Citrix pulls the plug on its User Group Community To be replaced by virtual community and ‘in-person event experience’ hosted by vendor Off-Prem05 Dec 2023 | 6
17% of Spotify employees face the music in latest cost-cutting shuffle This despite hitting profit high note – and right on time for Christmas Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 33
You can't deepfake diversity, and that's a good thing Opinion Fresh thinking and new approaches can only come from varied cohorts of people Devops04 Dec 2023 | 26
AI won't take your job, might shrink your wages, European Central Bank reckons In the US, however, folks are ready and willing to bin you for a bot AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 22
VMware president Sumit Dhawan out – scores gig as CEO of infosec vendor Proofpoint Amid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a 'strategic review' of end-user compute and Carbon Black products Virtualization29 Nov 2023 |
Japanese tech startups testing cash incentives for office return Bonuses for bums on seats is a new one for us at Vulture Towers Offbeat27 Nov 2023 | 26
Sam Altman set to rejoin OpenAI as CEO – seemingly with Microsoft's blessing New board includes former Salesforce boss and Treasury Secretary AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 78
China's regulator paused VMware purchase probe before desired close date Analysis Competitors predict price gouging as employees await news Virtualization22 Nov 2023 | 1
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's ejection sparks theories as odd as some ChatGPT output Updated Interim CEO appointed as rumours swirl about comebacks, doing a startup, or even hardware with Jony Ive AI + ML19 Nov 2023 | 29
Cisco has a new problem: You take too long to implement its products and stop buying more kit Supply chain is back to pre-COVID normal, just in time for big clouds to spend $1 billion on networks for AI Networks16 Nov 2023 | 8
Infosys co-founder calls for youth to work 70-hour weeks Do it for India, says Narayana Murthy, seemingly unaware that China, Japan, and South Korea all have overworking problems On-Prem27 Oct 2023 | 103
Microsoft creates a new kind of credential: the 'Applied Skill' Poll Shorter and more specific than certifications, but still tied to Microsoft products. Would you do one? On-Prem26 Oct 2023 | 13
Shucks Chuck, how many employees pay = one Cisco CEO? Robbins and the C suite bumper pay day on back of router and switch kingpin's 2023 double digit sales swing Networks24 Oct 2023 | 3
‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities Advise turning off and never using remote desktop protocol, prohibiting private VPNs, not trusting recruiters’ due diligence Cybersecurity Month19 Oct 2023 | 51
Look, boss – Nvidia's still cool with staff working from home Plus: Stanford prof tells off industry for making decisions based on anecdotal data Offbeat16 Oct 2023 | 25
Juniper makes 440 redundant to pursue better margins Not even AI offers a lot of upside right now Networks06 Oct 2023 |
Supreme Court doesn't want to hear union's beef about STEM grad work visas End of the road for those hoping to cut 3-year permit back down to 12 months CxO03 Oct 2023 | 7
Oracle's $130M-plus payday still looms on horizon for Larry and Safra And shareholders – presumably not Ellison who still owns 42% – are still not happy about it Databases26 Sep 2023 | 11
VMware staff reportedly told job cuts may start before Broadcom acquisition CVs are starting to appear on social media because staff think it's a sensible time to be in the shop window Virtualization19 Sep 2023 | 5
Having slammed brakes on hiring, Google says it no longer needs quite so many recruiters Hundreds about to find out first hand how the tough the job market is right now Off-Prem13 Sep 2023 | 30
Microsoft makes some certification exams open book Realistically you're going to look stuff up anyway, so you might as well learn how to do it right Software25 Aug 2023 | 43
Vietnam admits it has just ten percent of the infosec pros it needs Which is a problem, because local orgs are leaking data and shadowy traders are cashing in Security17 Aug 2023 | 4
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office Or so says a worrying survey On-Prem15 Aug 2023 | 217
Amazon's latest directive: Report to the office 'cos we're watching you Worker bees protest that they were read the riot act even when they did come in On-Prem11 Aug 2023 | 18
Official science: People do less, make more mistakes on Friday afternoons Why 'dont deploy on Frday' is a thnng Bootnotes04 Aug 2023 | 63
Quarter of tech pros say they're considering quitting jobs in next six months Bouyant jobs market and increased stress prompt exodus, says research On-Prem26 Jul 2023 | 28
Microsoft's 10,000 job cuts didn't quite do the trick Redmond confirms new round of layoffs in WARN notice Off-Prem11 Jul 2023 | 36
Startup that charged $1.20 a day for coworking space in nightclubs folds Friyey’s cash – and beer – taps turned off Offbeat07 Jul 2023 | 37
Former Twitter employees accuse it of holding up 891 arbitrations Class action claims company refusing to pay mandated fees Legal05 Jul 2023 | 27
Boss such a tyrant you need a job quitting agent? It works in Japan Here come the taishoku daiko to tell your boss to do one... in a polite but unequivocal way Offbeat05 Jul 2023 | 56
