Business Objects bets on convergence in BI tools. SAP’s Business Objects unit sees BI, governance, risk and compliance, and enterprise performance management tools all blending and, as such, it rolled out products poised to deliver on all three. PC maker Lenovo injected some power into its roster with the quad-core ThinkPad W700, which houses 1TB of storage and packs multimedia features to complement the speedy chip. Two lawmakers and a company that backs the FCC’s plan have filed letters urging the FCC to move forward with its free spectrum plan, responding in part to the results of T-Mobile’s technical laboratory test. An IBM executive points to virtualization, SOA, and cloud computing as keys to accommodating the anticipated growth of datacenters in an energy-conscious environment, and predicts that datacenter energy will equal the cost of hardware in the near future. Most IT departments could do a better job training, and the one featured in this week’s Off the Record is no exception. Something about a stray Viagra ad did plenty to get, and keep, the staff’s attention. Technology Industry