I.B.M. Steals the Spotlight Ahead of H.P.’s Big Day - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

A battle of giants in which my group and myself are directly exposed.

I.B.M. Steals the Spotlight Ahead of H.P.’s Big Day - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com:

September 11, 2008, 11:00 PM
I.B.M. Steals the Spotlight Ahead of H.P.’s Big Day
By ASHLEE VANCE
I.B.M. has lobbed a preemptive strike of sorts against rival Hewlett-Packard. Late Thursday, it announced four fresh services contracts just ahead of a Monday meeting in Silicon Valley where H.P. is expected to explain the strategy and structure for its new acquisition, Electronic Data Systems.

The flurry of announcements marks the start of a protracted marketing and technology battle between the technology industry’s largest companies.

One of the deals secured by I.B.M. took place in the Philippines with PSBank, the second largest bank in the country."