The death of the sysadmin has been predicted for years – we're not holding our breath Register Kettle We'd sure like to see a bot unpick a failed update or handle users struggling to find the 'any' key Sysadmin Month28 Jun 2023 | 43
Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-job, no-worries work permits They're vetted, almost acculturated, and will be booted from the US if they lose their gig Legal28 Jun 2023 | 84
38 percent of tech job interviews offered exclusively to men: report Data shows there's still some way to go toward pay and hiring equity On-Prem23 Jun 2023 | 80
Singaporean superapp Grab delivers massive job cuts with after hours email ‘We thought you'd like some terrible news in the comfort of your own home’ was the gist of it Software21 Jun 2023 | 7
Sysadmin and IT ops jobs to slump, says IDC Brush up on your coding – more tech jobs are going to be hybrids that mix ops and software, or require AI skills Software08 Jun 2023 | 51
Australia fines tech companies for exploiting foreign tech workers Everything down under wants to either kill you, or underpay you Legal31 May 2023 | 29
Working from home could kill career advancement, says IBM CEO Just like turning 40, eh Arvind? On-Prem04 May 2023 | 75
To improve security, consider how the aviation world stopped blaming pilots When admitting to an error isn't seen as a failure, improvement easy to achieve, says pilot-turned-CISO Security14 Apr 2023 | 69
Three quarters of UK tech pros are ready to leave their jobs Despite layoff trend, IT staff seek mobility over security Personal Tech11 Apr 2023 | 50
That sound you hear is VCs shutting wallets, tucking them back into Patagucci vests OpenAI and Stripe snaffled a lot of what cash was dished out, or so this report claims Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 5
Bank rewrote ads for infosec jobs to stop scaring away women Blokes happily bluffed; women played it by the book, leaving the bank struggling to hire Security04 Apr 2023 | 111
IT depts struggle with skills shortages despite Big Tech layoffs You'd think there'd be more techies on the market, but many cuts were in business areas On-Prem22 Mar 2023 | 63
Amazon lays off another 9,000, because why not? Add another zero or so and soon we're talking real numbers Off-Prem20 Mar 2023 | 10
Fewer bonuses for Apple staff in latest cost-cutting measure Don't worry about Tim – executive's rewards are reportedly unaffected. Phew Personal Tech15 Mar 2023 | 7
Aussie tech worker payroll scheme operators found guilty of tax fraud Contractors left hanging while principals splurged on luxury goods Cyber-crime08 Mar 2023 | 19
Atlassian to dump 500 – by email – in the name of 'rebalancing' Collaboration upstart previously said it would 'moderate' hiring and use layoffs elsewhere to boost its talent pool Software07 Mar 2023 | 49
Where are the women in cyber security? On the dark side, study suggests In Brief Also, Royal ransomware metastasizes to other critical sectors, and this week's critical vulnerabilities Security06 Mar 2023 | 44
Tech job bonfire rages on as Microsoft, GitLab and others join in Hundreds of thousands of techies looking for work, with ultimate cost to vendors not yet tallied On-Prem10 Feb 2023 | 14
Zoom and gloom: Vid-chat biz sheds 15 percent of staff – by email CEO admits hyper-growth during pandemic was careless Software08 Feb 2023 | 10
Enterprise IT giant layoffs happened because 'some CEOs got ahead of their skis' Spending still rosy despite job loss clouds, market seers say On-Prem18 Jan 2023 | 7
Cloud Software Group confirms 15 percent headcount cut CEO of Citrix/TIBCO mashup says company has 'strong foundation' and rolls out the Broadcom playbook of focusing on 'top customers' Software12 Jan 2023 | 4
Citrix and Tibco staff report sweeping redundancies Future is cloudy at the Cloud Software Group Software11 Jan 2023 | 2
Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO: Help us pick his replacement Poll Will stay on as boss of servers and software – the fun bits, in other words Personal Tech21 Dec 2022 | 204
Elon Musk starts poll with one question: Should I step down as head of Twitter? Updated The ayes have it: You said 'YES' Personal Tech19 Dec 2022 | 134
Amazon graduate hires told they can't start work until next December 'Challenging economic conditions' blamed for delays, but here's $13,000 for your troubles Off-Prem14 Dec 2022 | 13
Amazon reportedly considers laying off 10k employees Updated Alexa, do I have a job? Staff in corporate and technology positions in line of fire Personal Tech14 Nov 2022 | 12
Boffins find COVID changed the way sysadmins work – probably for the worse Crisis mode led to more formal meetings and lists, which just make more useless work On-Prem09 Nov 2022 | 30
You fire 'em, we'll hire 'em: Atlassian sees tech layoffs as HR heaven But investors aren't impressed by losses and unpleasant outlook Off-Prem04 Nov 2022 | 13
Elon Musk reportedly outlines horrible Twitter layoff process Email to your personal account is bad news, email to your work account means you still work at Twitter Software04 Nov 2022 | 145
Hong Kong hopes to trawl the world for tech talent to build IT city Wanted: AI experts, data scientists, fintech folk, willing to work in the shadow of repressive regime On-Prem20 Oct 2022 | 35
LinkedIn study suggests it's not your best pals who will help get you that next job Yeah, and about how it got that data on 20 million people for that research... Personal Tech26 Sep 2022 | 13