Robert Hof

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

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No slowdown here: Facebook beats earnings forecasts, but shares down

APPS By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

What slowdown? Thanks once again to mobile ads, especially video ads, Facebook Inc. today managed to beat back worries that running fewer ads on its pages might finally bring the social network’s advertising business down to earth. Facebook said it earned a net profit …

New CEO Steve Singh on what’s next for Docker and software containers

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Docker Inc. has made containers one of the buzziest developments in information technology today, allowing applications to move easily across many computing and software environments. But they’re still viewed with some trepidation by IT folks uncertain about their complexity and security. Those …

Intel Data Center Group President Diane Bryant takes leave for ‘family matter’

INFRA By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Just weeks after being appointed president of Intel Corp.’s Data Center Group, longtime Intel executive Diane Bryant is taking a leave for six to eight months, the company announced today. Intel attributed the leave to the need for Bryant (pictured) to tend …

Twilio shares plunge 24 percent on weak earnings outlook

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Cloud communications company Twilio Inc. lost well over a quarter of its valuation in the first 20 minutes of after-hours trading Tuesday after reporting a lower-than-expected outlook and “changes in the relationship” with its largest customer, Uber Technologies Inc. Twilio, whose software-as-a-service …

Cisco to acquire rival software-defined networking startup Viptela for $610M

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Updated with more analyst and competitor comments: An increasingly acquisitive Cisco Systems Inc. Monday announced plans to buy Viptela Inc., a five-year-old upstart rival maker of software to create companywide data networks without the cost of dedicated hardware. The acquisition, for $610 million …

Once again, cloud services help lift Alphabet and Amazon earnings skyward

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Two bellwether technology giants, Alphabet Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., that are increasingly competing with each other in the fast-growing cloud computing market each reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings today. Alphabet, parent company of Google Inc., reported a net profit of $543 billion, or …

Amazon blazes a trail to the next frontier in AI: the cloud

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. sometimes doesn’t show up on lists of top leaders in artificial intelligence alongside Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Facebook Inc. and IBM Corp. That’s about to change. Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos recently revealed in his annual letter to shareholders that …

Amazon Web Services fires back at rivals with new cloud AI and database features

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

Firing new shots at cloud computing rivals such as Oracle Corp. and Microsoft Corp., Amazon Web Services today checked off more boxes to make it easier for large enterprises to develop cutting-edge applications and move them to its cloud. Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud …

With new VR and AR services, Facebook dives deeper into virtual worlds – and the real world

APPS By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

In an apparent concession that virtual and augmented reality are taking longer than expected to blossom, Facebook Inc. today announced a raft of more pragmatic VR and AR services and partnerships that it hopes will jumpstart both. For one, the company today …

Video collections and automated video ads are coming to Flipboard

APPS By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

In its first big foray into video, the news aggregation app and website Flipboard Inc. today launched video packages from major publishers and said it will let advertisers run industry-standard video ads. Although the company, which aggregates material from selected online publishers …

Robert Hof

Latest from Robert Hof

No slowdown here: Facebook beats earnings forecasts, but shares down

New CEO Steve Singh on what’s next for Docker and software containers

Intel Data Center Group President Diane Bryant takes leave for ‘family matter’

Cisco to acquire rival software-defined networking startup Viptela for $610M

Video collections and automated video ads are coming to Flipboard

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