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• Recession not all bad for enterprise software users

  By Chris Kanaracus | 14 December, 2009 08:00

  The global recession took a major toll on enterprise software vendors and their customers in 2009, leading to flagging license sales and tight IT budgets. But the economy also prompted a series of policy changes and concessions from vendors that could make users' lives easier in the long run, especially if they become broader trends.

• Intel's Otellini says it's time to take the lid off IT budgets

  By Sharon Gaudin | 23 October, 2009 05:27

  Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini said the economy has already hit rock bottom and now that it's emerging from the recessionary mire, companies are about to take the lid off of IT budgets.

• Recession's effects to linger on electronics industry

  By Agam Shah | 13 October, 2009 07:23

  Some sectors in the electronics industry are showing signs of recovery, but the damage caused by the recession may be felt for a few years, Gartner said in a study released on Monday.

• Ethics: Harder in a Recession?

  By Mary K. Pratt | 24 August, 2009 13:10

  Information technology consultant Dena L. Smith lays out a hypothetical dilemma: Should an IT department hire a more expensive vendor because the vendor shares its own company's ethics standards, or should it go with a lower-cost provider that doesn't?

• PC shipments showing signs of recovery, Gartner says

  By Agam Shah | 26 June, 2009 06:16

  The PC market is showing signs of recovery, with the freefall of PC shipments skidding to a halt thanks to competitive PC prices and a continued interest in netbooks, Gartner said on Thursday

• Cisco's Chambers sees hope after recession

  By Stephen Lawson | 19 May, 2009 04:12

  The current recession is almost the opposite of the 2001 downturn for Cisco Systems because of permanent cost-cutting and the company's move into new technologies and markets, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said Monday.

• Web-hosting firms defy recession

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 15 May, 2009 04:30

  After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, mothballed data centers operated by bankrupt companies such as Exodus and PSINet were the most visible signs of the IT-driven downturn. Today, despite the worst recession in 50 years, Web hosting is one of the few thriving segments of the IT industry.

• IBM plans lump-sum severance for those laid off

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 27 March, 2009 08:04

  The severance package IBM is expected to give employees selected for a layoff includes a lump-sum severance payment, as well as counseling and financial planning services.

• Gartner cancels 'flagship' spring tech conferences

  By Eric Lai | 15 January, 2009 01:15

  In another bad sign of health for the IT industry, Gartner is canceling two of its biggest technology conferences due to the economic downturn.

• Recession helps send more CEOs to the exits

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 15 January, 2009 01:14

  Nearly 1500 CEOs left their jobs last year, including 221 in the technology and telecommunications sector, according to US recruitment firm.

• Report: Sony to report operating loss this year

  By Martyn Williams | 13 January, 2009 05:12

  Sony is set to report an operating loss for the current fiscal year, only the second since it listed on the Tokyo stock market in 1958, according to a report in the Tuesday morning edition of The Nikkei business daily.

• SAP exec: Belt-tightening to continue, but business better

  By Chris Kanaracus | 05 December, 2008 06:14

  A top SAP executive on Wednesday said the company is "implementing a series of tough, tough actions to convert the company to a much leaner operation than it is today," but did not utter the word "layoff."

• Report Claims Google Layoffs: 10,000 Jobs Being Cut

  By JR Raphael | 25 November, 2008 09:55

  Google may be preparing to lay off thousands of workers, if a Silicon Valley information service is to be believed. WebGuild cites anonymous inside sources as saying up to 10,000 Google jobs could be on the way out, with smaller scale layoffs already underway.

• Forrester: This tech recession will be different

  By Siobhan Chapman | 07 November, 2008 04:00

  The technology sector is facing a recession, but it will be different to the dot com crash, according to Forrester founder George Colony.

• IDC: Looming recession to hit hardware vendors

  By Julia Talevski | 20 October, 2008 16:57

  Hardware vendors will be among the hardest hit as the Australian economy slides into a recession, according to IDC.