IBM plans fewer U.S. layoffs to compensate for offshoring

Grok Headline matches for IBM plans fewer U.S. layoffs to compensate for offshoring

Government links few layoffs to
offshoring

Government links few layoffs to
offshoring 06/10/2004 07:26 PM
Limited Labor Department stats: Small fraction are associated, most fears are in projections.

EDS meets Q3 expectations, plans more
layoffs

EDS meets Q3 expectations, plans more
layoffs 10/30/2003 06:08 PM
EDS closed the quarter, which ended Sept. 30, with a net loss of $600,000, and broke even on a per-share basis

U.S. Plans to Retire Navy Carrier, Buy
Fewer Ships

U.S. Plans to Retire Navy Carrier, Buy
Fewer Ships 12/31/2004 10:29 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 1 2005 2:32AM GMT

WorldPay prepared to compensate clients

WorldPay prepared to compensate clients 11/05/2003 12:04 PM
vnunet.com Nov 5 2003 10:42AM ET

BT will compensate customers for
Manchester blaze

BT will compensate customers for
Manchester blaze 05/10/2004 10:09 AM
Not to blame, though

Sun layoffs hit hundreds in US

Sun layoffs hit hundreds in US 06/24/2005 04:03 PM
Canada and Latin America losses too

CA Said to Be Planning 1,000 Layoffs

CA Said to Be Planning 1,000 Layoffs 09/17/2004 09:40 PM
Sources close to Computer Associates say the company will lay off at least 1,000 employees as it ramps up its offshore development and moves to cut costs.

Net caused layoffs, CN says

Net caused layoffs, CN says 05/07/2004 11:29 PM
globetechnology.com May 8 2004 3:42AM GMT

Novell Planning Layoffs?

Novell Planning Layoffs? 06/17/2005 03:18 PM
Sources familiar say cuts are in the making.

Layoffs in Linux Space

Layoffs in Linux Space 06/05/2005 11:43 PM
The OSDL dropped some of its staff, and analysts took the opportunity to question the org's importance.

SCO Confirms 'Minor' Layoffs

SCO Confirms 'Minor' Layoffs 05/04/2004 04:46 PM
The company says the small number of layoffs across the board had nothing to do with backer BayStar's demands that the company focus all of its energy on its Unix litigation.

Supersized layoffs at AOL Music?

Supersized layoffs at AOL Music? 12/09/2003 07:23 PM
A BoingBoing pal who prefers anonymity says "AOL @ Music office NUKED today.. ops, QA, eng, PMs all let go." Link

More Info on Trapeze Layoffs

More Info on Trapeze Layoffs 10/29/2003 01:39 PM
Trapeze let go 30 workers and has 80 left: A spokesperson said the company hasn't felt the growth it expected so it has trimmed staff....

New Report Says Outsourcing Causes 9% of
U.S. Layoffs

New Report Says Outsourcing Causes 9% of
U.S. Layoffs 06/10/2004 04:14 PM
The bulk of outsourced jobs never leave U.S. shores, the Labor Department said today in a new report.

Layoffs of 250 Cleveland Cops Upheld

Layoffs of 250 Cleveland Cops Upheld 01/09/2004 10:11 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 9 2004 9:35PM ET

Area Downplays Apple Layoffs

Area Downplays Apple Layoffs 04/18/2004 06:59 PM
The Apple Computer plant closing last week in the Laguna West section of Elk Grove saddened residents and merchants there, but they said the layoff of at least 235 workers shouldn't have an appreciable impact on their community. By Michael Kolber, Sacramento Bee (via MyAppleMenu)

Forget Layoffs, Fire Them For Porn

Forget Layoffs, Fire Them For Porn 09/01/2004 01:26 PM
One writer at ZDNet UK is wondering if the porn excuse is being used as an alternative to laying people off. There are a growing number of stories about people losing their jobs for viewing porn on work computers, but the writer wonders how bad the offenses really are. He also notes that no one seems to complain when a company gets rid of people for porn, but layoffs seem like bad news all around. This seems like a stretch (and also seems to imply that almost anyone you'd want to layoff has been surfing porn on their work computer), but is still somewhat amusing. Maybe we'll have a different stat next to monthly layoffs: "fired for porn."

