Robert Hof, Author at SiliconANGLE

Apps

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

By Robert Hof Aug 16, 2018

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…

Infra

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

By Robert Hof Aug 15, 2018

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…

Cloud

Lawsuit accuses Oracle of misleading investors on cloud computing growth

By Robert Hof Aug 11, 2018

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…

Cloud

Google reportedly talking with partners to bring its cloud to China

By Robert Hof Aug 3, 2018

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…

Cloud

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

By Robert Hof Jul 26, 2018

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…

Cloud

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

By Robert Hof Jul 24, 2018

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…

Cloud

Despite $5B EU fine, Alphabet smashes earnings forecasts

By Robert Hof Jul 23, 2018

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…

Cloud

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

By Robert Hof Jul 22, 2018

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…

Cloud

Google opens its cloud marketplace to outside Kubernetes applications

By Robert Hof Jul 18, 2018

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…

Infra

Thoma Bravo buys majority stake in security firm Centrify

By Robert Hof Jul 10, 2018

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…

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Thoma Bravo buys majority stake in security firm Centrify

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