Links 10/22/2014: The nature of IBM's 'crisis'; Unisys rebounds

The Nature of the IBM ‘Crisis’
(New York Times: Bits)

Coming of Age in Cloud Computing (New York Times: Bits)

Microsoft and IBM commit to providing their enterprise software on Azure, IBM clouds (ZDNet)

Unisys Sees Q3 Revenue Rebound (CRN)
Some people thought that the announcement that Unisys CEO Ed Coleman was stepping down signaled more bad news, but not so this quarter. Don't know if its a start of long-term trend, though.

EMC Q3 Misses Estimates as Company Prepares to Buy Out Joint Venture (Re/code)


SAP offering customers 'simpler' way to buy its Hana in-memory platform (Infoworld)

Amazon Gets More Enterprise-Friendly With Launch Of AWS Directory Service (TechCrunch)



Antitrust experts slam Comcast merger plan, warn of threats to Netflix and Amazon Prime (Gigaom)

FCC Pauses Comcast-TW Cable, AT&T-DirecTV Merger Reviews (Variety)



Vistar Media Taps Carrier Data To Target Consumers Across Mobile And OOH (Adexchanger)
Vistar Media has its engineering offices in Philadelphia.

Quintiq expertly solving planning puzzles (Airport Business)