Tagged: Recession
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The proud worker who chose not to stay sitting silently News
24.09.2009 Tom O’Mahoney lost his job this year because of the recession. He decided that, instead of being quiet about it, he’d set up a website that would provide a voice for the 430,000...Categories: Digital LifeTags: Recession, -
Blackberry users have longer working week News
24.08.2009 Workers with smartphones including Blackberrys clock up an extra 15 hours per week at work due to the constant access to work email says a survey published by Employment law...Categories: -
Global internet ad spend shrinks by 5pc News
07.08.2009 For the second quarter in a row worldwide spending on internet advertising has dropped by 5pc to US$13.9bn in comparison to US$14.7bn in the same quarter last year. -
Recession is accelerating the migration to digital media News
08.07.2009 The global advertising business will fall 12.9pc in revenues this year, but the decline will slow to 2.7pc in 2010 and return to 2008 levels in 2013 as new formats such as video... -
Oracle to axe 1,000 workers across Europe News
06.07.2009 Software giant Oracle has declined to comment on the fate of its 1,300 workers in Ireland after it emerged that the company is to axe 1,000 workers across Europe.Categories: Business -
Gartner sets 1 July deadline for firms to plan for upturn News
04.06.2009 IT analyst Gartner said that organisations and IT leaders should aim to have plans in place by 1 July this year to prepare for business growth.Categories: CIO -
Currys NI stores to take €12m out of Irish economy News
29.04.2009 The economic suicide being committed by the Irish Government in the form of the punitive 21.5pc VAT rates needs to stop at once, the head of DSG in Ireland said, revealing...Categories: Business -
Weddingdates.ie pops question to 10 new employees News
28.04.2009 It’s the question that every girl (and guy) wants to hear, especially in the midst of a recession: ‘When can you start?’Categories: BusinessTags: Recession, -
Sony Ericsson to cut 2,000 jobs News
17.04.2009 Just a day after Nokia’s shock announcement of 90pc losses, Sony Ericsson has announced that it will cut another 2,000 jobs in 2009.Categories: Comms -
Linux: the recession-proof operating system News
10.04.2009 While the global economic downturn is having a negative effect on the software market, a recent report by analyst firm IDC suggests that despite the adverse market conditions,...Categories: CIO -
Irish firm puts ‘ideas economy’ into action with €10,000 prize News
25.03.2009 Have you got an idea that could be the next Google or Facebook? Budding entrepreneurs with a great idea for a technology start-up can bypass red-tape funding and go for gold...Categories: Business -
Obama’s IT guru urges inclusion of IT in stimulus plans News
25.03.2009 Governments must move swiftly to include more IT and ICT investments in their economic stimulus plans – that’s according to Robert Atkinson, who was technology adviser to... -
PC industry in for a ‘bumpy ride’ but will bounce back News
06.03.2009 Worldwide PC shipments fell 1.9pc in the fourth quarter of 2008 following five years of almost uninterrupted double-digit growth.Categories: Business -
Recession-hit home owners will not part with digital TV services News
06.03.2009 Despite consumer confidence hitting an all-time low, most home owners in this country refuse to part with essential entertainment items such as satellite TV or cable subscriptions.Categories: Digital Life -
Nokia to scale back its manufacturing News
11.02.2009 Responding to the slumping global mobile phone market, Nokia has said it plans to close one of its R&D sites, as well as scale back production with staggered layoffs.Categories: Business -
Tech firms urge workers to prepare for the slow fightback News
09.02.2009 As Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD urged workers towards solidarity and not letting defeatism taint economic recovery, some technology and web firms are already looking at ways of...Categories: Business -
A new hope? News
29.01.2009 On 8 January 2009, Dell announced that 1,900 manufacturing jobs would go at its Limerick plant.Categories: Business -
Devastating Dell announcement: 1,900 jobs to go in Limerick News
08.01.2009 The much-feared announcement that computer manufacturer Dell is moving production from Limerick to Poland has come to pass, which will result in about 1,900 jobs being axed.Categories: Business -
Getting an upside out of a downturn: making the most of the recession News
08.01.2009 The recession marks an important era for business incubation. It allows start-ups that may otherwise have given up the scope to work on ideas that could drive much-needed...Categories: BusinessTags: Recession, -
Slash IT spending now, analyst warns News
26.02.2008 Whether it is recession hysteria or sound advice, noted analyst Gartner has warned now is the time for CIOs to implement their emergency plans to cut IT spending.