Supplier Report: 7/27/2014

** IBM **

  1. 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?

  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. IBM names “Chief Accessibility Officer” – Frances West:
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-it/2014/07/25/a48aa9d4-11d3-11e4-98ee-daea85133bc9_story.html
  5. A little insight into IBM’s cost cutting:
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8084665

** HP **

  1. HP is dropping $50M to partner with HortonWorks:
    https://www.valuewalk.com/2014/07/hewlett-packard-invests-50-million-in-hortonworks/
  2. What are HP’s plans for OpenStack?
    http://talkincloud.com/cloud-computing-and-open-source/072214/what-does-hp-have-mind-openstack-next

** Oracle **

  1. Oracle vs. IBM in the investment community:
    http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/24/ibm-oracle-apple.aspx

** Career **

  1. 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 **

  1. 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