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Tech layoffs
Company Date How many Further reading
Technorati 11/25/2008 6/12% Technorati trims workforce, cuts pay
TiVo 11/25/2008 7 percent TiVo profits from EchoStar litigation
Palm 11/21/2008 up to 10% of 1,050 Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll
Buzznet 11/21/2008 10/11% Valleyway: Music community Buzznet lays off 10
Lam Research 11/20/2008 600/15% Reuters: Chipmaker Lam Research cuts 600 jobs
Akamai 11/20/2008 7% Akamai to cut 7 percent of workforce
Lawson Software 11/19/2008 200/5% AP: Lawson Software shares tumble after job cuts
Pillar Data Systems 11/18/2008 150/30% SJ Mercury News: Pillar Data Systems lays off 30% of staff
KLA-Tencor 11/18/2008 900/15% SF Business Times: KLA-Tencor to cut 15% of people
Sun Microsystems 11/14/2008 6,000/15-18% Sun restructures, lays off up to 6,000
Rearden Commerce 11/14/2008 10% Valleywag: Rearden Commerce cuts 50 people
Applied Materials 11/12/2008 1,800/12% Applied Materials cutting 12 percent of workforce
National Semi 11/12/2008 330 Reuters: Nat Semi cuts revenue view, plans job cuts
Wired.com 11/11/2008 3 of 28 Wired.com trims editorial staff by 10 percent
Current Media 11/11/2008 20% Layoffs hit Al Gore's Current Media
Six Apart 11/11/2008 8% Six Apart: Changes at Six Apart
Tucows 11/11/2008 15% Restructuring at Tucows
Circuit City 11/10/2008 20% Circuit City files for bankruptcy
BitTorrent 11/10/2008 50% After a tough year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again
Insight 11/10/2008 240, 4% East Valley Tribune: Insight Enterprises lays off 240
Honeywell 11/07/2008 700 Phoenix Business Journal: Honeywell moving 700 jobs out of Phoenix
Zappos 11/06/2008 8% Letter to Zappos employees
Veoh 11/05/2008 20, 20% Veoh lays off 20 percent of workforce
LinkedIn 11/05/2008 36, 10% LinkedIn slashes 10 percent of its workforce
Cadence 11/05/2008 625, 12% Cadence Design cuts 625 jobs
Anadigics 11/05/2008 100,15% Anadigics cuts 15 percent of workforce
AMD 11/05/2008 500, 3% AMD slashes 500 more jobs
Nokia 11/04/2008 600 Hundreds of Nokia jobs under threat
THQ 11/03/2008 4-5 studios Kotaku: THQ Shuttering Four to Five Studios?
Tektronix 11/03/2008 150 Tektronix announces fresh layoffs
Spot Runner 11/03/2008 115, <30%>
CBS Interactive 12/11/2008 Undisclosed All Things D: CBS Interactive/CNET Re-Org: The Complete Memo
Yahoo 12/10/2008 1,520 Yahoo pink slips issued, recruiters circling above
Electronic Arts 12/09/2008 Unknown EA lowers 2009 outlook
Sony 12/09/2008 16,000 total Sony to lay off 8,000 full-timers, 8,000 others
Netflix 12/08/2008 50 people Neflix cuts 50 tech jobs; streaming issues linger
BMC Software 12/05/2008 350; 6% AP: BMC Software to cut 350 jobs, 6% of workforce
RealNetworks 12/04/2008 130; 7% Sources: Layoffs hit RealNetworks
Viacom 12/04/2008 850; 7% Viacom lays off 7 percent of workforce
AT&T 12/04/2008 12,000; 4% AT&T lays off 12,000
Adobe 12/03/2008 600 Adobe warns of shortfall, job cuts
