32. This exceptional growth and positive results have continued. For example, on April 30, 2018, the Company announced its first quarter 2018 financial results, including total revenue of $54.1 million, a 23% increase from the first quarter of 2017, beating analysts’ estimates by $2.42 million. In the press release, defendant Gupta was quoted as stating:
Our first quarter subscription revenue growth accelerated to 26%, year over year, and we reached break-even Non-GAAP operating income . . . . The quarter was driven by large strategic deals, continued momentum in the enterprise segment, solid renewals and upsells, and a strong contribution from the Digital Fuel business.
33. On August 1, 2018, the Company announced its second quarter 2018 financial results. For the quarter, total revenue was $59 million, a 31% increase from the second quarter of 2017, beating analysts’ expectations by $3.38 million. Defendant Gupta commented on the successful quarter, stating:
Our second quarter subscription revenue growth accelerated to 32% year over year and we generated positive non-GAAP operating income . . . . The quarter was driven by momentum with our IT Financial Management Foundation application, solid renewals and upsells, and strength in the public sector. The growth of cloud spending, the complexity of hybrid IT, and the shift toward digital and agile are all serving as market tailwinds for Apptio.
34. On October 3, 2018, Apptio announced it had completed its acquisition of FittedCloud, Inc., a provider of machine learning-based cloud optimization software. In the press release, defendant Gupta touted the acquisition, stating:
Apptio is known for its unique ability to provide visibility, optimization, benchmarking and planning capabilities for corporate technology spending across multicloud andon-premises environments . . . . FittedCloud’s anomaly detection and adaptive learning algorithms analyze millions of lines of utilization data from public cloud services to predict and optimize utilization in real-time. This differentiated technology combined with Apptio’s existing multicloud and hybrid business management applications will provide increased value to our customers and make it easier for them to manage the complex world of hybrid IT.
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