Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it is cutting a further 800 jobs across its operations, on top of 5,000 jobs already eliminated under a plan to reduce costs that was announced in January. A spokesman for the world’s largest software firm said the latest job cuts are spread across the company’s global operations, but about [...]
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6 Aug
Microsoft is hiring at least 400 Yahoo employees.
Microsoft assumes control of the search results and search advertising on Yahoo’s Web site and plans to hire 400 Yahoo employees on his payroll. Microsoft Corp will hire at least 400 workers from Yahoo Inc if government regulators approve the companies’ proposed Internet search partnership, and Yahoo will receive $150 million to cover any unexpected [...]
23 Jul
Microsoft Windows 7 is on the way to hardware shops. Releases OS code to PC makers to implant.
Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it is releasing the code for Windows 7 to PC manufacturers, keeping the software company on track to have machines running its new operating system in the stores by late October. The move means Hewlett-Packard Co, Dell Inc, Acer Inc and other computer makers can start to load up new [...]
20 Jun
Good news pouring in from Indian IT Services Providers. Infosys, TCS, Satyam, Tech Mahindra disclosing few nice surprises.
Last week Satyam (Part of Tech Mahindra now), Infosys and TCS disclosed few nice surprises. It seems that Indian IT Service sectors has left the past and looking ahead for future. In relief to the Satyam employees, about 400 people who were asked to sit on the virtual bench have been called back into the [...]
10 Jun
Free Anti-Virus Software from Microsoft on the way.
Microsoft Corp is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for personal computers that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc. A Microsoft spokesman said on Wednesday that the world’s biggest software maker is testing an early version of the product with its own employees. Microsoft would “soon” make [...]
11 May
Microsoft to layoff 55 employees in Hyderabad, India.
Microsoft said that they will layoff 55 employees from their office in Hyderabad, India, which is one per cent of its Indian staff, as slowdown hits the sector, affecting business and profitability. The announcement on this is part of the Redmond-based company’s decision in January this year to cut 5,000 jobs globally amid the [...]
11 Apr
Microsoft, HCL tie up to provide jobs for 600.
Computer giant Microsoft has signed a $ 170-million five-year contract with India’s HCL for outsourcing work for its online business productivity suite. HCL will provide 600 employees to support the contract and nearly 250 workers have already begun work on the project. Microsoft has not said whether this contract is to replace any existing agreement [...]
3 Mar
Compilation of Layoffs in Technology, IT Companies worldwide except India.
Google, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, IBM, Intel, AMD, EMC Corp, Seagate, STMicroelectronics, Sony, Sun, Dell, Lenovo, AT&T, AOL, SAP, Oracle, Ericsson, and Sprint Nextel layoff loads of employees from their offices world wide. Google Inc has jettisoned over 5,000 temporary workers in a recent austerity drive spurred by the recession. Google acknowledged in late November that [...]
23 Jan
Apple's gain gives Microsoft pain. MS hurts by global slowdown. Layoffs 5000 workers.
Microsoft Corp stunned Wall Street with disappointing results that included plans to slash up to 5,000 jobs and a warning that profit and revenue will almost certainly drop over the next two quarters. The company blamed the miss on the weak PC market and the popularity of low-cost netbook computers, which have combined to badly [...]
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