Carlyle Group 12/03/2008 about 100, 10% Bloomberg: Carlyle Cuts 10% of Workers, Including U.S. LBO Jobs
Sage North America 12/03/2008 150 Sage North America Reports 2008 Results
Gawker Media 12/02/2008 "a few" Gawker Media's rolling layoffs continue
Intrinsyc 12/01/2008 95; 30% 680 News: Intrinsyc cuts global workforce 30 percent
Fring 11/27/2008 10/20% Fring cuts staff by 20 percentTechnorati 11/25/2008 6/12% Technorati trims workforce, cuts pay
TiVo 11/25/2008 7 percent TiVo profits from EchoStar litigation
Palm 11/21/2008 up to 10% of 1,050 Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll
Buzznet 11/21/2008 10/11% Valleyway: Music community Buzznet lays off 10
Lam Research 11/20/2008 600/15% Reuters: Chipmaker Lam Research cuts 600 jobs
Akamai 11/20/2008 7% Akamai to cut 7 percent of workforce
Lawson Software 11/19/2008 200/5% AP: Lawson Software shares tumble after job cuts
Pillar Data Systems 11/18/2008 150/30% SJ Mercury News: Pillar Data Systems lays off 30% of staff
KLA-Tencor 11/18/2008 900/15% SF Business Times: KLA-Tencor to cut 15% of people
Sun Microsystems 11/14/2008 6,000/15-18% Sun restructures, lays off up to 6,000
Rearden Commerce 11/14/2008 10% Valleywag: Rearden Commerce cuts 50 people
Applied Materials 11/12/2008 1,800/12% Applied Materials cutting 12 percent of workforce
National Semi 11/12/2008 330 Reuters: Nat Semi cuts revenue view, plans job cuts
Wired.com 11/11/2008 3 of 28 Wired.com trims editorial staff by 10 percent
Current Media 11/11/2008 20% Layoffs hit Al Gore's Current Media
Six Apart 11/11/2008 8% Six Apart: Changes at Six Apart
Tucows 11/11/2008 15% Restructuring at Tucows
Circuit City 11/10/2008 20% Circuit City files for bankruptcy
BitTorrent 11/10/2008 50% After a tough year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again
Insight 11/10/2008 240, 4% East Valley Tribune: Insight Enterprises lays off 240
Honeywell 11/07/2008 700 Phoenix Business Journal: Honeywell moving 700 jobs out of Phoenix
Zappos 11/06/2008 8% Letter to Zappos employees
Veoh 11/05/2008 20, 20% Veoh lays off 20 percent of workforce
LinkedIn 11/05/2008 36, 10% LinkedIn slashes 10 percent of its workforce
Cadence 11/05/2008 625, 12% Cadence Design cuts 625 jobs
Anadigics 11/05/2008 100,15% Anadigics cuts 15 percent of workforce
AMD 11/05/2008 500, 3% AMD slashes 500 more jobs
Nokia 11/04/2008 600 Hundreds of Nokia jobs under threat
THQ 11/03/2008 4-5 studios Kotaku: THQ Shuttering Four to Five Studios?
Tektronix 11/03/2008 150 Tektronix announces fresh layoffs
Spot Runner 11/03/2008 115, <30%>
Barack Obama's technology
Barrack Obama:The Innovator!
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama used technology to organize, communicate, and raise funds in innovative ways that gave him an advantage over opponents in both the primaries and the general election. It’s clear that Obama views tech as a powerful catalyst, and with the U.S. facing an unprecedented array of economic challenges, Obama will need to use technology to drive efficiency and institutional transformation.
