Contrary to business analyst’s predictions, Oracle founder Larry Ellison will hire 2,000 employees after buying out Sun Microsystems. Ellison has decided to take advantage of Sun Microsystems background in hardware and hire 2,000 new people in sales and engineering to create and market large computer systems. Ellison believes that the future of computing will combine [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
Fortune Magazine’s annual list of best companies to work for hits newsstands February 8 and software company SAS tops the list. According to Fortune SAS offers fantastic benefits and a low turnover rate. Benefits include an on site 66,000 square foot recreation center that houses a gymnasium, weight room, billiards hall, sauna, hair salon, manicurist, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 5, 2009
Microsoft has announced another 800 layoffs to take place internationally. According to the company, the layoffs are coming due to a decrease in demand for its products. This year marks the first large-scale set of redundancies for the software giant. Earlier this year, Steve Ballmer, chief executive for Microsoft, stated that the company would be [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 14, 2009
Sonus Networks, which cut 60 jobs in March, has cut another 93 positions, bringing its total of layoffs this year to 243. The Westford, Massachusetts company, which makes Internet network hardware and software, has been shedding jobs in recent months as part of restructuring. Sonus Networks is a technology and telecommunications equipment company, and a provider of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 16, 2009
Cisco Systems will lay off 600 to 700 employees at its headquarters in San Jose, California headquarters. The firm warned in February that 2,000 jobs could be cut this year. Cisco Systems is a multinational corporation with more than 66,000 employees and annual revenues of $39 billion as of 2008. It designs and sells networking and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Digital River will cut 120 jobs globally as it outsources its customer service operations. The company has about 1,335 employees. Founded in 1994, Digital River is an e-commerce outsourcing company whose clientele is largely software publishers. The company is the leading provider of software delivery over the Internet. Its largest client is Symantec. Other [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 9, 2009
Sun Microsystems will eliminate 12 jobs in Alabama as part of a national restructuring plan. The manufacturer or hardware and software is cutting nine jobs in Birmingham, two in Huntsville and one in Mobile. Sun recently laid off 18 employees at its Phoenix, Arizona location. Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 12, 2009
San Jose, California’s Symmetricom will cut 30 jobs, or 4% of its workforce. In January, the firm said it would let go 100 people this year. Symmetricom is a supplier of timing and synchronization hardware, software and services. The Company sells its solutions to communication service providers, government agencies, enterprises and research facilities. Symmetricom’s products include atomic frequency [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 6, 2009
Mountain View, California’s Intuit, maker of Quicken and Turbo Tax software, will lay off 300 of its 8,200 employees. Half the cuts will come at the firm’s Silicon Valley headquarters. This week, Intuit purchased Pal Alto’s PayCycle for $170 million. Founded in 1983, Intuit develops financial and tax preparation software and related services for small businesses, accountants [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 22, 2009
Autodesk, which cut 750 jobs in January, will cut another 430 jobs and close some offices. Autodesk creates 2D and 3D design software for use in architecture, engineering & building construction, manufacturing, and media & entertainment. It was founded in 1982 by John Walker, a co-author of early versions of the company’s flagship CAD software product, [...]
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