Robert Hof

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

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Cloud and COVID boost Amazon but ad swoon hits Alphabet and Facebook

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

Updated: Hot off Wednesday’s congressional grilling of their chief executives on whether they’re too big, three internet giants today reported a total of almost $146 billion in second-quarter revenue even after the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic — and with Apple Inc. …

Dell to explore spinoff of its 81% stake in VMware

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

Updated: Personal computer and server giant Dell Technologies Inc. today said it’s exploring a possible spinoff of its 81% stake in computer virtualization software firm VMware Inc. The aim of the deal, outlined in a Schedule 13D filing today with the Securities …

Report: Dell eyes spinning out $50B stake in VMware

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

In a bid to boost its stock price, Dell Technologies Inc. is looking at potentially spinning off its $50 billion stake in VMware Inc., or alternatively buying the rest of the publicly held computer virtualization services company. That’s according to a report …

Cisco to acquire network intelligence startup ThousandEyes for reported $1B

INFRA By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. today announced plans to acquire San Francisco-based network intelligence startup ThousandEyes Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Under the deal, ThousandEyes’ technology will be used across Cisco’s core Enterprise Networking and Cloud services as well as its AppDynamics services. Co-founder and …

IBM hands down first layoffs under new CEO Arvind Krishna

INFRA By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

IBM Corp. is cutting jobs in the first major layoffs under new Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna, according to reports late Thursday by Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal. It wasn’t clear how many jobs were being cut, though a source told the Journal …

Cloud can’t save Amazon as pandemic boosts sales but costs sting profits

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

Updated: With expectations for Amazon.com Inc.’s quarter in the stratosphere thanks to potential benefits from the coronavirus pandemic, the retail and cloud computing giant had a lot to live up to today. It couldn’t. Because of the high costs of trying to …

Facebook misses earnings forecast, but pandemic-driven ad slump may be easing

APPS By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

Another big-tech leader has shown the market it can weather the coronavirus pandemic: Facebook Inc. today pleased investors with a better-than-expected first quarter despite a late slump in ad revenue. The social media giant reported a first-quarter profit of $5.9 billion, or …

Ad slowdown hits Alphabet profit but revenue beats forecast as cloud soars

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF6 YEARS AGO

Updated: Alphabet Inc. today provided a positive sign of the impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on technology giants, reporting lower profits in its first quarter but still managing to eke out better-than-expected revenue growth. The parent of search ad giant Google …

After AWS protest, Pentagon wants to ‘reconsider’ $10B JEDI cloud contract award to Microsoft

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF7 YEARS AGO

The Department of Defense said in a court filing today that it wants to “reconsider” its disputed decision to award the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative contract to Microsoft Corp. over onetime front-runner Amazon Web Services Inc. In the filing with …

Here’s the argument that won Amazon an injunction against Microsoft’s JEDI win

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF7 YEARS AGO

In a document newly unsealed Friday, Amazon.com Inc. argued that Microsoft Corp.’s winning bid for a $10 billion Pentagon cloud computer contract should have been disqualified because the software giant’s bid called for using a data storage system that didn’t meet requirements. …

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