Redwood City, California-based Oracle’s purchase of rival Sun Microsystems, announced today, could doom thousands of jobs at the companies’ Burlington, Massachusetts' plants. Oracle will buy…
California's Silicon Valley, the nation's information technology mecca, saw its unemployment rate hit 11% in March, nearly doubling in one year. The nation's unemployment rate…
Health insurer Kaiser Permanente and IBM have inked a $500 million, seven-year agreement to improve Kaiser’s information technology superstructure. The deal means Kaiser will cut…
Lockheed Martin Information Technology is growing its Woodlawn, Maryland facility, as part of a contract for the US Social Security Administration. The company has moved…
Unpronounceably-named computer chip manufacturer Xilinx will trim 6% of its global workforce, eliminating 200 jobs. The firm is cutting executive salaries and freezing compensation for…
Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith has confirmed to the press that Washington State's Microsoft will cut 3,600 positions over the next 18 months. That's in…
Perot Systems has laid off between 30 and 40 people at its Plano, Texas headquarters. Plano-based Perot employs 23,000 worldwide. In the past year the…
Telamon, the Indianapolis-based telecommunications company, is expanding into the St. Louis, Missouri area. The new office, located in Fenton, will open with 17 workers, and…