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RSS layoffsNew Insider Threat Emerges in the New Economy
White Paper Information security experts are bracing for the law of unintended consequences to swing into action in 2009 as layoffs, downsizing and low morale bring the worst out of trusted insiders looking to profit off of... [02 Oct 2009]
Business Intelligence: A Strategic Imperative in the Current Healthcare Economy
White Paper The recent downturn in the economy has only exacerbated many of these challenges, driving hospitals to cut costs through layoffs and freezing capital spending - drastic moves and abrupt changes for an industry... [29 Aug 2009]
The Fatal Pitfalls in Wireless Handset Outsourcing
White Paper Nokia and Motorola) are now launching rounds of layoffs, restructuring and refocusing on core competencies instead of boasting their latest acquisitions, expansions and record-high shipments. The massive worldwide... [14 Jul 2009]
Five ways Microsoft has changed since Gates left
Comment Follow silicon.com on Twitter a tight ship over the past year, including staff layoffs and spending cuts. Tim Ferguson tracks the trends in Redmond over the past 12 months. It's been a year since Bill Gates left... [08 Jul 2009]
Defending Against the Insider Threat
White Paper In these times of economic uncertainty and widespread layoffs, the potential to create disgruntled employees is all the greater. The security threat posed by company insiders is all too real. But there are steps one can... [01 Jul 2009]
Security taking a hit as companies bitten by crunch
News Bruce Schneier, BT's chief security technology officer, told a European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa) event on Friday that organisations are struggling to keep on top of workloads that have increased due to... [22 Jun 2009]
Intel: From silicon company - to software company?
News However, there will be some layoffs from redundancies, he added. Thousands of its employees already work on software but Intel's agreement to acquire Wind River Systems means that the chipmaker is moving software from an... [05 Jun 2009]
HP to axe 5,700 Europe jobs
News The company did not give details of how it would proceed with the layoffs. HP employees have been hard hit by layoffs over the past year. These layoffs came on top of previous job cuts,... [29 May 2009]
Microsoft slashes 3,000 jobs
News The layoffs are part of a second wave of notices tied to job cuts announced earlier this year. Although it didn't announce further layoffs, the fact that it has already made all the reductions under the... [05 May 2009]
Data Loss During Downsizing: When Employees Exit, so Does Data
White Paper In these tough economic times, many companies are going through layoffs or downsizing. The presenter of this webcast addresses "Data Loss During Downsizing," the results of a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute. [25 Apr 2009]
Tech workers ignite Indian elections
Comment Layoffs, rising prices, attacks on women. In a city of gleaming shopping malls and modern residential high-rises, recent layoffs are beginning to hurt an estimated three-quarters-of-a-million employees... [21 Apr 2009]
Encarta killed off
News The move is one of a relative handful of products that Microsoft has discontinued in the wake of expense cuts implemented in January, cuts that included the company's first across-the-board layoffs. Microsoft has quietly... [31 Mar 2009]
Microsoft gives web analytics the chop
News Although Microsoft announced layoffs and other cost cuts in January, the company has axed relatively few products. Microsoft announced earlier this month it's scrapping an effort to develop a general purpose web... [24 Mar 2009]
Yahoo!: Exec gets a shakeup and brand gets a shine
News has undergone plenty of reorganisations and in the past year, not to mention two major layoffs, but this time the changes are being driven by an assertive new CEO who brings fresh eyes to the challenge. [27 Feb 2009]
Techies still hunting new jobs despite recession
News While high-profile tech companies are continuing to announce significant layoffs, nine out of 10 job-hunting techies aren't planning to put their search for a new position on hold, claims a survey conducted by a... [23 Feb 2009]
