Big news coming out of this week is EMC. It isn’t just VMWare that they were looking to move (which btw is 54% of their market value). We also have some clear evidence that IBM is executing against the cloud and mobile strategy while HP still deals with the fallout of their bribe scandal and Autonomy purchase.
IBM:
- IBM creating secure banking apps for Busan Bank:
http://finchannel.com/index.php/technology/item/38986-busan-bank-selects-ibm-to-enhance-customer-experience-with-new-mobile-apps
(Customer less interesting – although banking – but another step in their mobile platform reinvention) - And another article highlighting “Bluemix” – their platform as a service hosted on Softlayer:
http://www.infotechlead.com/2014/09/25/ibm-bluemix-wins-new-customers-analytics-customer-engagement-25538 - Softlayer going after Amazon cloud services:
https://gigaom.com/2014/09/25/ibm-softlayer-woos-startups-running-amazon-web-services-rackspace/ - IBM launches a watson b2b tool – which competes with some of their own existing tools (need to know more about this vs. Blueworks Live).
http://www.mrweb.com/drno/news19743.htm
HP:
- More information on last week’s note about on EMC/Vmare:
http://www.bidnessetc.com/26229-cisco-not-interested-in-emc-corporation/
Looks like HP and EMC (whole company) were in merger talks for 2 years but recently fell through. Cisco is also not interested. - HP could face a 10-year ban on selling to the Canadian gov due to the Russian bribe scandal:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/hp-faces-10-year-ban-as-canadian-governments-technology-supplier/article20774807/ - U.S. judge scrutinizes HP shareholder deal in Autonomy case
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/26/hp-autonomy-lawsuit-idUSL2N0RQ33V20140926 - HP is giving away SDS (software defined storage) software to drive usage:
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/555812/hp-gives-away-software-defined-storage-drive-adoption/
Oracle:
- Oracle is still rumored to be interested in EMC… need to pay attention to this one.
- Hurd wants to go after Microsoft’s cloud business (Microsoft? Very “meh” statement – M$ “Azure” platform isn’t setting the world on fire)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/hurd-oracle-takes-on-microsoft-in-the-cloud/ - A little more on why Ellison stepped down (not much is changing)
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/15962/20140919/larry-ellison-oracle-ceo-no-more-heres-why-he-quit-and-what-he-will-do-now.htm
(PS: He made $67M in Oracle’s fiscal 2014)
Other:
- More on EMC:
http://www.benchmarkmonitor.com/emc-nyseemc-likely-to-announce-a-major-change-in-the-coming-weeks/182917/ - More information on the “bash” bug (impacts unix/linux/apple shells)
http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/24/technology/security/bash-bug/
Career:
- Improving yourself by understanding what traits you don’t like in others:
http://qz.com/271074/how-to-stop-comparing-yourself-to-everyone-else-at-work/ - Having owned a business, this is very sage advice that we can apply to our positions: When starting a partnership, have an exist strategy:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/237699 - Getting more from difficult people by asking questions:
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2014/09/secret-technique-get-want-difficult-people.html?utm_source=feedly
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