Robert Hof

Robert Hof is editor in chief of SiliconANGLE. Email: robhof@siliconangle.com

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Cisco shares jump 6% on yet another quarter of revenue growth

INFRA By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Updated: Cisco Systems Inc. showed a little more traction today in its attempt to become more of a subscription- and software-driven business as revenue grew year-over-year for the third straight quarter. The computer networking giant said fiscal fourth-quarter revenue rose 6 …

Lawsuit accuses Oracle of misleading investors on cloud computing growth

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Almost five months after Oracle Corp. surprised investors with more disappointing growth in its cloud computing services, a lawsuit filed Friday claims executives lied about the nature of that growth. The suit, filed by Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP on behalf of the City of …

Google reportedly talking with partners to bring its cloud to China

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

It’s no secret that Google LLC Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has been angling to get the company back into China, and now those efforts may extend to its cloud services. According to anonymous sources cited in a report Friday afternoon by Bloomberg, …

Amazon beats profit forecast thanks to expense control and – what else? – cloud computing

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Once again, cloud computing as well as strength in core retail operations helped lift Amazon.com Inc.’s profits in its latest quarter above the already heady forecasts of Wall Street. The retail and cloud computing giant today reported a second-quarter net profit of …

In conversation: AWS serverless chief Tim Wagner peers at the future of cloud computing

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

As the lead story of SiliconANGLE’s Cloud Special Report makes apparent, serverless computing is the next big disruption the cloud is bringing to computing, freeing software developers from the hassle of managing hardware, software and networking technologies. Essentially, serverless technology executes software functions …

Despite $5B EU fine, Alphabet smashes earnings forecasts

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

To no one’s surprise, Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc. today reported that its advertising business continues to roll, but a $5 billion fine recently imposed by the European Union wiped out a large chunk of its net profit. Moreover, Google’s “other revenues” …

Special report: What’s on the horizon for cloud computing

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Cloud computing is only a dozen years old, at least in its modern sense, but as software eats the world, there’s little doubt anymore that it’s the blazing center of information technology. Think about it: Sure, you love your iPhone, but it’s …

Google opens its cloud marketplace to outside Kubernetes applications

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

The open-source Kubernetes software has made it possible to automate the management of applications in containers, a way of running software unchanged across different kinds of computers and clouds. But initially deploying apps on clusters of computers running Kubernetes still requires a …

Thoma Bravo buys majority stake in security firm Centrify

INFRA By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

High-profile cybersecurity firm Centrify Inc. today said the private equity giant Thoma Bravo is acquiring a “significant” majority stake in the company. Thoma Bravo, which has been investing in several cybersecurity firms such as Bomgar and Sailpoint in the last few years …

Scale Venture Partners plans to open up its startup-scaling software platform

EMERGING TECH By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Armed with $400 million for its latest fund announced today, Scale Venture Partners revealed plans to open up its internal software used to help keep its portfolio cloud startups growing. The Foster City, California-based venture capital firm is showing an early preview …

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