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  Most notable IT layoffs of 2008

• Nokia will lay off 4000 and move more manufacturing to Asia

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 February, 2012 21:23

  Nokia has decided to move more of its manufacturing to Asia, and will lay off approximately 4,000 workers at three factories in Europe and Mexico by the end of the year, the company said on Wednesday.

• NEC to cut 10,000 workers, forecasts $US1.3 billion loss in year through March

  By Jay Alabaster | 27 January, 2012 21:45

  NEC said it will cut 10,000 jobs, including 3,000 outside of Japan, and it now forecasts a US$1.3 billion loss in the current fiscal year through March.

• Nokia Siemens to slash 17,000 jobs worldwide

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 November, 2011 01:31

  Struggling network infrastructure vendor Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to cut 17,000 jobs worldwide, as it aims to cut €1 billion (US$1.35 billion) from its costs by the end of 2013, the company said Wednesday.

• Adobe to reduce enterprise software investment

  By James Niccolai | 09 November, 2011 11:47

  Adobe will cut 750 jobs and reduce its investment in enterprise software as part of a broader plan to target the fast-growing markets for digital media and digital marketing products, the company said Tuesday.

• AMD global staff cuts won’t impact Oz

  By Julia Talevski and Nancy Gohring | 04 November, 2011 10:37

  "At this point in time, the Australia team hasn't been affected"

• AMD to lay off 10 percent of global workforce

  By Nancy Gohring | 04 November, 2011 08:04

  AMD plans to lay off 10 per cent of its global workforce and will terminate "existing contractual commitments" in a plan to cut costs, the company announced Thursday.

• Bloodiest tech industry layoffs of 2011

  By Bob Brown | 04 November, 2011 06:27

  Job cuts in the US technology industry in 2011 are down significantly from a year ago and turnover levels in IT shops have returned to pre-recessionary levels, but that doesn’t make the tens of thousands of people in the United States who have been laid off from electronics, telecommunications and computer industry jobs feel much better.

• Motorola to lay off 800 more workers

  By Nancy Gohring | 01 November, 2011 09:33

  Motorola Mobility will lay off 800 people, the latest in a string of worker reductions at the handset maker, as it prepares to become part of Google.

• Layoff backlash: Five steps to protect your business from angry ex-employees

  By Julia King | 03 March, 2009 08:17

  A senior corporate executive leaves the company, taking with him his framed family photographs, his prized gold pen-and-pencil set -- and the passwords of several hundred employees.

• Most notable IT layoffs of 2008

  By Network World staff | 08 December, 2008 10:14

  A look at this year's job cutbacks at Cisco, HP, Dell, Sun and other top technology companies