IT jobs hit as rumoured cuts go ahead
Vodafone is cutting 375 jobs, primarily in back office functions, starting this month. The news follows several days of speculative reports that layoffs were ahead.
IEEE-USA says engineers may be taking jobs in other areas or retiring, fed data shows
On the eve of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Wednesday, a speech that's expected to focus on the need for jobs, the nation's largest engineering association is warning that the latest jobs data is "discouraging" for engineering.
But wireless business shows growth
Verizon Communications Inc. expects to reduce its workforce by another 13,000 in 2010, following the same trend it has carried out in each of the past two years.
Vendor to cut workforce again with Australia to be impacted
The future of Australian Adobe staff is uncertain after the company announced it will layoff 680 employees across its global workforce.
The new cuts go beyond the 5,000 people the company said earlier this year that it would let go
Microsoft is laying off another 800 people, adding to the 5,000 the company has already let go this year.
Sun is losing $US100 million per month, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said last month
Sun Microsystems will lay off up to 3,000 workers over the next 12 months as Oracle awaits approval from European regulators for its acquisition of the company.
But the numbers could have been even worse, according to Computer Economics
Forty-six percent of North American IT shops are planning to cut positions this year, up from 24 percent last year, with one-quarter planning to slash staff by 10 percent or more, according to a newly released study by Computer Economics.
Global restructure on the cards
IT services firm CSC is the latest in a string of technology companies including IBM, Dell and HP to lay-off staff amid the global economic crisis.
Dell cuts staff worldwide in a cost-cutting measure.
Dell on Wednesday said it had laid off staff at different sites worldwide in an effort to cut costs and streamline operations.
Nokia is closing its R&D site in Jyväskylä, Finland. In the process about 320 employees will be laid off.
Nokia is closing its R&D site in Jyväskylä, Finland. In the process about 320 employees will be laid off. The company is also making temporary cuts at its production facility in Salo, it announced on Wednesday.
ninemsn has laid off almost 4 percent of its staff as a result of a “de-emphasis” in certain parts of its business.
ninemsn is the latest technology venture to feel the effects of the financial recession with the organisation announcing job cuts today.
Layoffs amount to less than 3% of its workforce.
Open-source vendor Novell on Saturday confirmed reports that it had a layoff on Friday, though it said the layoffs were small and amounted to less than 3% of its workforce.
ASU keeps vigil over looming restructure
IBM has kept mum on whether the company's alleged 4200 staff lay-offs in the United States will hit Australia.
IBM has cut more than 2,800 jobs, according to a union Web site.
A union that is trying to organize workers at IBM is reporting that the company cut more than 2,800 jobs recently, but an IBM spokesman would only confirm that some layoffs have occurred.
One local employee sacked amid redundancies
More than 1000 Microsoft Australia employees have dodged the axe amid ongoing global staff layoffs.
