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• Outsourcer Wipro continues to be affected by recession

  By John Ribeiro | 28 October, 2009 08:39

  Wipro, India's third-largest outsourcer, said Tuesday that its IT services revenue in U.S. dollar terms had declined by 4 percent to US$1.1 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30 against the same quarter last year.

• Optimistic outlook from Dell, Intel may signal rebound

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 29 August, 2009 08:33

  Like the rest of the economy, the tech sector has been in the doldrums for well over a year now. But there are signs that things may be improving. Here are five recent developments that show a tech recovery may be under way.

• Channel faces tougher credit terms

  By Nadia Cameron | 01 April, 2009 16:24

  Australian resellers are facing a clamp down on credit conditions and limits as the leading insurance companies tighten their policies and terms to defend against the global downturn.

• IDC: Recession driving down storage spending

  By Stephen Lawson | 05 June, 2009 13:01

  Hard times are driving large enterprises to patch holes in their storage architectures with systems designed for small and medium-sized businesses, one reason enterprise disk storage revenue fell 18.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to research company IDC.

• Prep for recession's end now, Gartner tells tech companies

  By Brad Reed | 05 June, 2009 04:04

  Leading IT companies and CIOs should start preparing for business growth immediately if they want to avoid falling behind competitors once the recession ends, says Gartner Research.

• HP to axe 850 UK jobs

  By Leo King | 29 May, 2009 23:34

  HP is set to axe 850 manufacturing jobs in the UK, according to trade union Unite.

• Google looks for opportunities in dark days of recession

  By Sharon Gaudin | 03 April, 2009 08:07

  While most companies are hunkering down and trying to survive the recession, Google Inc. has other plans.

• IBM layoffs incite backlash

  By Denise Dubie | 30 March, 2009 09:07

  IBM's news that it will shed some 5,000 North American jobs and potentially send more positions overseas has stirred up some bad sentiment toward Big Blue as the U.S. economy continues to languish.

• Microsoft to present open-source blueprint for down economy

  By John Fontana | 25 March, 2009 08:25

  Microsoft plans to use this week's Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) to outline its move into the next phase of its open source strategy around building a business model for the down economy, according to company officials.

• Layoffs leave orphaned hardware, unused software licenses

  By Lucas Mearian | 12 March, 2009 08:38

  Pat Beemer, IT director for Seattle Lighting, has a lot of orphaned computer hardware and unused software licenses on his hands -- the result of what he calls "serious" layoffs at the company.

• Microsoft says economy offers opportunity for govt IT

  By Nancy Gohring | 05 March, 2009 08:20

  At its CIO Summit, Microsoft told government and education IT managers to figure out how to do "more with less" during the economic recession.

• Microsoft has big growth plans even as economy limps

  By John Fontana | 25 February, 2009 08:19

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday that the weak economy and declining PC sales would continue to challenge the company but that Microsoft would focus on growing market share within its seven core businesses.

• Microsoft launches worker training program

  By Grant Gross | 24 February, 2009 07:40

  Microsoft has launched a new program with the goal of providing technology training to up to 2 million people in the U.S.

• Dell: Stimulus package can be improved

  By Grant Gross | 04 February, 2009 08:15

  An economic stimulus package going through the U.S. Congress has provisions that could start a trade war and fails to address U.S. competitiveness, Dell's chairman and CEO said Tuesday.

• Think tank: Nearly 1M jobs could be created by IT stimulus

  By  Jon Brodkin | 08 January, 2009 08:08

  An information technology think tank is urging Congress to devote $30 billion toward the IT industry, saying such a move will create or retain nearly 1 million jobs, more than half of them at small businesses.