IBM Australia and New Zealand today said it had "no planned redundancy programs" following the news that it planned to shed 5,000 roles in the US and bolster its Indian operations.
IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems in a transaction potentially valued at at least US$6.5 billion in cash, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks is reportedly in discussions to sell two key business units, a move that may affect its ability to re-emerge from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy status.
Oracle's Australian division has declined to comment on whether it is slashing jobs, in the wake of reports the software giant has cut about 500 workers from its US operations.
Nortel Networks, once a high-flying telecommunications equipment maker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection overnight.
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Devices which flaunt their flash memory are often frowned upon in a corporate setting, but it turns out that you can actually use them as a novel recruitment aid.
Recent commentary in the press around Microsoft's Windows 7 and the upgrade paths available for Windows XP has failed to consider the realities of upgrading and managing both the operating system and application environments required by today's business users.
US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
With Yahoo apparently off the table, what's Microsoft's back-up plan? Try again for Yahoo or go for a new target?
As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.
The US sub-prime mortgage lending crisis could lead to economic losses totaling between US$150bn and US$400bn, according to The Wall Street Journal. While this dwarfs the effect of previous disasters such as the dot com bust, analysts remain optimistic that its effect on IT budgets will be flat, rather than disastrous.
Palm pioneered the smart phone, but if rumours prove true, the Treo maker may not survive as an independent company to watch its creation move from the corner office to the street corner.
Since Mac and Windows OSes now run on Intel-based hardware, shouldn't it be easy to run both on the same computer?
The software giant confirms plans that it will launch its own music-download store, putting it on the path to direct competition with Apple's iTunes and a growing list of rival digital song stores.
Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?
On the eve of Windows XP's launch, I joined 14 other journalists for a private dinner with the chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft. We had one thing in common: When Bill talks, we write about it. And on this night he was talking, and just to us. Here's part one of what Bill had to say.
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