Symantec's cost reduction efforts began this week but company officials are keeping mum on the number of employees affected in Australia and New Zealand, as well as other markets.
Australian employees of Sun Microsystems will be spared the latest round of job cuts, which will see 1,000 positions slashed worldwide.
PeopleSoft Australia will reveal its post-merger restructuring plans within a month.
Around 220 IT staff will lose their jobs during AMP's drastic cost-cutting measures.
An index of online job ads in the IT and telecommunications sector slid more than expected in January, although the sector did not fare as badly as the overall online jobs market, which was hit by recent interest rate rises.
An index of online job ads in the IT and telecommunications sector slid more than expected in January, although the sector did not fare as badly as the overall online jobs market, which was hit by recent interest rate rises.
The six-month rise in information technology and telecommunication jobs plateaued in October, with demand for IT workers slipping one percent compared to September, according to an index which measures online job advertisements.
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Online information technology and telecommunications job ads in Australia have increased for the third month in a row, according to Olivier Recruitment Group.
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