahead
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. gave its investors plenty to think about today as it forecast weaker-than-expected earnings ahead shortly after posting a record operating profit in the third quarter. Samsung reported an operating profit of 17.57 trillion won ($15.5 billion), up 21 percent …
Cray announces Shasta, a supercomputer designed for enterprises
Supercomputer company Cray Inc. today unveiled what it says is its first “exascale-capable” machine, one that ultimately will be able to do a quintillion calculations per second. Shasta, as it’s called, is designed for enterprises that need more choice over their compute and networking technologies. …