IBM
- IBM’s top 10 tips for moving to the cloud:
http://www.cbronline.com/news/tech/cio-agenda/the-boardroom/ibms-ten-top-tips-for-cios-moving-to-the-cloud-4454773 - A cost breakdown of cloud services (excellent):
https://gigaom.com/2014/11/28/its-black-friday-so-who-has-the-lowest-cloud-prices/ - IBM adds mobile-as-desktop offering:
IBM said its Mobile Infrastructure Analytics Services can deliver a true end-to-end view into a business’s entire mobile environment. The SaaS analytics applications provide instant visibility into how a company’s mobile applications are being used, whether by their own employees or customers. The service then delivers insights into any issues that may exist with a business’s infrastructure, which could affect the performance of mobile devices.
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/ibm-adds-mobile-desktop-as-a-service-offering–1051629
- IBM developing a new 5G antenna with Ericsson:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibm-ericsson-to-design-5g-antennas-as-bandwidth-needs-skyrocket-2014-11-24
Oracle
Slow news week for Oracle. There were a couple of terrible press releases for work overseas, but that is about it.
HP
- HP leveraging the IBM model will be a mistake:
http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/hewlett-packard-company-hpqs-meg-whitman-relying-on-international-business-machines-corp-ibm-already-sputtered-growth-model-336155/ - HP cuts 66 jobs in Houston location:
HP has been cutting thousands of jobs companywide over the past year. In May, it announced it would eliminate another 11,000 to 16,000 jobs, bringing the total number of planned cuts to 40,000 to 50,000— or about 15 percent of its global workforce.
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/11/hp-cuts-jobs-in-houston.html
- It is still a long road to recovery for HP:
And there was little comfort in a new forecast issued Tuesday by the market research firm IDC. Although the firm says total PC sales by all makers should level out in the next few years, “no significant growth” is expected. The only “good” news is that the global PC market won’t shrink as much this year. IDC now expects the decline to be 2.7% rather than 3.7%, as forecast earlier
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/HP-Its-long-road-ahead/articleshow/45307570.cms
- Whitman’s memo to the HP staff:
http://www.crn.com.au/News/398107,full-text-of-meg-whitmans-memo-to-staff.aspx
Other
- Can you run a business from a mobile phone?
There’s no question that the mobile phone has become an essential tool for decision makers at all levels. But can it serve as the only tool? A survey of 511 executives conducted by Forbes Insights for Google last year found found that nine out of ten executives used smartphones for business, even while they were in the office. And here’s the clincher: 10 percent said smartphones were their exclusive device for day-to-day basis for decision making.
- Concerns about Splunk’s earnings:
Splunk differs from the traditional sense of big data in that it’s analyzing machines rather than businesses and industries. Splunk’s software gathers and analyzes data found on websites, servers, networks, mobile devices, and so on. It then sells that data to enterprise customers for the purpose of mitigating security risk, preventing fraud, improving service performance, and reducing operating costs.
Meanwhile, big data peer Tableau trades at less than 15 times trailing-12-month sales, and roughly 10 times next year’s expected sales of $551 million. In addition to being a cheaper stock relative to sales, Tableau is growing faster. During Tableau’s last quarter, it grew revenue 71% year over year and is expected to grow revenue by 41% in 2015, both of which are greater than Splunk’s year-over-year performance.
- Tableau software showing serious gains:
Tableau also announced it has reached more than 5,000 customer accounts in the EMEA region. Customer accounts include Audi AG, Switzerland Global Enterprise, St. George´s Healthcare NHS Trust, and French banking firm BNP Paribas.
http://www.financial-news.co.uk/25389/2014/11/tableau-software-grows-100-in-emea-20141128082500/