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

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    Microsoft Australia has confirmed that it will be reducing its local headcount in accordance with its plan to cut 5000 jobs globally.

  • SMS cut 167 staff in 2008

    Aussie IT services firm SMS Technology and Management today revealed it had shed 167 staff between June 2008 and the end of the calendar year.

  • NAB denies Accenture talks

    National Australia Bank has dismissed as "incorrect" rumours that technology services giant Accenture was making a pitch to replace disgraced Indian competitor Satyam in the bank's operations.

  • AMD job cuts to hit Australia

    Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) Australian arm has confirmed that the chipmaker's plans to cut its workforce by 9 per cent globally will include Australian workers.

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    GPS component manufacturer Rakon announced a big drop in earnings this week. Can it recover though, even if the recession ends?

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    McKinnon's magician

    Who exactly is new Westpac IT executive Sarv Girn, who has newly been poached from Commonwealth Bank of Australia? Is he just a point man for the IT integration of St George, or is he "McKinnon's magician", the boy genius who will lead the bank to its IT nirvana?

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    It's Patch Monday, ZDNet.com.au's weekly podcast that looks at the big stories within the Australian IT community.

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    The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.

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    2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.

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    With Australia's ICT sector experiencing a wave of layoffs, it's time to look for the positives. Take a leaf out of Steve Jobs' book and ask yourself what would you be doing if money wasn't important?

  • Online IT & T job ads slump

    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.

  • Aust IT jobs plateau: Index

    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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