Job Loss
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Is offshoring to blame for job losses?
Insight The recession has brought on an offshoring backlash. But an industry watcher argues other factors are harming U.K. IT careers even more.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Virtualization, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SOA, IT System, economist, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, job loss
Asian impact from Lenovo restructuring unclear
News Industry analysts in the region have mixed views about the China-based PC maker's internal reorganization, which will include job transfers and layoffs.
Tags: Acquisitions, Mergers, Layoffs
When tech brains depart Silicon Valley
Insight It's a massive transfer of talent in a way that creates new opportunities for new regions, says one industry observer.
Tags: IT Management
Sun confirms 1,300 layoffs
News Company sheds 1,300 people from the main US workforce with a target of a total of 6,000 jobs set to be lost.
Tags: Layoffs, Workforce, organizational change, Sun Microsystems Inc., layoff, job loss, Worker, Scotland, job, Layoffs
Demand for IT jobs falls in UK
News The drop in vacancies for IT and computing staff is showing up in both permanent and temporary positions, according to a report from KPMG.
Tags: Human resources, Trends, Hewlett-Packard Co., accountant, Accenture Ltd., information technology worker, business service, job loss, KPMG Consulting Inc., job
US$5B slashed from global financial services' IT spending
News As the banking sector continues to struggle in the harsh economy, IT budgets are starting to feel the heat.
Tags: Banking, Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, Cost control, IT Budget, IT-spending, life insurance, Celent, job loss, financial service
Silicon Valley jobs dip, green tech grows
News New report also shows region's per capita income fell last year for the first time since 2003. But green tech jobs continued to rise.
Tags: Layoffs, Recruiting, Green IT, housing market, solar system, commercial property, venture capital, job loss, hardware company, financial
Hundreds of Nokia jobs under threat
News The Finnish handset manufacturer has embarked on "workforce adjustments" affecting around 600 employees, following a drop in profits.
Tags: Layoffs, Cellular phones, Workforce, job loss, Finland, financial, job, marketing, handset company, workforce adjustment
NXP to shed up to 4,500 jobs
News The company blames the global economic slowdown for the redundancies, which will mostly be in its manufacturing operations.
Tags: Layoffs, Processors, Security, Manufacturing, Spokesperson, Environment, STMicroelectronics, job loss, London, job
Dot-com death count down 22% in March
News Fewer Internet companies went under last month, while Web destinations sold at bargain-basement prices, according to a new report by Webmergers.com.
Merrill Lynch predicts offshoring growth
News But the company also finds that many chief information officers are planning to hire internal IT staff.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing
Lenovo announces operational shake-up
News Job transfers, layoffs and reorganization are part of China-based PC manufacturer's attempts to keep growing in a competitive market.
Tags: Business structures, Human resources
Offshore outsourcing satisfaction drops
News Number of satisfied buyers falls by 18 percent, while the number of premature terminations doubles, a study finds.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Service level management
A manager has to decide between honesty and his job
Insight An operations manager for a multinational corporation is required to lie to his employees to preserve his job. He has an outstanding reputation for honesty and integrity and has always been there for his employees--until now. What would you do?
Marry in haste, repent at leisure
Insight commentary One of the by-products of a maturing industry is consolidation and an increasing reliance on partnering.
Tags: Operations
