Robert Hof

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

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Google provides new options for cloud data storage locations and access

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

In one of several additions to its cloud computing offerings today, Google LLC announced new ways make data more accessible in its Cloud Storage service and control where it’s stored around the world. Introduced early Thursday at the company’s Cloud Next conference …

Big-data rivals Cloudera and Hortonworks announce big-deal merger

BIG DATA By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Updated: Two big-data pioneers, Cloudera Inc. and Hortonworks Inc., today announced what they called a merger of relative equals, saying they’ll combine their companies into a new entity with about $720 million in annual revenue. The all-stock deal, really closer financially to an acquisition …

Nvidia debuts speedier data center platform for AI-driven services

AI By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Nvidia Corp.’s graphics processing unit chips have become the foundation of the burgeoning field of machine learning, which uses software roughly emulating parts of how the brain works to enable computers to learn on their own. GPUs’ ability to run many tasks …

With AI-powered Activity Stream and Feed, Box aims to be the enterprise content hub

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Collaborative file-sharing giant Box Inc. kicked off its annual BoxWorks conference in San Francisco today with a series of new features aimed at building out its vision of serving as the main content hub for enterprises. “Users are looking for one content …

Google opens its cloud services for Kubernetes project with $9M grant

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Kubernetes, the software that manages the deployment of software containers, has grown in usage like a weed since Google LLC announced it in 2014. That’s because containers have become enormously popular for allowing developers to create one version of their software that …

VMware expands cloud services on AWS, and AWS brings RDS database to VMware

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Updated: On the eve of this week’s VMworld in Las Vegas, conference host VMware Inc. Sunday night debuted several new technologies and some lower prices for its cloud software suite atop Amazon Web Services Inc. The new services are an expansion of …

Crypto crash: Despite a strong quarter, Nvidia shares fall on disappointing forecast

INFRA By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Nvidia Corp. has been flying high for years thanks to big demand for its graphics chips in gaming, high-performance computing and artificial intelligence, but that means even a small dip in altitude can upset investors. That’s what happened today, when the Santa …

Google adds in-app messaging and more to its Firebase mobile platform

APPS By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Ever since Google LLC bought the Firebase mobile app database service in 2014, it has been adding more capabilities to make it a full-fledged development platform for creating mobile and web apps that can then run on, for example, Google’s cloud computing …

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 …

Robert Hof

Latest from Robert Hof

Nvidia debuts speedier data center platform for AI-driven services

With AI-powered Activity Stream and Feed, Box aims to be the enterprise content hub

Crypto crash: Despite a strong quarter, Nvidia shares fall on disappointing forecast

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