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Downturn means fewer outsourcing workers saying 'I do'
Comment The craze for a suitable software engineer son-in-law to bring in to the family has evaporated with the economic recession and the ensuing pink slips, pay cuts and depressed job market. Employees are... [07 Oct 2009]
Adobe snaps up Omniture in $1.8bn analytics acquisition
News Weiskopf declined to discuss how long the deal had been in the works or whether there will be any job cuts once the deal goes through. Adobe said on Tuesday that it has reached a deal to acquire web... [16 Sep 2009]
1,200 UK jobs to go at Fujitsu
News Fujitsu said it was making the UK job cuts due to "lower than anticipated revenues". ZDNet UK has more on the Fujitsu job cuts here. A spokesman for the company told... [27 Aug 2009]
Offshoring is bad for IT skills, say UK tech chiefs
News Click here to read page two of this article sufficiently interested and qualified people out of our universities to fill roles," said Alan Bawden, IT & operations director at The JM Group, adding: "They will be further put off a career... [28 Jul 2009]
Weak PC sales take its toll on Microsoft
News Although there were some blogs and Twitter posts to the contrary, a Microsoft representative said the company isn't announcing any new job cuts. Microsoft on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected... [24 Jul 2009]
Hundreds of IT jobs to go at Lloyds
News The Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed that hundreds of IT roles will be axed by March 2010 as part of the latest wave of job cuts at the company. Lloyds said the 660 IT jobs will mainly go in Edinburgh,... [17 Jul 2009]
4,000 Indian jobs go as BT brings call centre work back to UK
News As a result of the job cuts, some work performed by Indian staff will in future be carried out by employees in the UK. The cuts all fall within BT Retail and only involve third-party... [16 Jul 2009]
IT grads worst hit by recession
News Cuts in vacancy levels have translated into much greater competition for graduates in all sectors this year, with nearly half of all employers receiving more than 50 applications for every job. Carl... [06 Jul 2009]
Photos: India's mega outsourcing training centre
Photo However, the pool has seen less use of late, as the threat of pay and job cuts due to the current economic recession has put pressure on trainees to work harder than ever to secure their future at Infosys. [23 Jun 2009]
Virgin Atlantic integrates IT and finance depts
News But earlier this year the airline warned it was consulting with 600 staff and their unions over potential job cuts. Virgin Atlantic Airlines is integrating its IT and finance departments, with IT... [03 Jun 2009]
HP to axe 5,700 Europe jobs
News The company announced 6,400 job cuts earlier this month, following a fall in PC revenue of 19 per cent in its last financial year. These layoffs came on top of previous job... [29 May 2009]
RBS IT workers hit by job cuts
News She added a timescale for the job cuts is yet to be set but the process of deciding how the cuts will be distributed is likely to take a "couple of months". The job... [22 May 2009]
BT to expand 2010 fibre rollout
News The move comes after the telco reported tough financials and announced a further 15,000 job cuts. BT is planning to double the pace of its forthcoming next generation broadband fibre rollout, bringing up... [15 May 2009]
More Job Cuts, More Spam
White Paper In the face of email threats, besides to demand that employees should not open unsolicited email messages and regularly update system patches, the focus lies on the enhance of information security level. [14 May 2009]
Barclays to slash up to 350 more jobs
News Barclays has announced fresh tech job cuts that could see up to 350 permanent IT posts axed. Job losses will take place in the Global Retail and Commercial Banking (GRCB) Technology... [12 May 2009]
