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IBM plans $2.5bn charge, layoffs
News IBM began eliminating jobs in the third week of May in the server organisation, followed the next week by services layoffs. IBM's total number of second-quarter layoffs, following a first-quarter sales slowdown, comes to about 5,600, including 1...
[June 5, 2002, 8:47]
Layoffs continue at business software firms
News Software companies Commerce One and Manugistics each announced on Friday plans to cut staff, the latest round of layoffs in a dismal business software market. The layoffs follow a disappointing quarter, in which the company saw sales fall by 14...
[September 27, 2004, 9:25]
Layoffs erode support for the 'HP Way'
News Who is going to say 'no' when layoffs are looming? But a new round of layoffs for the Palo Alto, California-based computer maker could foil the voluntary program, experts say, and taint the seemingly magnanimous work force with a dose of unabashed...
[July 27, 2001, 9:20]
Caldera layoffs include key programmer
News The 51 employees who lost their jobs in the latest round of layoffs at Caldera International include a programmer who helped lead a key part of the company's strategy of making its Linux and Unix operating systems work in the same way.
[September 14, 2001, 17:10]
AOL to continue layoffs
News The expected layoffs were first reported by The Washington Post. New layoffs would be just the latest restructuring the online company has undergone. Soon after the layoffs, AOL began advertising a job opening for a global program manager to...
[November 3, 2004, 10:33]
Analysts forecast layoffs at Sun
News Speculation about potential layoffs at Sun has swirled in recent days and is hitting a fever pitch ahead of the company's earnings report on Thursday. Additional layoffs would bring it in line with rivals such as EMC, which has had two rounds of...
[October 15, 2002, 15:33]
Intel confirms marketing and IT layoffs
News As previously reported by ZDNet UK, the layoffs primarily hit the marketing and information technology departments. That number includes several layoffs and divestitures already announced by the company, including the pending departure of 1,000...
[September 6, 2006, 8:40]
With layoffs, Sun eyes profitability
News Thursday's layoffs are in addition to a 3,900-person reduction announced a year ago. Sun will take a charge of about $300m in the second quarter ending 31 December as a result of the layoffs. In the year ago quarter, the company reported a net loss...
[October 18, 2002, 9:06]
IBM clocks up more layoffs
News The layoffs, which include some marketing and administrative personnel, affect about 1 percent of IBM Software Group, whose roster of employees numbers about 38,000. IBM's software group has eliminated a small number of jobs in the United States.
[September 26, 2003, 12:45]
Palm confirms layoffs
News Valleywag reported that the layoffs could involve up to 10 percent of the company's 1,050 employees. A Palm representative confirmed that layoffs were taking place but did not comment on exactly how many people were affected.
[November 24, 2008, 7:59]
Gateway earnings fall way short, announces layoffs
News The job reductions will be a combination of layoffs and the elimination of open positions throughout Gateway's 24,000-person worldwide work force, spokesman John Spelich said. Amid a rapidly deteriorating PC market, Gateway on Thursday reported...
[January 12, 2001, 7:54]
AMD plans layoffs, outsourcing
News We suspect that the company's plans include.potential substantial layoffs, and.an accelerated outsourcing road map, which allows AMD to outsource a significant portion of its manufacturing to UMC, and (thus) reduce (capital expenditures...
[November 7, 2002, 10:31]
Oracle announces thousands of PeopleSoft layoffs
News The number of job cuts is higher than predicted by some analysts, who pegged initial layoffs to fall between 3,000 and 4,000. Oracle is expected to elaborate on the layoffs and the structure of the newly merged company on Tuesday during a press...
[January 17, 2005, 7:55]
Tech companies try cutting costs - without layoffs
News Although a number of companies have announced layoffs, others are taking measures, such as hiring freezes and cost-cutting, to avoid the L-word. Hiring, in the tech industry, is getting chilly these days and, in some cases, downright frozen.
[February 9, 2001, 10:31]
Ballmer's email to employees about layoffs
Blog The following is an e-mail Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent to the software maker's workers on Thursday, as the company announced poor earnings and major layoffs. From: Steve Ballmer Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:07 AM
[January 23, 2009, 13:52]
Motorola ditches Symbian, announces 3,000 layoffs
News The spokesperson declined to specify which business divisions or geographical areas would be affected by the layoffs, or the precise number of redundancies. Motorola has confirmed it is to lay off around 3,000 workers in the wake of its latest...
[November 3, 2008, 15:36]
HP announces further layoffs as outlook disappoints
News The new round of layoffs — which total roughly 6,400 jobs — announced on Tuesday are on top of previously announced cuts from integrating the operations of IT services company EDS, which HP acquired last year.
[May 20, 2009, 8:55]
Sun warns of layoffs, earnings shortfall
News Sun blamed consolidation in the computer industry and, in keeping with a number of other tech companies, the 11 September terrorist attacks for its reduced estimates and layoffs. Sun also said Friday it will take a charge of around $500m in the...
[October 5, 2001, 15:18]
Yahoo begins layoffs
News Most of the approximately 1,500 layoffs affect employees at Yahoo's US-based locations and come from a number of areas within the company, the company said. Williams, however, declined to elaborate on which areas of Yahoo's business suffered the...
[December 11, 2008, 7:22]
Microsoft layoffs force product cutbacks
News In the wake of additional layoffs, Microsoft is scaling back — but not totally eliminating — several products. After cutting 1,400 jobs in January, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is cutting more than 3,000 more jobs.
[May 7, 2009, 10:04]
