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Fueled by strong growth in iPads and Macs during a broad global shift to employees working from home, Apple Inc. posted record fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $64.7 billion and a profit of 73 cents a share, slightly beating Wall Street estimates on …
Docker’s developer pivot is hitting the mark, executives say
As Docker Inc. approaches the first anniversary of a business reset following the sale of its enterprise business to Mirantis Inc. last November, executives are declaring its new developer focus a success. Now Docker needs to navigate the path to profitability selling …
Cloud helps Microsoft beat earnings forecast, but stock falls on weaker guidance
Microsoft Corp. again demonstrated how tech providers are thriving during the COVID-19 pandemic, issuing quarterly results today that easily beat earnings and sales estimates thanks to strong growth for cloud services and personal computer software. However, the company issued slightly weaker-than-expected guidance …
Dremio says its query engine eliminates the need for cloud data warehouses
Self-service analytics company Dremio Corp. today announced new technology that it claims can deliver sub-second query response times on cloud data lakes across thousands of concurrent users and queries. The startup is also rolling out new integrations with Microsoft Corp.’s Power BI and …
Alluxio expands virtual file system to support billions of files
Alluxio Inc., maker of a virtual distributed file system for data science and analytics workloads, Wednesday released a new version that expands its metadata service and enables unified management across hybrid and multiple clouds. Users can now manage namespaces with billion of …
Neo4j advances machine learning compatibility for its graph database
Graph database developer Neo4j Inc. is upping its machine learning game today with a new release of Neo4j for Graph Data Science framework that leverages deep learning and graph convolutional neural networks to make data about graph connections more accessible to mainstream data …
IBM revenue falls but CEO promises imminent return to growth
IBM Corp. just can’t get its revenue momentum going. The computer giant today said its third-quarter revenue fell, dragged down by weaknesses in its systems, services and financing units. Quarterly revenue fell 3.1% from a year ago, to $17.6 billion, when adjusted …
Gartner predicts resilience and customer experience will top 2021 technology trends
As Gartner Inc. kicked off its virtual Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo Americas today, the information technology analyst firm issued its list of top technology trends, focused this time on business continuity, responsiveness and what Gartner Research Vice President Brian Burke called the “organizational plasticity …
Temporal’s microservices orchestrator nets startup $18.75M
Temporal Technologies Inc. said today it has raised $18.75 million in a Series A funding round to develop and sell its open-source microservices orchestration platform. Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, Madrona Venture Group LLC and existing investors Amplify Partners and Addition Ventures LLC …
Fossa reels in $23 million to tell more companies how much open-source code they’re using
If your organization develops software, you’re probably using a lot of open-source code — whether you know it or not. Fossa Inc. is betting its business – and $35 million of its investors’ money — on the belief that organizations need to know …