Robert Hof, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

After raising $756M in its IPO, Dropbox sees shares jump 36% in market debut

By Robert Hof Mar 22, 2018

File storage and collaboration service Dropbox Inc. saw its shares jump 36 percent today in the company’s first day of trading after its initial public offering of stock. Shares opened trading this morning at…

Infra

Facebook launches Fabric Aggregator to bust the network bottleneck

By Robert Hof Mar 20, 2018

For some time, networking capacity has been more of a bottleneck for online services than computer power. Today, Facebook Inc., which has some 2 billion users, is launching a new way to make sure…

Cloud

Investors hammer Oracle on disappointing cloud computing growth

By Robert Hof Mar 19, 2018

Updated: Oracle Corp.’s come-from-behind battle to join the big leagues of cloud computing got another small boost today, but it wasn’t nearly enough for investors hoping for a faster ascent to the technology industry’s…

Apps

With a sprinkle of AI dust, Google boosts options for ads in mobile apps

By Robert Hof Mar 15, 2018

As ever more online activity continues to move to mobile devices, so do the ads — especially ads that aim to get people to install apps and games and buy goods inside them. Today,…

Infra

Citing national security, Trump quashes Broadcom’s takeover of Qualcomm

By Robert Hof Mar 12, 2018

President Donald Trump late today quashed Broadcom Ltd.’s $121 billion hostile bid to buy Qualcomm Inc., effectively ending a deal that would have upended the semiconductor industry. The President cited national security concerns in…

Infra

Report: Intel considering a bid for Broadcom to head off its pursuit of Qualcomm

By Robert Hof Mar 9, 2018

Intel Corp. is reportedly considering a number of acquisition possibilities, including Broadcom Ltd., as an apparent attempt to discourage Broadcom’s own hostile bid for Qualcomm Inc. The Wall Street Journal late today reported that…

Infra

Growth accelerates for two data center disruptors, Pure Storage and Nutanix, but investors split

By Robert Hof Mar 1, 2018

Two companies disrupting the traditional data center today reported revenue growth of more than 40 percent in their latest quarters, pointing to accelerated interest in new storage technologies by both cloud computing providers and…

Apps

Google opens up Flutter mobile app user interface software to beta test

By Robert Hof Feb 27, 2018

When the folks behind “Hamilton” wanted to build an app for the smash musical quickly last year, they turned to a little-known mobile software framework called Flutter that Google quietly previewed just a few months…

Apps

In a positive sign for IPOs, file-sharing firm Dropbox files to go public

By Robert Hof Feb 23, 2018

One of the most long-awaited initial public offerings of stock could finally happen soon, as cloud storage giant Dropbox Inc. today officially filed for an IPO. The company had reportedly filed confidentially to go…

Infra

After ending revenue decline, Cisco plans to spend tax act bounty on shareholders

By Robert Hof Feb 14, 2018

Cisco Systems Inc. broke a six-quarter streak of declining revenue, showing a 3 percent uptick in sales driven by its new products as well as strength in applications and security products. The revenue rise…

Robert Hof

After raising $756M in its IPO, Dropbox sees shares jump 36% in market debut

Facebook launches Fabric Aggregator to bust the network bottleneck

With a sprinkle of AI dust, Google boosts options for ads in mobile apps

Citing national security, Trump quashes Broadcom’s takeover of Qualcomm

Report: Intel considering a bid for Broadcom to head off its pursuit of Qualcomm

Growth accelerates for two data center disruptors, Pure Storage and Nutanix, but investors split

Google opens up Flutter mobile app user interface software to beta test

In a positive sign for IPOs, file-sharing firm Dropbox files to go public

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