3Com to close Dublin plant
3Com will outsource its product manufacturing and eliminate about 1,000 jobs in an effort to cut costs.
The network gear maker said it will hand over all of its manufa...
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Hard-up IT departments fight for cash
IT chiefs are still having to fight for every penny of IT funding, and are planning to focus their spending on badly-needed infrastructure upgrades for the near term, acc...
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Ellison still 'determined' to acquire PeopleSoft
Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison has repeated his determination to acquire rival PeopleSoft, but was cagey about whether he would raise the offer price of his hostile...
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11 88 88 axes directory enquiries staff
One of the new 118 directory enquiries companies has laid off 250 temporary staff, just two weeks after launching.
Conduit, which runs the 11 88 88 service, has axed t...
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PeopleSoft confirms job cuts and roadmap
PeopleSoft has confirmed its intention to lay off up to 1,000 workers while keeping the JD Edwards product line intact.
PeopleSoft executives, speaking to securities a...
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IBM utility software on its way
IBM will release software at the end of September to let customers start sampling some of the promised benefits of the utility computing vision.
Big Blue has begun sh...
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Office staff work for free
Office-based staff are spending the equivalent of 30 days a year working for free because of problems with technology.
Inefficient technology is to blame for office w...
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Novell cuts jobs after poor results
As part of its third-quarter earnings report on Thursday, Novell announced that it has cut 10 per cent of its work force in an effort to turn a profit in the fourth quart...
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Bank of Ireland faces "total war" with staff over $600m HP deal
The Bank of Ireland faces being "totally closed down" by strikes if staff reject an agreement negotiated between the unions and the bank over a $600m IT outsourcing deal ...
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EDS launches desktop service
Adding to the momentum of so-called utility computing, Electronic Data will announce on Wednesday a flexibly priced service for managing desktop computers.
With the n...
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