Deal With IBM Leading to NiSource
Layoffs (AP)

Deal With IBM Leading to NiSource
Layoffs (AP) 06/22/2005 02:36 AM
AP - NiSource Inc. announced Tuesday it would cut 445 jobs nationwide as part of a $1.6 billion deal with IBM for it to take over some business support services.

"Authors proposed introducing a
system requiring libraries to compensate
authors financially according to the
number of books they lend."

"Authors proposed introducing a
system requiring libraries to compensate
authors financially according to the
number of books they lend." 11/17/2003 04:22 AM
Japanese authors are asking Japanese libraries

yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20031115wo31.htm
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Layoffs continue at business software
firms

Layoffs continue at business software
firms 09/27/2004 04:41 AM
ZDNet UK Sep 27 2004 8:38AM GMT

Gateway reports loss, announces layoffs

Gateway reports loss, announces layoffs 04/29/2004 07:20 PM
CNET Apr 29 2004 11:09PM GMT

Friendster Rumors: Sassa Out, Layoffs,
more VC Money

Friendster Rumors: Sassa Out, Layoffs,
more VC Money 06/05/2005 11:21 PM
Long time readers know I'm no fan of Friendster. But I've heard from multiple sources that the following are (or soon will be) true: CEO Scott Sassa is out Layoffs More VC funding (even though they were cashflow positive) Discuss. Or not. (Friendster hackers: If you're looking for another job, ping me. I know folks hiring, both at Yahoo! and elsewhere.) Update: More on this at The Tech Beat. Thanks for the credit, guys. And now Jeff is woried about...

Layoffs to follow Gateway's 1st-quarter
loss

Layoffs to follow Gateway's 1st-quarter
loss 04/29/2004 05:34 PM
The PC maker will lay off 1,500 by the end of 2004 as part of its bid to return to profitability next year.

Microsoft's XBox Division Suffers
Layoffs

Microsoft's XBox Division Suffers
Layoffs 08/22/2004 11:23 PM
Komotv.com - Sun Aug 22, 08:10 am GMT

Seagate to cut costs; potential layoffs
loom

Seagate to cut costs; potential layoffs
loom 06/02/2004 04:33 PM

Royal Bank of Canada Cashes Out of SCO;
SCO Begins Layoffs

Royal Bank of Canada Cashes Out of SCO;
SCO Begins Layoffs 05/07/2004 04:14 PM

Only 19% of tech workers expect layoffs
in February 2005

Only 19% of tech workers expect layoffs
in February 2005 03/31/2005 11:25 PM
ZDNet Apr 1 2005 3:40AM GMT

"Yahoo! News - Lego Fires Two
Executives, Mulls Layoffs"

"Yahoo! News - Lego Fires Two
Executives, Mulls Layoffs" 01/11/2004 03:46 PM

Yahoo! News - Lego Fires Two Executives,
Mulls Layoffs

Yahoo! News - Lego Fires Two Executives,
Mulls Layoffs 01/11/2004 07:57 AM
stop making the electronics and movie tie-in products .. among other things a $237.6 million loss .. Lego Cuts Back (Nooo!)

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480,000 Fewer Screams

480,000 Fewer Screams 08/10/2004 02:37 PM
Six Flags' attendance fell by 480,000 in its latest quarter.

Fewer tourists going to Scotland

Fewer tourists going to Scotland 08/08/2004 03:34 AM
Visitor numbers to Scotland show a surprise fall for the first three months of 2004.

235,000 Fewer Programmers by 2015

235,000 Fewer Programmers by 2015 12/19/2003 11:30 AM

GM, Ford See Fewer Bumps

GM, Ford See Fewer Bumps 01/09/2004 09:58 PM
Optimism abounds for the Big Three in '04.

Software Makers: Soon They'll Be Fewer

Software Makers: Soon They'll Be Fewer 07/09/2004 03:12 AM
Business Week Jul 9 2004 6:52AM GMT

What Cheney said. But with fewer words.

What Cheney said. But with fewer words. 07/12/2004 10:41 PM
"By jabbing a threatening phallus at your enemy like a wild animal, you aren't just belittling him, but also making him your sexual inferior." Apparently, George W. Bush let some boys in East Lampeter, PA know that they were sexually inferior. But Kerry too has jabbed a threatening phallus recently. [Bush link via Kottke; first link previously discussed on MeFi]

Fewer checks, same balances

Fewer checks, same balances 12/27/2004 08:51 AM
Chicago Tribune Dec 27 2004 12:04PM GMT

Fewer Crackers in the Barrel

Fewer Crackers in the Barrel 03/29/2005 03:02 PM
CBRL Group revises guidance, just a little.

