Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co said it would spin off and merge its struggling IT services business with Computer Sciences Corp, allowing the company to focus on its cloud services business and other fast-growing units. Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, formed after Hewlett-Packard Co formally split in November, rose 10.5 percent in extended trading on Tuesday. Falls Church, Virginia-based Computer Sciences’ shares jumped 19.5 percent to $42.60. Under Chief Executive Meg Whitman, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been restructuring its IT consulting and services group. The company sold at least 84 percent of its 60.5 percent stake… Continue reading →

By Steve Hamm, IBM Ever since Thomas Panek learned at age 20 that he would lose his eyesight due to a condition called retinal degeneration, he vowed that his disability would not prevent him from living a full life. “I wanted to do everything that sighted people do,” he says. He has not let himself down: In addition to serving as president of Guiding Eyes for the Blind, one of the most respected breeders and trainers of guide dogs, he has completed one dozen marathons since he lost his sight. Thomas, who is now 45,… Continue reading →

  The new world economy has gone digital, heralding the age of disruption. This became clear at a futurist conference I attended this past week. Technology is making a new onslaught on economic, social and political spheres. Already the landscape in media, education, health, agricultural production, advanced manufacturing and biotechnology is experiencing unimaginable transformation, and the customer is embracing the change, willingly or unwillingly. Change in some sectors may lead to devastating outcomes but the net impact of these disruptions will most likely be good for humankind. Education in schools and universities will change in… Continue reading →