** IBM **
Is there a looming IBM turn around?
IBM’s Platform as a service… (covers softlayer)
Subtle article about Softlayer but what I think is going to grow into a dominate framework for IBM in the coming years:
Concur and IBM are getting cozy…
http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/enterprise-solutions/64287-concur-ibm-form-strategic-alliance
** HP **
There are lots of articles about HP laptops and chromebooks this week. They are going for low end sub-400 dollar devices.
There were many posts about their strategy to get into “big data” and “cloud” but nothing that hasn’t been said already.
** Career **
How to write an effective out of office… (more of an affirmation than a tutorial)
Cutting thank you from your speeches: