Robert Hof, Author at SiliconANGLE

Infra

Broadcom’s unsolicited $105B bid to buy Qualcomm could reshape chip industry

By Robert Hof Nov 5, 2017

In what would be the biggest-ever acquisition in the technology industry, Broadcom Ltd. today offered about $105 billion to buy mobile chip giant Qualcomm Technologies Inc. The offer of $70 a share in cash…

Emerging Tech

What iPhone delays? Apple beats earnings forecasts anyway

By Robert Hof Nov 2, 2017

The big wait for Apple’s new flagship smartphone that goes on sale Friday didn’t hurt its closely watched earnings results after all. In fact, the world’s most valuable company easily smashed forecasts for its fiscal fourth quarter thanks to…

Apps

Facebook smashes earnings forecasts, but site abuse crackdown will hit profits

By Robert Hof Nov 1, 2017

On a day when Facebook Inc. and other tech executives were being grilled by Congress on how they may have helped Russia influence U.S. elections, the social network giant issued an earnings report that…

Emerging Tech

Solving sepsis and more: Google helps healthcare startups use machine learning

By Robert Hof Nov 1, 2017

When a startup realizes its original idea isn’t going to fly, the cliched but often effective solution is a “pivot,” applying the technology in a new direction. Problem is, for a number of reasons,…

Cloud

The cloud computing tail keeps on wagging the big tech dogs

By Robert Hof Oct 26, 2017

Cloud computing may still be a small part of overall information technology spending, but don’t tell that to investors in Amazon.com Inc., Google LLC owner Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft Corp. The technology giants derive…

Infra

Rebranded AllegisCyber, a venture firm doubles down on cybersecurity

By Robert Hof Oct 26, 2017

Thanks to a never-ending stream of attacks and threats, cybersecurity is about as hot a technology sector as any these days. Allegis Capital thinks it’s only getting started. That’s why the San Francisco-based venture…

Cloud

Google and Cisco join forces on hybrid cloud computing push

By Robert Hof Oct 25, 2017

Google LLC and Cisco Systems Inc. said today they’re joining forces to help corporate enterprises more easily develop software that spans private data centers and public cloud computing. The deal is intended to allow…

Apps

Amazon gets 238 proposals to host its $5B second headquarters

By Robert Hof Oct 23, 2017

Amazon.com Inc.’s unusual strategy for finding a location for a second headquarters apparently has worked. Some 238 cities and regions submitted proposals to host the HQ, which Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said would be…

Apps

Atlassian stock jumps on better-than-expected earnings

By Robert Hof Oct 19, 2017

Australian enterprise collaboration software maker Atlassian Corp. Plc beat earnings expectations today, sending shares up about 12 percent to what will be a new record high if it holds Friday. Atlassian, whose enterprise softwares…

Apps

SAP earnings fall short on slower cloud and business software growth

By Robert Hof Oct 19, 2017

It’s not all up and to the right for SAP SE, as the European business software giant hit a rough patch in its third quarter as it continues to move its applications business into the…

Robert Hof

Broadcom’s unsolicited $105B bid to buy Qualcomm could reshape chip industry

What iPhone delays? Apple beats earnings forecasts anyway

Solving sepsis and more: Google helps healthcare startups use machine learning

Rebranded AllegisCyber, a venture firm doubles down on cybersecurity

Amazon gets 238 proposals to host its $5B second headquarters

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