The NY Times wants fewer links

The NY Times wants fewer links 06/17/2005 04:32 PM

A couple months ago, I chatted with someone who said the New York Times was considering going to a subscription model for nytimes.com, similar to the Wall Street Journal. I said that would be a foolish and short-sighted decision on the Times' part; to place their content behind a subscription wall would be to remove themselves from online conversations now and in the future.

Adam L. Penenberg, in an article for wired.com on February 24, 2005 about the Wall Street Journal's for-pay approach, Whither The Wall Street Journal? expressed a similar point of view:

Since most people refuse to pay for WSJ stories, most bloggers are reluctant to link to them. It also has an impact on anyone who uses the web for research -- and there are a lot of us. As importantly, the next generation of readers is growing up by accessing news over the internet, and one place they are not surfing to is WSJ.com. With their habits being formed now, there is little chance the Journal will become part of their lives, either now or in the future. (emphasis mine)

The Times should remove all barriers to content, from their registration requirement to their for-pay archive access

And yet, yesterday the Times issued a press release, The New York Times Announces TimesSelect - New Online Offering to Launch in September announcing their decision to move more content to an expensive for-pay only section of their site. This is a move in the wrong direction: The Times should remove all barriers to content, from their registration requirement to their for-pay archive access. Such action would enable and increase linking to their broad range of content.

As Jill Walker writes in her paper, Links and Power: The Political Economy of Linking on the Web, "Links have become the currency of the Web. With this economic value they also have power, affecting accessibility and knowledge on the Web."

Enabling more links to the New York Times would:

• increase the visibility of the Times brand
• help content reach a larger segment of readers
• increase traffic to the site

Clearly, increased traffic would drive increased revenue in the form of online advertising. And in the long term, I believe it would generate more income than charging US$49.95 for an annual subscription. Perhaps US$49.95 is, as Martin Nisenholtz (senior vice president of digital operations for the Times) says, a "terrific price point" for what they're offering -- if you happen to live in the US or western Europe. But it truly is a world wide web, with English as its de facto language.

As media brands increasingly become more global, it's hard to fathom why the Times wouldn't do everything in its power to ensure it's the world wide web's news leader. By charging for its online content, the Times reduces its number of linkable sources, and thus its reach in the online world. It's their first step towards ensuring they will play a smaller role in it going forward.

Paying For Fewer Features

Paying For Fewer Features 11/03/2003 05:32 AM
There are some new features, but the important improvements are subtle and all over the place. The end result is that the system just feels better. (Steven Garrity via MyAppleMenu)
Grok Description matches for IBM plans fewer U.S. layoffs to compensate for offshoring
GrokA matches for IBM plans fewer U.S. layoffs to compensate for offshoring

Toshiba Readies Diverse, Cutting-Edge
Technologies for CeBIT 2005 (20/3/2005)

Toshiba Readies Diverse, Cutting-Edge
Technologies for CeBIT 2005 (20/3/2005) 03/22/2005 05:08 PM
Hidden Wires Mar 22 2005 12:26AM GMT

TICC Schedules First Quarter 2005
Earnings Release and Conference Call for
May 5, 2005

TICC Schedules First Quarter 2005
Earnings Release and Conference Call for
May 5, 2005 04/14/2005 07:13 PM
Market Wire Apr 14 2005 10:44PM GMT

Samsung Electronics Unveils Cutting-Edge
New Products At CeBIT 2005 (23/3/2005)

Samsung Electronics Unveils Cutting-Edge
New Products At CeBIT 2005 (23/3/2005) 03/23/2005 01:11 PM
Hidden Wires Mar 23 2005 2:40PM GMT

Microsoft Delivers Latest Visual Studio
2005 and SQL Server 2005 Releases

Microsoft Delivers Latest Visual Studio
2005 and SQL Server 2005 Releases 04/18/2005 11:14 AM
Microsoft Corp. today announced availability of Visual Studio® 2005 Beta 2, Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 and the SQL Server (TM) 2005 April Community Technology Preview (CTP), the latest milestone in delivering these products to customers. Together, the products provide a deeply integrated development and data management platform, enabling customers to utilize existing skills and familiar tools to harness data in powerful new ways that increase productivity and efficiency. Several early adopters such as ABS-CBN Interactive, ORF and Townsend Analytics Ltd. have deployed these products in their production environments to reap the benefits of close tool and database integration. Because of broad customer demand to work with these prerelease products today, Microsoft also announced the Microsoft Go-Live license program for customers interested in deploying Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition immediately. Microsoft and multiple partners today also announced plans to provide customers with educational resources that will help them prepare for the launch of these two products.

