Robert Hof

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

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With pay-as-you-go pricing on computers and storage, Dell looks to lead enterprises to the hybrid cloud

INFRA By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Straddling the often-competing worlds of data center hardware and the cloud, Dell Technologies today sought to convince customers it’s best positioned to help them move to cloud computing without giving up their own machines that still largely run their businesses. The company, …

In Oracle’s cloud pitch to enterprises, an echo of a bygone tech era

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

News analysis Oracle Corp. sought to position itself once again today as the one best place for everything companies need to move to cloud computing. Speaking at a media day Thursday at its Redwood Shores, California, headquarters, executives at the database and …

No slowdown here: Facebook beats earnings forecasts, but shares down

APPS By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

What slowdown? Thanks once again to mobile ads, especially video ads, Facebook Inc. today managed to beat back worries that running fewer ads on its pages might finally bring the social network’s advertising business down to earth. Facebook said it earned a net profit …

New CEO Steve Singh on what’s next for Docker and software containers

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Docker Inc. has made containers one of the buzziest developments in information technology today, allowing applications to move easily across many computing and software environments. But they’re still viewed with some trepidation by IT folks uncertain about their complexity and security. Those …

Intel Data Center Group President Diane Bryant takes leave for ‘family matter’

INFRA By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Just weeks after being appointed president of Intel Corp.’s Data Center Group, longtime Intel executive Diane Bryant is taking a leave for six to eight months, the company announced today. Intel attributed the leave to the need for Bryant (pictured) to tend …

Twilio shares plunge 24 percent on weak earnings outlook

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Cloud communications company Twilio Inc. lost well over a quarter of its valuation in the first 20 minutes of after-hours trading Tuesday after reporting a lower-than-expected outlook and “changes in the relationship” with its largest customer, Uber Technologies Inc. Twilio, whose software-as-a-service …

Cisco to acquire rival software-defined networking startup Viptela for $610M

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Updated with more analyst and competitor comments: An increasingly acquisitive Cisco Systems Inc. Monday announced plans to buy Viptela Inc., a five-year-old upstart rival maker of software to create companywide data networks without the cost of dedicated hardware. The acquisition, for $610 million …

Once again, cloud services help lift Alphabet and Amazon earnings skyward

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Two bellwether technology giants, Alphabet Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., that are increasingly competing with each other in the fast-growing cloud computing market each reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings today. Alphabet, parent company of Google Inc., reported a net profit of $543 billion, or …

Amazon blazes a trail to the next frontier in AI: the cloud

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. sometimes doesn’t show up on lists of top leaders in artificial intelligence alongside Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Facebook Inc. and IBM Corp. That’s about to change. Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos recently revealed in his annual letter to shareholders that …

Amazon Web Services fires back at rivals with new cloud AI and database features

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Firing new shots at cloud computing rivals such as Oracle Corp. and Microsoft Corp., Amazon Web Services today checked off more boxes to make it easier for large enterprises to develop cutting-edge applications and move them to its cloud. Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud …

Robert Hof

Latest from Robert Hof

With pay-as-you-go pricing on computers and storage, Dell looks to lead enterprises to the hybrid cloud

No slowdown here: Facebook beats earnings forecasts, but shares down

New CEO Steve Singh on what’s next for Docker and software containers

Intel Data Center Group President Diane Bryant takes leave for ‘family matter’

Cisco to acquire rival software-defined networking startup Viptela for $610M

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