Is HP’s Turnaround Strategy Sustainable?

Time is not on HP’s side, analysts say.
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HP’s Turnaround Progress Slow but Sure, Says CEO Whitman

“We are fixing a lot of the problems that are keeping HP from being great.”
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Amid Buyout Battle, Dell Doubles Down on Turnaround Plans

A few questions, none answered, about buyout plans.
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Dell Set to Report a Big Earnings Miss Today

A tough day ahead.
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HP Says It Hasn’t Tried to Sell Autonomy to SAP

HP is still not interested in selling.
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Carl Icahn Wants to Fire Michael Dell (Video)

A lively TV lunch hour with a corporate raider.
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News Byte

Investor Group Offers $6.9 Billion to Take BMC Private

Software company BMC has agreed to be acquired by a group of four private equity firms. Together, Bain Capital, Golden Gate Capital, GIC Special Investments and Insight Venture Partners have offered to take BMC private at $46.25 a share, a deal that values the company at $6.9 billion, which amounts to a premium of less than 2 percent over BMC’s closing share price on Friday.

HP Makes a Big Play in Software-Defined Networks

A conversation with HP networking head Bethany Mayer.
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IBM Tackles Machine-to-Machine Data Deluge

NetSuite Beats Expectations and Raises 2013 Sales Outlook

Box’s Aaron Levie and Jive’s Tony Zingale Talk About Teaming Up

EMC Earnings Come in Below Expectations, While VMware Lowers Outlook

Financial Crimes Topped State-Sponsored Hacking Incidents in 2012

Former Yahoo Security Head Somaini Lands at Cloud Startup Box

Seven Questions for Workday CEO and Greylock Partner Aneel Bhusri

HP CEO Whitman Tries Not to Talk About Autonomy in London

Southeastern Comes Out Against “Inadequate” Dell Buyout Plan

AppMesh, a Mobile-First Customer-Tracking App, Launches

Morgan Stanley Defends SAP Against Sales Inflation Accusations

SAP Accused of Inflating HANA Growth Numbers

Startup Nebula Launches a Plug-and-Play Cloud Computer

HP Board Members Survive Shareholder Challenge

Seven Questions for the Man Shaking Up HP’s Operations, John Hinshaw