Sonic Debuts Blu-ray Disc Burning and
Playback Software at CeBIT 2005
(23/3/2005)

Sonic Debuts Blu-ray Disc Burning and
Playback Software at CeBIT 2005
(23/3/2005) 03/23/2005 09:33 AM
Hidden Wires Mar 23 2005 2:27PM GMT

Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2005
Beta Two, SQL Server 2005 Preview

Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2005
Beta Two, SQL Server 2005 Preview 04/18/2005 11:49 PM
Information Week Apr 19 2005 4:14AM GMT

Silect Software Launches Health Reporter
2005 for Microsoft Operations Manager
2005

Silect Software Launches Health Reporter
2005 for Microsoft Operations Manager
2005 09/02/2004 07:30 PM

V3N14 April 4, 2005 Current Awareness
Happenings On the Internet: Knowledge
Discovery Resources 2005

V3N14 April 4, 2005 Current Awareness
Happenings On the Internet: Knowledge
Discovery Resources 2005 04/04/2005 06:51 AM

Knowledge Discovery Resources 2005

This mp3 broadcast edition of Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. April 4, 2005 V3N14 discusses Knowledge Discovery Rersources 2005. Click on the below audio mp3 broadcast to hear Marcus P. Zillman describing this annotated white paper link compilation. View this site at:

Knowledge Discovery Resources 2005
http://zillman.blogspot.com/2005/03/knowledge-discovery-r esources-2005.html

SwiftCD Continues Expansions,
Acquisitions, Alliances in 2005 -
Releases News Summary, First Quarter,
2005

SwiftCD Continues Expansions,
Acquisitions, Alliances in 2005 -
Releases News Summary, First Quarter,
2005 04/05/2005 02:22 AM
SwiftCD (www.SwiftCD.com) continues to solidify its leadership position in the world marketplace for on-demand, custom CD and DVD manufacturing and fulfillment, with a host of new announcements, alliances, and acquisitions in 2005. The company has now released a recap of its most important first-quarter announcements for 2005, "at a glance." [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]

InterVideo Showcases UPnP Solution With
New Home Theater 3 Software, Certified
by UIC at CeBIT 2005 (18/3/2005

InterVideo Showcases UPnP Solution With
New Home Theater 3 Software, Certified
by UIC at CeBIT 2005 (18/3/2005 03/19/2005 02:41 AM
Hidden Wires Mar 18 2005 10:05AM GMT

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 30, 2005 - February
05, 2005 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 30, 2005 - February
05, 2005 Archives 02/01/2005 09:11 PM
Talking Points Memo: GOP Social Security playbook .. This document is

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: March 27, 2005 - April 02,
2005 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: March 27, 2005 - April 02,
2005 Archives 04/01/2005 06:41 AM
intent of coming to the event originally was to disrupt it .. Hmmm (take 2)

talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_03_27.php#005291
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NEC demonstrates its wide spectrum of
technologies at CeBIT 2005 (17/3/2005)

NEC demonstrates its wide spectrum of
technologies at CeBIT 2005 (17/3/2005) 03/17/2005 03:48 AM
Hidden Wires Mar 17 2005 6:11AM GMT

Live Communications Server 2005
Management Pack for MOM 2005

Live Communications Server 2005
Management Pack for MOM 2005 12/19/2004 03:26 PM

Lydall First Quarter Ended March 31,
2005 Earnings Release and Conference
Call Scheduled for April 26, 2005

Lydall First Quarter Ended March 31,
2005 Earnings Release and Conference
Call Scheduled for April 26, 2005 04/19/2005 09:57 AM
Market Wire Apr 19 2005 12:55PM GMT

Barcoding Inc. to Showcase Supply Chain
Technology at ProMat 2005, January 10 –
13, 2005 at Chicago’s McCormick Place

