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Big Data

Wall Street darling Splunk easily tops earnings estimates

By Mike Wheatley Feb 28, 2019

Big data analytics company Splunk Inc. further enhanced its reputation as one of Wall Street’s darlings today, reporting fourth-quarter earnings that easily topped estimates. The company, which sells data analytics software that helps enterprises to…

Emerging Tech

Report: Uber in advanced talks to acquire Middle Eastern ride-hailing startup Careem

By Duncan Riley Feb 28, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. is said to be in advanced talks to acquire Middle Eastern ride-hailing startup Careem Networks FZ, according to a report published Thursday. Bloomberg reported today that the two companies may announce a cash-and-shares transaction that values…

Cloud

Workday chalks up another successful quarter as subscription revenue grows

By Mike Wheatley Feb 28, 2019

Enterprise software company Workday Inc. rounded out a solid year of progress today as it reported fourth-quarter earnings that easily surpassed expectations. The company, which sells human capital management and enterprise financial software and…

IoT

Amazon stops selling press-to-order Dash buttons

By Duncan Riley Feb 28, 2019

Amazon.com Inc. today announced that it no longer will sell Dash buttons, the single-item press-to-order devices they first launched in 2015. The physical Amazon Dash buttons were roughly the size of a packet of…

Big Data

Investors flee storage upstart Nutanix after mixed earnings results

By Mike Wheatley Feb 28, 2019

Updated: Shares in data storage companies Nutanix Inc. and Pure Storage Inc. took a beating Thursday after each posted quarterly results that left shareholders scrambling for the exits. The greatest misfortune fell upon Nutanix. The…

Cloud

VMware crushes earnings forecasts on larger deals and diversified products

By Paul Gillin Feb 28, 2019

Updated: Amid a quarterly earnings season that’s a mixed bag for infrastructure players, VMware Inc. furnished the best evidence yet that it has successfully navigated the transition from server specialist to strategic information technology…

Infra

Newly public Dell cleans up on servers and storage, but investors yawn

By Robert Hof Feb 28, 2019

Updated: In its first quarter as a newly public company, Dell Technologies Inc. today reported marginally better-than-expected quarterly revenue growth but a higher-than-expected net loss. The 9 percent revenue growth was centered in servers…

Blockchain

Demystifying blockchain with the power of ‘soft-skills’

By Kylie Anderson Feb 28, 2019

In an enterprise market driven by decentralization and agility, the incorporation of blockchain technology is a natural next step. The recent cryptocurrency boom put a spotlight on blockchain in the mainstream market, but the…

Apps

Facebook’s WhatsApp cryptocurrency could reportedly launch this year

By Maria Deutscher Feb 28, 2019

New details have emerged about Facebook Inc.’s rumored effort to develop a cryptocurrency for WhatsApp. The New York Times today reported that the social networking giant is hoping to launch the digital coin in…

Cloud

Study: Microsoft’s Azure gaining on AWS as enterprise cloud spending grows

By Maria Deutscher Feb 28, 2019

Most enterprises now spend over $1 million a year on cloud computing services and the average company splits its budget between at least three providers, according to a new study. The RightScale State of…

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Wall Street darling Splunk easily tops earnings estimates

Report: Uber in advanced talks to acquire Middle Eastern ride-hailing startup Careem

Amazon stops selling press-to-order Dash buttons

Facebook’s WhatsApp cryptocurrency could reportedly launch this year

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