OpenWorld Hewlett-Packard and Oracle have sidestepped their feud over disgraced CEO Mark Hurd on the opening of the database giant's annual OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.
Tech mergers are back to mixed reviews, with users saying they prefer fewer vendors but fear less competition could reduce choice
Original article by Patrick Thibodeau
NEW YORK—Hewlett-Packard Co. said it plans to spend $1 billion to automate data centers and make other operational changes in its IT services business, resulting in the cutting of 9,000 jobs over several years.
Headlines tell us that Internet-based threats are becoming increasingly malicious, damaging, and sophisticated. These reports come just as more companies are adopting cloud practices and placing mission-critical data into cloud hosts, both public and private. Cloud skeptics frequently point to security risks as a reason for cautiously using cloud services. It’s the security around sensitive data that seems to concern many folks inside of enterprises.