Barcoding Inc. to Showcase Supply Chain
Technology at ProMat 2005, January 10 –
13, 2005 at Chicago’s McCormick Place 01/05/2005 03:13 AM
Barcoding Inc., a leading provider of supply chain technology to Fortune 500 manufacturing and logistics companies throughout North America, will exhibit at ProMat 2005 in Chicago’s McCormick Place, January 10 - 13, 2005. ProMat 2005 focuses on the productivity solutions for material handling and logistics. The four-day event will be the most comprehensive showcase of material handling and logistics equipment, systems and technologies in the United States during 2005. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

InfraGard Membership Alliance – Metro
New York 2005 Biometric Technology
Briefing – January 18, 2005 - Biometrics
Identification and Authentication

InfraGard Membership Alliance – Metro
New York 2005 Biometric Technology
Briefing – January 18, 2005 - Biometrics
Identification and Authentication 01/06/2005 04:42 AM
The InfraGard Biometric Security Summit will be held at Ernst & Young's Times Square Corporate Headquarters in New York, NY and is presented by InfraGard’s Membership Alliance – Metro New York. Invitations to attend are extended to Government and Corporate Security Professionals and reservations for attendance can be made by visiting the InfraGard Metro New York website at www.nym-infragard.us. [PRWEB Jan 6, 2005]

Apr 11, 2005 02:52 PM GMT - Romania To
Award Third 3G Licence by End-2005

Apr 11, 2005 02:52 PM GMT - Romania To
Award Third 3G Licence by End-2005 04/11/2005 05:44 PM
See News Apr 11 2005 5:26PM GMT

IDG's InfoWorld Names StealthWatch by
Lancope - 2005 Technology of the Year
for Best Network IDS - StealthWatch
Recognized Among Top Technologies
Impacting IT in 2005

IDG's InfoWorld Names StealthWatch by
Lancope - 2005 Technology of the Year
for Best Network IDS - StealthWatch
Recognized Among Top Technologies
Impacting IT in 2005 02/01/2005 10:07 PM
StealthWatch by Lancope, the leading NBAD solution for enterprise protection, was named 2005 Technology of the Year for Best Network IDS by InfoWorld magazine. [PRWEB Jan 19, 2005]

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: March 20, 2005 - March 26,
2005 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: March 20, 2005 - March 26,
2005 Archives 03/27/2005 08:04 AM
sending his thug squad .. Amazing. Just out .. Talking Points Memo

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: April 03, 2005 - April 09,
2005 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: April 03, 2005 - April 09,
2005 Archives 04/09/2005 11:21 PM
The headline in .. Josh Marshall

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: April 10, 2005 - April 16,
2005 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: April 10, 2005 - April 16,
2005 Archives 04/11/2005 03:49 AM
Republican Shays jumps ship and calls DeLay an "embarrassment." 4/11 .. one to jump ship

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 02, 2005 - January 08,
2005 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 02, 2005 - January 08,
2005 Archives 01/03/2005 10:00 AM
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: January 02, 2005 - January 08, 2005 Archives .. pile of droppings

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This Week in Perl 6, May 25, 2005-May
31, 2005

This Week in Perl 6, May 25, 2005-May
31, 2005 06/05/2005 10:46 PM
Matt Fowles summarizes the Perl 6 mailing lists with Parrot keys, MMD, Tcl, Python discussion, Pugs' continued evolution, introspection, generation, and more Perl 6 meta-programming goodness.

This Week in Perl 6, May 3, 2005 - May
17, 2005

This Week in Perl 6, May 3, 2005 - May
17, 2005 06/05/2005 10:46 PM
Matt Fowles summarizes the Perl 6 mailing lists with Pugs gaining object support, Parrot 0.2.0 released, and Perl 6 going through a reduction (though not in volume).

MOM FAQ: MOM 2005 versus MOM 2005
Express

MOM FAQ: MOM 2005 versus MOM 2005
Express 08/16/2004 06:29 PM

Wikipedia:April 1, 2005/-2005 Britannica
takeover of Wikimedia- - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia

Wikipedia:April 1, 2005/-2005 Britannica
takeover of Wikimedia- - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia 04/02/2005 05:11 AM
l'encyclopédie libre vient d'être achetée par l'encyclopédie Britannica .. Wikipedia:April 1, 2005/2005 Britannica takeover of Wikimedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .. Wikipedia sells out to Britannica .. wikpedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Britannica_takeover_of_Wikimedia
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IBM plans fewer U.S. layoffs to compensate for offshoring