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Sun to shed up to 6,000 jobs
News The company has announced it will reduce its workforce by between 15 and 18 percent, and restructure its software business into three groups.
Tags: Layoffs, Leadership, Business applications, Open source, Open-source Database, Workforce, Storage, Cloud Computing, Sun Microsystems Inc., software
Developers are Nokia's path to emerging markets
News Mobile maker is placing renewed focus on app creators, in hope that developer-centric strategy will drive its push into Asia's emerging markets, say top execs.
Tags: Mobile applications, Symbian, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Phone, cell phone, mobile, Mobile applications, Asia, India
SingTel to package SaaS offerings
News update Singapore carrier announces plans to expand its ICT business in the Asia-Pacific region, in a bid to be more than just a telecom services provider.
Tags: Service level management, Network administration/implementation, Security, SingTel, Information And Communication Technology, software company, software, executive vice president, ISV, financial
More job cuts at Toshiba
News A worse-than-anticipated net loss forces the company to cut an additional 3,900 temporary employees.
Tags: Layoffs, Yen, Japanese electronics company, temporary worker, executive vice president, job, Wall Street Journal, Toshiba Corp., electronics company, Layoffs
HP aims for networking cloud with 3Com buy
News Hewlett-Packard says it plans to acquire maker of network switching and routing products in a deal valued at US$2.7 billion.
Tags: Networking technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., network, 3Com Corp., Networking technology
HP names chief sales officer
News Tech veteran Don Grantham comes from Sun Microsystems and replaces Andy Mattes, who now heads up the company's outsourcing services business.
Tags: Leadership, Hewlett-Packard Co., Outsourcing, Industry Veteran, Officer, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., public sector, executive vice president, financial service
VMware R&D head leaves after brief tenure
News Richard Sarwal, VMware's head of research and development, has resigned to rejoin Oracle.
Tags: Human resources, Business applications, VMware Inc., chief technical officer, executive vice president, Oracle Corp., R&D, Business applications, Human resources
Google, WSJ, CNBC get real-time Nasdaq stock quotes
News Several significant financial Web sites now are able to display Nasdaq stock trades in real time, not with a 15-minute delay.
Tags: Search, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Stock, CNBC, executive vice president, partnership, Wall Street Journal, Internet
Yahoo makes the case for Google search ads
News Amid antitrust scrutiny and some advertiser resistance, Yahoo is making the case for its controversial search-ad partnership with Google.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Antitrust, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Search Engine, Advertisement, executive vice president, Google Search
IBM reshuffles its executive deck
News Big Blue CEO Sam Palmisano announces a series of retirements and appointments among his executive staff.
Tags: Leadership, IBM Corp., Samuel J. Palmisano, executive vice president, CEO, News.com, marketing, senior vice president, IBM AS/400, blog
Nokia selling security-hardware unit
News The company will also stop making software for business customers, enabling Nokia to concentrate on "the renewal of its business mobility strategy".
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Research In Motion Ltd., phone, software, executive vice president, financial, Mobility, Wall Street Journal, Nokia Corp., strategy
Sun claims to revolutionize storage with new array
News Three new arrays as well as an "all-new software stack" kick off Sun's effort to change the face of storage.
Tags: Storage, Software, Storage, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., executive vice president, analytics, marketing, storage array, storage disk
Yahoo exec: Peek into your ad profile
News Yahoo's Jeff Weiner talks at a social-media confab about an open system that lets people see why the company targets a specific advertisement to them.
Tags: Internet advertising, Networking, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Social Media, Advertisement, Yahoo! Mail, executive vice president, network, blog
France adopts three-strikes law for piracy
News Soon, those in France accused of illegal file sharing multiple times could lose Internet access for up to a year, if they don't heed warnings.
Tags: Piracy, Web services, Law, U.S., job, ACTA Member, Piracy, Internet Access, European Union, antipiracy
Smaller APAC telcos innovate to compete
News Tier two and three mobile operators in Asia-Pacific bank on innovative services to grow, says market player, who adds Singapore telcos can do more.
Tags: Customer support, Convergys Corp., Hutchison, Operator, BSS, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Indonesia, billing, average revenue per user
