AnalystPerspectives Weekly Scan covers analyst commentary.

There are many topics covered in the Mobile & Broadband section, here we have highlighted some of the headlines: 

• BlackBerry Smartphone Division Finally Nearing Profits | Strategy Analytics - Mon, 20 Oct 2014  
• Is Your Wallet About to Become Obsolete? | Aberdeen Group - Wed, 22 Oct 2014  
• Apple's SIM card - less of a gamechanger than many people think | Dean Bubley - Mon, 20 Oct 2014 |Dean Bubley
• The Hits And Misses Of Apple Pay | Forrester - Wed, 22 Oct 2014 |Denée Carrington
• Smartwatches Will Cannibalize Wristwatches | Strategy Analytics - Wed, 22 Oct 2014  
• Wearables Should Underpin Customer-Centric Innovation | Forrester - Tue, 21 Oct 2014 |JP Gownder
• Mobile Device and Wearable Vendors are Struggling with User Interface Complexity | ABI Research - Tue, 21 Oct 2014  
• The Puls smartwatch from will.i.am could revolutionize customer engagement | Ovum - Mon, 20 Oct 2014 |Aphrodite Brinsmead

Microsoft and Amazon Web Services are garnering attention this week.  Here are some samples from the Cloud Computing section:

• Microsoft Cloud Platform System Powered by Dell | The Enterprise Strategy Group - Wed, 22 Oct 2014  
• Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS) | The Enterprise Strategy Group - Wed, 22 Oct 2014  
• Grading our 2014 Cloud Predictions | Forrester - Thu, 23 Oct 2014 |James Staten
• Private Cloud: Benefits but Not a Free Lunch | Saugatuck Technology - Mon, 20 Oct 2014 |Charlie Burns
• Amazon Web Services announces cloud Active Directory | Forrester - Wed, 22 Oct 2014 |Andras Cser
• Amazon Web Services Fires Up Its New Directory Service, Taking Aim at the Enterprise – and Microsoft | Current Analysis - Thu, 23 Oct 2014 |Amy Larsen DeCarlo
• Docker Will Live Up To The Hype And Containers Will Rule The Cloud. Here's What You Need To Know. | Forrester - Wed, 22 Oct 2014 |Dave Bartoletti
• Docker is the New Java | Gartner - Tue, 21 Oct 2014 |David M. Smith

Among other things, analysts discuss IBM's earning announcement in the Enterprise Applications section:

• IBM's 3Q2014 Earnings Debacle: Our Take and What Was NOT Stated | Saugatuck Technology - Thu, 23 Oct 2014 |Alex Bakker
• Reflections on IBM's Financials: The Rebirth Process | Enderle Group - Mon, 20 Oct 2014 |Rob Enderle
• IBM, the Cloud, SAP, and IT Provider Re-Invention | Saugatuck Technology - Thu, 23 Oct 2014 |Bruce Guptill

Data centers are a popular topic of conversation this week.  Here are a few of the headlines you will find in the Data Centers section:

• Data Center Staffing Shows Signs of Decline | Computer Economics - Thu, 23 Oct 2014  
• IDC Comment: Amazon Web Services Opens German Datacenter | IDC - Thu, 23 Oct 2014  
• If German businesses don't go to the cloud, then the cloud comes to them – Amazon Web Services opens a datacenter in Germany | Pierre Audoin Consulants (PAC) - Fri, 24 Oct 2014 |Karsten Leclerque
• Virtualization of Data Centers Driving Adoption of Next-generation Firewalls | ABI Research - Wed, 22 Oct 2014  

Here are more noteworthy headlines for this week:

• The Old Guard: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Frying Pan | Current Analysis - Wed, 22 Oct 2014 |Steven Hill
• Is HR Tech Overshooting HR Capabilities? | Strativa - Sun, 19 Oct 2014 |Frank Scavo
• We Are All Technologists Now | Gartner - Fri, 24 Oct 2014 |Tad Travis
• Free Radio at Risk | Strategy Analytics - Tue, 21 Oct 2014  
• Strata 2014 Part 1: Hadoop, Bright Lights, Big City | OnStrategies Perspectives - Mon, 20 Oct 2014 |Tony Baer
• Software Methods And Failed States | Cutter Consortium - Wed, 22 Oct 2014 |Tom Grant
• IBM and Apple: Jazzy mobile frontend design for heavy ERP backends | Pierre Audoin Consulants (PAC) - Fri, 24 Oct 2014 |Frank Niemann, Tobias Ortwein, Julia Reichhart
• Symantec Vision 2014: Divide to Innovate (and Then Conquer) | Pierre Audoin Consulants (PAC) - Wed, 22 Oct 2014 |Dominic Trott
• Board-level Security Ratings Meet Threat Intelligence (BitSight Acquires AnubisNetworks) | The Enterprise Strategy Group - Tue, 21 Oct 2014  
• VCE Merges into EMC: Change Is in the Wind | Enderle Group - Wed, 22 Oct 2014 |Rob Enderle
• EMC Embraces Ownership of VCE…and So Will Customers | The Enterprise Strategy Group - Fri, 24 Oct 2014