A part of his policy platform, Obama has stated that he plans to hire the nation’s first chief technology officer (CTO) to play quarterback in driving these changes. A CTO is typically an organization’s top engineer and focuses on outward-facing technologies, but based on Obama’s policy statements he wants to use the national CTO position to:
* Build a 21st century technology infrastructure
* Unite and lead the CIOs and CTOs of various federal agencies
* Architect innovative tech solutions to help solve big problems
As a result, Obama is going to need a visionary tech leader who can rally both technologists and standard Washington bureaucrats around a common purpose. It also wouldn’t hurt to bring in a big name — someone who already has a strong reputation that will translate into political capital.
source part from BW
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama used technology to organize, communicate, and raise funds in innovative ways that gave him an advantage over opponents in both the primaries and the general election. It’s clear that Obama views tech as a powerful catalyst, and with the U.S. facing an unprecedented array of economic challenges, Obama will need to use technology to drive efficiency and institutional transformation.
A part of his policy platform, Obama has stated that he plans to hire the nation’s first chief technology officer (CTO) to play quarterback in driving these changes. A CTO is typically an organization’s top engineer and focuses on outward-facing technologies, but based on Obama’s policy statements he wants to use the national CTO position to:
* Build a 21st century technology infrastructure
* Unite and lead the CIOs and CTOs of various federal agencies
* Architect innovative tech solutions to help solve big problems
As a result, Obama is going to need a visionary tech leader who can rally both technologists and standard Washington bureaucrats around a common purpose. It also wouldn’t hurt to bring in a big name — someone who already has a strong reputation that will translate into political capital.
source part from BW
Open Source: A Silver Lining in the Economic Slump
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Sales at open-source software companies are booming, even as stock prices slump and corporate IT spending plummets, Are the good times here?
The economy may be a shambles, but open-source software is doing better than ever.It provides software at a lower price than enterpraise competitors. In fact, open-source supplies the basic software for free, making money by selling support services or additional features. Its annual fees can be as much as 85% to 90% lower than its competitors. Open-source seeing more interest from companies looking to replace an older software product they can no longer afford.
This "try-before-you-buy" phenomenon is common in the open-source world, and the vendors say they don't need to keep an army of sales people because customers can easily find their products.
Budget Squeeze boosts Asterisk
The demand for Open Source's wares reflects companies' increasingly urgent search for low-priced alternatives to products no longer supported by shrinking IT budgets. Corporate software purchasing in the current quarter is undergoing its sharpest decline ever. The economic slump is fueling a miniboom in open source open source. Four open-source vendors said in interviews that they've posted record third quarters, and most are optimistic that the current quarter will bring more gains. But downloads of a free software don't bring in much money unless customers also opt for support services or added features, such as security enhancements. At publicly traded open-source companies, rising sales don't necessarily result in a climbing share price.
Open-Ended Growth?
Despite near-term interest in open-source alternatives, many investors remain concerned about the long-term growth prospects of open-source software. There's still plenty of room for growth.
Source: parts from BW
Sales at open-source software companies are booming, even as stock prices slump and corporate IT spending plummets, Are the good times here?
The economy may be a shambles, but open-source software is doing better than ever.It provides software at a lower price than enterpraise competitors. In fact, open-source supplies the basic software for free, making money by selling support services or additional features. Its annual fees can be as much as 85% to 90% lower than its competitors. Open-source seeing more interest from companies looking to replace an older software product they can no longer afford.
This "try-before-you-buy" phenomenon is common in the open-source world, and the vendors say they don't need to keep an army of sales people because customers can easily find their products.
Budget Squeeze boosts Asterisk
The demand for Open Source's wares reflects companies' increasingly urgent search for low-priced alternatives to products no longer supported by shrinking IT budgets. Corporate software purchasing in the current quarter is undergoing its sharpest decline ever. The economic slump is fueling a miniboom in open source open source. Four open-source vendors said in interviews that they've posted record third quarters, and most are optimistic that the current quarter will bring more gains. But downloads of a free software don't bring in much money unless customers also opt for support services or added features, such as security enhancements. At publicly traded open-source companies, rising sales don't necessarily result in a climbing share price.
Open-Ended Growth?
Despite near-term interest in open-source alternatives, many investors remain concerned about the long-term growth prospects of open-source software. There's still plenty of room for growth.
Source: parts from BW
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