Robert Hof

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

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In strategic shift, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger will spend $20B on new chip foundry business

INFRA By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

New Intel Corp. Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger today outlined ambitious plans he hopes will make the veteran chipmaker more competitive with rivals after losing ground for years. Gelsinger (pictured), who joined Intel officially last month, said in a talk late today entitled …

Analysts vote thumbs up on Andy Jassy’s ascension to Amazon CEO

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

You might not see it in Amazon.com Inc.’s stock price today, down 2%, but the surprise appointment of Andy Jassy to replace founder Jeff Bezos as the tech giant’s new chief executive is getting positive reviews among investors and analysts across the …

Cloud, ads and e-commerce lift Amazon and Alphabet earnings

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

COVID-19 keeps giving a perverse boost to technology’s giants as Amazon.com Inc. and Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc. today reported better-than-forecast fourth-quarter earnings thanks to strength in cloud computing and more. The companies had a lot to live up to. Today the …

AWS chief Andy Jassy to succeed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as CEO

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

After years of running one of Amazon.com Inc.’s highest-profile and fastest-growing operations, Amazon Web Services Inc. Chief Executive Andy Jassy was appointed today to become CEO of Amazon overall later this year. Jassy will succeed founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who will …

Facebook beats earnings forecast but tepid outlook sinks stock

APPS By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

Thanks to a continuing rebound in online advertising, Facebook Inc. today reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and revenue growth, but it warned that various challenges could hurt results in coming quarter. The social networking giant, which also operates Instagram and WhatsApp, reported its …

In return to Intel, VMware chief Pat Gelsinger to take over as CEO

INFRA By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

Facing rising investor pressure to speed up its lagging chipmaking prowess, Intel Corp. today parted ways with Chief Executive Robert Swan and appointed VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to the top spot. The appointment is surprising mainly in the fact that it took …

Now that’s multicloud: CIA awards multibillion-dollar contract to AWS, Microsoft, Google, Oracle and IBM

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

The Central Intelligence Agency has awarded a long-awaited multibillion-dollar contract, called Commercial Cloud Enterprise or C2E, to the five major U.S. public cloud providers: Amazon Web Services Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google LLC, Oracle Corp. and IBM Corp. The CIA didn’t disclose the …

Cloud and ad spending lift earnings at Amazon, Alphabet and Facebook

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

The big three internet giants today revealed improved earnings despite and in some cases thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, as advertising and cloud computing growth buoyed third-quarter results. As online ads saw a rebound, Google LLC owner Alphabet Inc. reported a profit …

Report: SoftBank close to selling Arm to Nvidia for $40B+

INFRA By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

SoftBank Group Corp. is in exclusive talks with Nvidia Corp. to sell chip designer Arm Holdings Ltd. to the graphics chipmaker for more than $40 billion, according to a report this morning in the Wall Street Journal. Citing people familiar with the …

AWS keeps ‘commanding’ lead in latest Gartner cloud report

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services Inc. remains the “commanding” leader in cloud computing over No. 2 Microsoft Corp. and No. 3 Google LLC, but Google and “niche” providers Oracle Corp. and Alibaba Group Ltd. are coming on strong. That’s according to a new report …

Robert Hof

Latest from Robert Hof

In strategic shift, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger will spend $20B on new chip foundry business

In return to Intel, VMware chief Pat Gelsinger to take over as CEO

Report: SoftBank close to selling Arm to Nvidia for $40B+

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