Wednesday, May 23, 2012
HP to trim 27,000 jobs as part of restructuring program The cuts will amount to eight per cent of HP's workforce as part of restructuring program that started last year and is to continue through 2014
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Chambers: Cisco's Q1 solid, more work needed "Our challenge is enterprise routing at the low end, where low-end routing is actually folding into many other different ways of accomplishing the same goal," CEO says
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Carol Bartz out as Yahoo CEO The Yahoo CEO has been fired from the top job at the struggling search company. Bartz's tenure as CEO began in January 2009 after co-founder Jerry Yang announced plans to step down
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Economic meltdown hits IT plans The current economic crises in the United States and around the world has a chilling effect on IT budgets and project plans
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Cisco to cut 6,500 jobs in cost-cutting blitz Staff in Canada and the U.S. to be notified in first week of August who will be let go
Friday, July 15, 2011
Extreme slashes 16 per cent of workforce The company has been hobbling along for years, with its revenue share of the US$20 billion Ethernet switch market consistently below two per cent
Thursday, March 10, 2011
AOL lays off 900 staff after buying Huffington Post In the wake of the acquisition, AOL said Thursday that it will lay off 20 per cent of its staff. The offices that will be affected
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
HP layoffs final chapter in EDS integration Hewlett-Packard’s enterprise services push to automate and modernize service delivery is why it’s planning to lay off 9,000 and rehire 6,000 with specialized skills in the next couple of years. The impact of layoffs in Canada will be “fairly modest,” according to an IDC Canada analyst
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
HP to cut 9,000 jobs, automate service business The company will take a US$1B accounting charge to cover the cost of restructuring as it automates the services it offers enterprise customers. No word on the impact on Canadian operations
Friday, January 08, 2010
Corel layoffs won’t be end of bad news It’s likely not the end of restructuring at Canadian software company Corel since going private last November. Does the continued popularity of Microsoft Office and low-cost online options signal an end to WordPerfect? 
Monday, December 21, 2009
YEAR IN REVIEW: January 2009 In January, the biggest stories included the economic hangover continuing with more high-tech layoffs, industry watchers pondering the effect of newly minted U.S. president Barack Obama, Downadup laying in wait and Microsoft offering a Windows 7 beta for download. Read about the year that was
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
How to re-energize your weary workforce In its purest form, 'employee engagement' refers to the eagerness employees have for achieving company goals. Get your staff motivated and ready for the recovery
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Microsoft lays off 800 people The new cuts go beyond the 5,000 people the company said earlier this year that it would let go. The decision affects departments around the world
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Extreme Networks replaces CEO, lays off 70 Mark Canepa has resigned and will be temporarly replaced by Bob Corey.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
5 surefire ways to get fired IT professionals and career experts point out five ways high-tech workers could earn themselves a spot in the unemployment ranks...
Sunday, March 15, 2009
SAP lays off workers An undisclosed number of workers of SAP lost their jobs last week as the enterprise software giant it previously announced plant to trim its workforce
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Dell workers offered unpaid time off, voluntary separation Enhanced severance packages, a freeze on hiring an non-essential projects are part of cost cutting measures which Dell hopes will help it weather the economic storm 
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Research Consultant, Info-Tech The Canadian research firm releases the results of a survey which shows the detrimental side-effects of layoffs as a cost-reduction measure. Among the biggest? Wide-spread fear
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Bell calls in managers for pink slips As part of a plan to shake-up Bell Canada, 2,500 managers are being laid off. However, the company stressed service staff aren't affected
Monday, December 03, 2007
Supply chain firm TecSys acquires Streamline TecSys Inc. said it spent $1.4 million to purchase Streamline Information Systems Ltd., based in Brantford, Ont. The latter’s flagship product, Virtual Streamline, helps industrial firms handle sales orders, inventory and their finances
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Big Blue and pink slips - lay off rumours spark worker protests Workers at IBM Corp. are preparing to picket one of the company’s plants in New York today following reports that Big Blue is poised to pink slip thousands of employees
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Intel may axe thousands in revamp, reports say Intel Corp. will announce the results of an internal review of its operations next week that could result in thousands of layoffs at the company, according to published reports.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Tech to the rescue New technology initiatives may help solve the service performance problems encountered in the controversial program to deliver health insurance services in British Columbia. 
Monday, March 27, 2006
Tech to the rescue? New technology initiatives may help solve the service performance problems encountered in the controversial program to deliver health insurance services in British Columbia. 
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Here it is Anything can be anywhere, the celebrated writer Larry McMurtry channeled once upon a time. Like: This blog could be just where you've found it, here in this previously vacant corner of cyberspace. Or, more to the point (finally), great savings may lie in the efficient and effective application of high technology solutions to the problems of public sector management.