Robert Hof, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Iguazio launches Enterprise Data Cloud service to speed Big Data

By Robert Hof Sep 27, 2016

Iguazio today is introducing what it calls a data platform-as-a-service, with an aim to untangle the mess of technologies that has hampered Big Data projects in large companies. The Israeli company’s Enterprise Data Cloud…

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The broken promise of open-source Big Data software – and what might fix it

By Robert Hof Sep 27, 2016

Open-source Big Data projects are failing to get into production at large enterprises thanks to rising complexity and a lack of talent to run them.

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Baidu announces benchmarks to rate deep learning hardware

By Robert Hof Sep 26, 2016

The branch of artificial intelligence called deep learning has led to breakthroughs in speech and image recognition, partly thanks to an almost accidental discovery that certain chips such as graphics processing units work really…

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‘You are locked in, baby’: Oracle’s Larry Ellison redoubles attack on Amazon Web Services

By Robert Hof Sep 20, 2016

In his customary combative style, Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison today spent more than an hour slamming Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing as inferior on several fronts to the software giant’s own cloud. Ellison (above), who…

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Oracle CEO Mark Hurd predicts sweeping, costly move to the cloud

By Robert Hof Sep 19, 2016

Some 80 percent of information technology budgets by 2025 will be spent on cloud computing, not traditional IT products, and the number of corporate-owned data centers will drop by 80 percent by then. That’s…

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Oracle’s Larry Ellison unveils new cloud services at OpenWorld: ‘Amazon’s lead is over’

By Robert Hof Sep 18, 2016

It’s no secret that Oracle Corp. was late to cloud computing, which founder and Chairman Larry Ellison in 2009 infamously called “complete gibberish.” Now, the company is looking to banish any doubts that it’s…

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Oracle’s earnings fall short despite jump in cloud revenues

By Robert Hof Sep 15, 2016

Oracle's cloud computing revenues rocketed higher in its latest quarter, but continued declines in licensed business software put a lid on earnings.

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Top venture investors still betting on startups in AI, self-driving cars

By Robert Hof Sep 13, 2016

Venture capitalists continue to see opportunities in markets such as AI and self-driving cars for startups.

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Intel sells majority stake in McAfee to private equity firm TPG

By Robert Hof Sep 7, 2016

Intel today said it will sell a majority stake in its McAfee security unit to the private equity firm TPG for $3.1 billion in cash.

Infra

Intel buys Movidius to boost machine vision, deep learning

By Robert Hof Sep 6, 2016

Intel aims to boost its efforts to make all manner of devices from drones to virtual reality headsets able to see better with the acquisition of machine vision processor chip maker Movidius.

Robert Hof

Iguazio launches Enterprise Data Cloud service to speed Big Data

The broken promise of open-source Big Data software – and what might fix it

Baidu announces benchmarks to rate deep learning hardware

‘You are locked in, baby’: Oracle’s Larry Ellison redoubles attack on Amazon Web Services

Oracle CEO Mark Hurd predicts sweeping, costly move to the cloud

Oracle’s Larry Ellison unveils new cloud services at OpenWorld: ‘Amazon’s lead is over’

Top venture investors still betting on startups in AI, self-driving cars

Intel sells majority stake in McAfee to private equity firm TPG

Intel buys Movidius to boost machine vision, deep learning

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