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Updated: Japanese semiconductor firm Renesas Electronics Corp., which specializes in making computer chips for self-driving cars, this weekend acknowledged reports that it’s considering acquiring the U.S. firm Integrated Device Technology Inc. in a deal that could be worth up to $6 billion. …
OpenStack’s new Rocky release enables bare-metal clouds and serverless functions
The OpenStack Foundation today upgraded its cloud infrastructure platform with new capabilities for operators of both private and public clouds. The OpenStack Rocky release comes with improvements to the “Ironic” bare metal provisioning service and updates that make it easier to migrate to newer versions …
Nutanix beats earnings estimates, but investors shy away on poor guidance
Updated: Data center software company Nutanix Inc. saw its share price dip today after reporting disappointing guidance that tempered an otherwise positive fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report. The company said it took a net loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of …
Equinix delivers private connections to VMware Cloud on AWS
Data center operator Equinix Inc. is teaming up with VMware Inc. to offer private connectivity through its global infrastructure to VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services via AWS Direct Connect. With the offering, enterprises will be able to access VMware Cloud on AWS through …
Nvidia’s GPU cloud for deep learning can now be accessed via Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Corp. today said it’s teaming up with Nvidia Corp. so that its Azure cloud customers can tap into the graphics chipmaker’s GPU Cloud in order to train deep learning models. Nvidia’s GPU Cloud offers developers preconfigured containers with software accelerated by its …
Despite solid earnings, Salesforce investors are less than impressed
Updated: Salesforce.com Inc. easily topped earnings estimates in a strong second quarter, but investors were far from impressed as it came up short on its third-quarter guidance, sending its share price down in after-hours trading. Salesforce, widely regarded as the leader in …
Object storage company Cloudian closes on $94M funding round
Cloudian Inc., a maker of data center storage appliances, today said it has raised a hefty $94 million in a Series E round of equity funding that brings its total amount raised to $173 million. Cloudian said it’s the largest fund-raising round …
Facebook hits its green energy goal for data centers a year ahead of schedule
Embattled social media giant Facebook Inc. finally has some positive news to report. The company said Tuesday it has met its goal of using renewable energy sources to supply at least 50 percent of its data center energy a year ahead of schedule. …
Intel announces eighth-generation chips for lightweight laptops
Intel Corp. today rolled out a new line of central processing units, including its eighth-generation U-series “Whiskey Lake” and its Y-Series “Amber Lake” chips, which are designed to power lightweight and thin personal computers such as two-in-one devices. The U-series comes in …
Box stock drops as it provides weak revenue guidance
Updated: Cloud storage company Box Inc. beat Wall Street’s expectations in its fiscal second-quarter earnings report, but its stock fell almost 7 percent in after-hours trading on a combination of weak guidance and concerns over its future profitability. Box said it made …