HP:
- HP settling $11.1B lawsuit with Autonomy (nice summarized read)
http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=170553&heading=Business
and here is another article:
http://www.bidnessetc.com/22328-hp-settles-shareholder-lawsuit-over-autonomy-saga/
That is all anybody is talking about with HP this week (and the typical – “the stock is bouncing back so get in while the gettin’ is good)
IBM:
- Decent article on IBM’s strategy with SoftLayer. Keep your eyes peeled for any movement with this acquisition… Softlayer seems to be the keystone in their cloud strategy:
http://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/news/2352531/softlayer-points-to-cloud-fuelled-ibm-distie-shake-up - Here is an article about IBM connections ver. 5
http://www.it-director.com/blogs/MWD_Advisors/2014/6/ibm-connections-5-0-bringing-on-prem-in-line-with-smartcloud.html - Maintenance deal may save Lenovo’s service acquisition from IBM (US Gov doesn’t want Chinese company touch equipment, IBM to provide on site support for 5 years)
http://channelnomics.com/2014/06/26/maintenance-key-ibm-lenovo-server-deal/#.U7AZsPldV8E
Oracle:
- Oracle is behind as a player in the cloud, but a realizing massive growth and fully realized SaaS solutions:
http://marketrealist.com/2014/06/oracle-thinks-can-number-one-cloud-services-player/ - Another look at Oracle buying Micro Systems Inc and thoughts into their strategy:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-23/oracle-eschews-flash-to-buy-micros-at-discount-real-m-a.html
Other:
- Tech CEOs and their retirement ages
http://www.businessinsider.com/in-a-trend-citrix-ceo-wont-retire-2014-6 - Rackspace still can’t find a buyer
http://www.benzinga.com/news/14/06/4667572/rackspace-down-7-on-rumor-it-cant-find-buyer?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+benzinga%2Fnews%2Frumors+(Channels+-+News+-+Rumors) - Give yourself 24 hours to deal with failure and then move on.
http://lifehacker.com/give-yourself-24-hours-to-deal-with-failure-and-move-on-1596134647