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  • Local impact as Adobe cuts 680 jobs

    Adobe has announced overnight that it will cut 680 jobs, approximately 9 per cent of its global workforce.

  • Alcatel-Lucent cuts 200 Aussie staff

    Alcatel-Lucent has confirmed plans to cut 200 local contracting and permanent staff, citing the completion of projects and investment uncertainties as the prime motivators for the move.

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    Ericsson Australia has confirmed it let go of around 10 staff last week, but the industry is abuzz with speculation that hundreds more may follow as its biggest customer, Telstra, announced a $1 billion cut back in capital expenditure for the coming financial year.

  • Union: Telstra to cut 100 Melbourne jobs

    Telstra is on the brink of axing 100 jobs from its Melbourne global operations centre, the Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) claimed today.

  • ATO looks to cut 120 IT jobs

    The Community and Public Sector Union said today that it has received a letter from the Australian Taxation Office which said the Office intended to cut its IT staff by 120.

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    The leaders of Australia's ICT industry are currently in a state of panic over the debatable prospect of an economic downturn in the sector and are going too far with cutting jobs.

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    CRM might be a staid topic but unlike the Latham-Howard "great debate", at least the chief executives of two leading software companies -- Intentia and PeopleSoft -- had some pertinent views to exchange.

  • Drive maker Maxtor to ax hundreds of jobs

    More hard times for a hard-drive maker as Maxtor sends out a second-quarter warning and says it will make job cuts

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    Infosys Technologies CEO Nandan Nilekani says outsourcing is a win-win proposition.

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    Online job advertisements in the IT sector leapt by 8.9 percent in September, continuing a six-month rise that may indicate the tech-crash is finally over.

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    Palm will buy rival Handspring for approximately US$169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices.

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