** IBM **
- Plunging iPad sales doesn’t worry Apple thanks to IBM!?!
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/11134/20140727/ipad-sales-plunge-but-apple-is-not-worried-thanks-to-ibm.htm
Think Enterprise!Yet… blackberry doesn’t seem to be worried… really?
- IBM’s Q4 Earnings: IBM is reporting Q4 revenue of $27.7 billion versus an estimate of $28.25 billion
http://news.yahoo.com/video/ibm-q4-earnings-210800667.html - IBM is struggling to sell off its chip business:
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/ibm-struggles-to-sell-money-losing-chip-making-unit-pzEecBnOQm~xVATDi5cMeg.html - IBM names “Chief Accessibility Officer” – Frances West:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-it/2014/07/25/a48aa9d4-11d3-11e4-98ee-daea85133bc9_story.html - A little insight into IBM’s cost cutting:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8084665
** HP **
- HP is dropping $50M to partner with HortonWorks:
https://www.valuewalk.com/2014/07/hewlett-packard-invests-50-million-in-hortonworks/ - What are HP’s plans for OpenStack?
http://talkincloud.com/cloud-computing-and-open-source/072214/what-does-hp-have-mind-openstack-next
** Oracle **
- Oracle vs. IBM in the investment community:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/24/ibm-oracle-apple.aspx
** Career **
- If you haven’t seen this already: Netflix HR policy on developing a highly effective organization:
http://hbr.org/2014/01/how-netflix-reinvented-hr/ar/pr
** Other **
- China getting away from American IT (IBM and Oracle greatly impacted):
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Banning-American-IT-30239576.html
De-IOE is going to pop up more often in the next few months