IBM
- Could major layoffs be looming for IBM?
I find this interesting after reading last week that IBM acknowledged that the deep staff cuts and wholesale moves to international labor hurt their reputation and skill base.According to The Register, IBM will swap its present computer software/hardware/solutions structure into extra granular units (Investigation, Sales & Delivery, Systems, Worldwide Technologies Services, Cloud, Watson, Security, Commerce, Analytics).
http://www.finditwestvalley.com/technology/could-big-ibm-layoffs-be-in-the-pipeline-h46339.html
- Bloomberg confirms the organizational shift (but no mention of massive layoffs).
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) named Robert LeBlanc as senior vice president of IBM Cloud, a dedicated unit being created to speed up the company’s development of its cloud-computing business, according to a person familiar with the matter.
- Dayhill group to resell and configure Emptoris contract module
http://www.pressreleaserocket.net/dayhuff-group-to-resell-and-implement-ibm-emptoris-contract-management-suite/29170/Dayhill group’s website: http://www.dayhillgroup.com/ (Based in PA)
- Drawing millennials to IBM mainframes
“We have hired in some smart, younger people to work on our [IBM] z Series systems, but many times they take the job just because they need one,” said one 50-something IT manager with a large New York City bank. “Too often their attitude is, ‘I’ll do my do time here and move on to something I am more interested in.’ That sort of turnover can be frustrating when you are trying to build a team.”
- SoftLayer builds center in Germany – who is experiencing massive cloud growth
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/01/08/ibm-bids-for-exploding-german-cloud-market-with-local-data-center/
Oracle
- Thomas Kurian is new Oracle president
The appointment of Kurian, 48, comes in the wake of Larry Ellison moving over from the role of chief executive officer (CEO) of the $38-billion software, solutions and hardware company to that of executive chairman, having handed the reins of the company to Safra Catz and Mark Hurd. The Indian spokesperson of Oracle confirmed the elevation but declined to comment further.
- Oracle’s Data Domination
Oracle Corporation has in over a year, gone through extensive acquisitions, Responsys, Comendium, Eloqua, Bluekai – to have a well-evolved cloud-based marketing platform in Data Cloud. Therefore, Oracle Corporations intention of building marketing solutions around its data-driven acquisitions will position it as a leader in this segment. As most technology companies begin to recognize ‘big data’ as the way forward and engage in different verticals of data analytics.
http://www.opptrends.com/2015/01/oracle-corporation-nyseorcl-data-domination/
HP
- Why the PC isn’t quite dead yet…
I am going to take this a step further to get on my soapbox about computing. I don’t get why people think desktop machines should go away. For work purposes, when you expect people to go home and log back in, sure a laptop is a good solution (unless you buy cheap clients and access a remote desktop). But for home use – I prefer a desktop. I have a tablet for my mobile computing. I want a nice monitor and a proper keyboard and decent place to sit when I sit down to work. I rarely use the laptop screen (unless it is a 2nd screen) and I need a real keyboard.
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/ces-2015-why-the-pc-isnt-quite-dead-yet-20150107-12jvmn.html - Another example of HP failing to deliver on a services contract (covered the initial dispute a few weeks ago):
Gov. Chris Christie’s administration is getting a $7.5 million refund from the information technology company hired nearly nine years ago to develop a massive software program intended to run New Jersey’s multi-billion-dollar network of social service programs, a state spokeswoman confirmed tonight.
Other
- Why does the SalesForce CEO love FitBit? **cough**big data collection **cough**
http://www.businessinsider.com/marc-benioff-obsessed-with-fitbit-and-big-data-2015-1
This my fair readers is going to be a major issue for our world in the next 3 years. The price of these things are going to drop to under 20 bucks. We are going to give these things away and the need to collect and make the data meaningful is going to be massive. This is the future – and I want to get ahead of it now. - Splunk and the analytics boom…
Article paints the company as small and scrappy taking on the big players. Need to understand their services in comparison to the mix. See if they put their money where their image is.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2805075-splunk-offers-an-opportunity-to-join-the-upcoming-big-data-analytics-boom