Workforce Reduction
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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.

Monday, November 17 2008 01:04 AM

Tags: Layoffs, Leadership, Business applications, Open source, Open-source Database, Workforce, Storage, Cloud Computing, Sun Microsystems Inc., software

Cisco sheds jobs as it 'realigns' business

News Layoffs include 250 workers at its headquarters as the company begins to restructure its business to focus on new areas of growth.

Friday, February 27 2009 08:08 AM

Tags: Layoffs, Cisco Systems Inc., Workforce, communications service provider, Worker, technology company, recession, job, revenue, John Chambers

Sun: Same song, second verse?

News McNealy and Schwarz are cast from the same mold, but some expect the new CEO to begin layoffs his predecessor avoided.

Wednesday, April 26 2006 10:45 AM

Tags: Leadership, Business models, Leadership techniques

Adobe to cut 9 percent of workforce

News Elimination of 680 full-time jobs comes as the software maker tries to align costs in the face of lagging sales. They follow a 9 percent reduction within the Omniture unit

Wednesday, November 11 2009 11:14 AM

Tags: Business development/management, Business structures, Adobe Systems Inc., Omniture Inc., Web analytics company, restructuring, software, job, Workforce, Sales

Yahoo pink slips issued, recruiters circling above

News The company has begun cutting approximately 1,500 jobs, as it continues to evaluate which operations can be shut down.

Friday, December 12 2008 08:18 AM

Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Search, Video, Workforce, Yahoo! Inc., layoff, Stephen Shankland, Sunnyvale, job

StarHub: No layoffs after merger

News Singapore's No. 2 telecommunications service provider does not forsee any workforce reduction upon completing its merger with cable TV operator Singapore Cable Vision.

Wednesday, May 15 2002 10:18 PM

Lucent lays 65 jobs to rest in Australia

News Lucent Technologies has announced today that 65 workers have been laid off from its Australian operation as part of its worldwide axing spree.

Friday, August 24 2001 03:03 PM

No disk drive plant shutdowns after CNY, says Seagate

News Amid speculation that it might shutdown plants after the Chinese New Year festivities, Seagate Technology International confirmed that it would do no such thing.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:27 PM

Layoffs could knock on Yahoo Asia's door

News It remains unclear whether Yahoo Inc's global retrenchment exercise would affect Asia.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:31 PM

Layoffs could knock on Yahoo Asia's door

News It remains unclear whether Yahoo Inc's global retrenchment exercise will affect Asia. Its plan to cut 420 jobs were announced last Wednesday when the US-based Web portal operator reported its first quarter earnings.

Monday, April 16 2001 04:45 PM

Will Yahoo Asia be spared from job cuts?

News It remains unclear whether Yahoo Inc's global retrenchment exercise will affect Asia.

Monday, April 16 2001 05:27 PM

NTT braces for competition, cuts jobs

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Friday, June 01 2001 02:55 PM

Almost half of Seagate S'pore workers gone

News Computer disk-drive maker Seagate Technology has axed almost half of its Singapore workforce since last September when it announced a worldwide staff reduction.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:51 PM

Seagate to lay off 8,000

News Leading computer disk-drive maker Seagate Technology said it will cut 8,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its workers, as part of a plan to streamline operations while prices continue falling.

Friday, June 01 2001 02:43 PM

Another 2,000 Seagate S'pore employees say good-bye

News In just two months, another 2,000 people at Seagate Technology in Singapore have packed their bags.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:48 PM