Follow TechBlips on Twitter
Sun slashes up to 6,000 jobs
Published 11/14/2008 at The Register
Something's got to give - and it did Before the markets opened on Wall Street this morning, Sun Microsystems did what most of us expected it would soon do after years of flatline revenues and a lack of profits or losses in many quarters: slash the employee headcount again, and this time a little deeper to appease investors and to get back to profitability.…
(link)
Tags:
Software
Sun Microsystems
Steve Jobs
Related Content
Steve Jobs, the iCar, Barrack Obama, and John Doerr
smoothspan.wordpress.com 11/13/2008 — How do we fix companies like GM that have failed to innovate and are dying? We can’t really afford to let them die, there are too many jobs at stake and it will take to long to replace them starting from scratch. Fred Wilson says the ...
smoothspan.wordpress.com 11/13/2008 — How do we fix companies like GM that have failed to innovate and are dying? We can’t really afford to let them die, there are too many jobs at stake and it will take to long to replace them starting from scratch. Fred Wilson says the ...
Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobs
blogs.zdnet.com 11/14/2008 — Sun said Friday that it will lay off 15 percent to 18 percent of its workforce–or 5,000 to 6,000 people–as it restructures amid weak demand, a series of poor quarters and a business model that rallies around open source software. Add it up ...
blogs.zdnet.com 11/14/2008 — Sun said Friday that it will lay off 15 percent to 18 percent of its workforce–or 5,000 to 6,000 people–as it restructures amid weak demand, a series of poor quarters and a business model that rallies around open source software. Add it up ...
The iPhone Could Have Been a Linux Machine
blog.wired.com 11/14/2008 — The ongoing Tony Fadell/ Mark Papermaster law-court shuffle is far outside of the Gadget Lab coverage zone), but one fascinating fact has emerged from the dust storm of speculation: Fadell, the Father of the iPod, wanted to make a Linux-based ...
blog.wired.com 11/14/2008 — The ongoing Tony Fadell/ Mark Papermaster law-court shuffle is far outside of the Gadget Lab coverage zone), but one fascinating fact has emerged from the dust storm of speculation: Fadell, the Father of the iPod, wanted to make a Linux-based ...
Apple Seeks Chinese iPhone Expert, But Snags Remain
cultofmac.com 11/14/2008 — Apple is now advertising for an iPhone Quality Assurance Engineer in China, a market CEO Steve Jobs has said he wants to enter by the end of 2008. However, there may be several snags delaying the iPhone getting into the hands of the ...
cultofmac.com 11/14/2008 — Apple is now advertising for an iPhone Quality Assurance Engineer in China, a market CEO Steve Jobs has said he wants to enter by the end of 2008. However, there may be several snags delaying the iPhone getting into the hands of the ...
Steve Jobs foreshadows Tony Fadell’s departure from Apple!
edibleapple.com 11/16/2008 — When Steve Jobs demoed the iPhone at Macworld ‘07, he took some time to show off how to update and remove contacts. And when showing how to remove a contact, he ironically removed the recently retired head of Apple’s iPod division, Tony ...
edibleapple.com 11/16/2008 — When Steve Jobs demoed the iPhone at Macworld ‘07, he took some time to show off how to update and remove contacts. And when showing how to remove a contact, he ironically removed the recently retired head of Apple’s iPod division, Tony ...
Chip companies, amid slackening demand, lower forecasts and cut jobs — Technology 11/13/2008
Applied Materials said its fourth quarter profit dropped 45 percent and it will cut 1,800 employees. National Semiconductor lowered its sales forecast by 9 percent and said it will cut about 330 jobs. And Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, scaled ...
Applied Materials said its fourth quarter profit dropped 45 percent and it will cut 1,800 employees. National Semiconductor lowered its sales forecast by 9 percent and said it will cut about 330 jobs. And Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, scaled ...
Applied Materials to cut jobs as earnings fall — SFGate: Technology 11/13/2008
Chip manufacturing equipment manufacturer Applied Materials Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings dropped 45 percent and the Santa Clara company announced plans to cut 1,800 jobs by the end of fiscal 2009. The job cuts represent ...
Chip manufacturing equipment manufacturer Applied Materials Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings dropped 45 percent and the Santa Clara company announced plans to cut 1,800 jobs by the end of fiscal 2009. The job cuts represent ...
BT to cut 10,000 jobs as services group struggles — Latest from Computerworld 11/13/2008
BT Group will lay off 10,000 workers as it seeks to cuts cost and improve profitability at its global services branch.
BT Group will lay off 10,000 workers as it seeks to cuts cost and improve profitability at its global services branch.
Sun Microsystems To Cut Up To 6,000 Jobs — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 11/14/2008
Sun said the job cuts represent 15 percent to 18 percent of its workforce, and are part of a broader restructuring plan it has undertaken in hopes of saving $700 to $800 million.
Sun said the job cuts represent 15 percent to 18 percent of its workforce, and are part of a broader restructuring plan it has undertaken in hopes of saving $700 to $800 million.
Sun To Cut 18% Of Jobs, Reorganize Software Business — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 11/14/2008
Rich Green, executive VP for software since 2006, will leave the company, and the company's software operations would be divided among two new groups now focused on open source products.
Rich Green, executive VP for software since 2006, will leave the company, and the company's software operations would be divided among two new groups now focused on open source products.
