Robert Hof

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

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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty: ‘Great opportunities’ and great challenges for women in tech

Women have made great strides working their way into technical positions at companies, but there’s still a very long way to go before they reach parity with men, especially in leadership positions. All that will surprise no one, but breakthrough executives such as IBM Corp. Chief Executive Ginni Rometty (above) shared a raft of anecdotes ...

The new hybrid cloud: A conversation with AWS’s Andy Jassy and VMware’s Pat Gelsinger

“Pat, funny to see you here today.” Those were the first words out of the mouth of Andy Jassy (above left), Amazon Web Services’ chief executive, after he appeared onstage at a press conference Thursday with VMware Inc. CEO Pat Gelsinger (right). The wry comment was a reflection of the traditional rivalry between the largest ...

In landmark hybrid cloud deal, VMware software to run on Amazon Web Services

Leveraging a firm hold on the fast-growing cloud computing market, Amazon.com Inc. is now looking to intensify its incursion into the heart of the information technology industry: corporate data centers. Today, the retailer’s cloud unit, Amazon Web Services, announced a deal with onetime rival VMware Inc., whose widely used software allows multiple versions of the ...

Report: Government subsidies to attract data centers aren’t worth it

Government subsidies for construction of data centers are far too high to justify the scant number of ongoing jobs they generate, according to a new report.

On theCUBE with Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey: What’s next after the IPO?

When cloud computing company Nutanix Inc. went public on Sept. 30 and its shares shot up 131 percent the first day, it helped ignite hopes that the long drought of technology initial public offerings could be ending. That showing also gave the maker of hyperconverged systems that combine computing and storage into one software-driven appliance ...

At Dreamforce, Marc Benioff touts Salesforce’s AI chops with Einstein

Salesforce.com on Wednesday announced more detailed plans to infuse artificial intelligence deep into all its customer relationship management services.

With Home, Pixel phones and Daydream VR viewer, Google aims to lead tech’s AI-driven future

Google Inc. today introduced possibly its largest array of major new hardware products ever at one time, yet another indication that the search giant aims to hit every available consumer technology touchpoint to maintain its growth. But it’s also clearer than ever that the shiny new hardware lineup (above) unveiled at a “Made by Google” ...

StackPath launches its first Internet security-as-a-service software

StackPath is launching its ambitious Internet security-as-a-service software suite in hopes of providing a single platform that can handle all manner of cyber-threats.

Salesforce continues acquisition spree with $700 million Krux purchase

Still hungry after $4 billion in acquisitions in the past year, Salesforce.com Inc. today said it’s buying the ad tech firm Krux Digital Inc. for $700 million. San Francisco-based Krux, which operates a data management platform that helps marketers target pitches to particular audiences across devices and marketing channels, said combining with Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud ...

Google Cloud chief: Yes, we’re really serious about the enterprise

Google is unifying all its enterprise and cloud services under a new moniker, Google Cloud, hoping to persuade companies it's serious about enterprise computing.