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  Recession's effects to linger on electronics industry

  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.

  By Agam Shah | 13 October, 2009 07:23

  Tags: electronics market, Gartner, global financial crisis, recession

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  Financial crisis good time for IT leaders: Microsoft

  Microsoft has called upon IT managers to be more innovative and drive up operational efficiencies during the economic downturn at this year’s Tech.Ed user conference on the Gold Coast.

  By Kathryn Edwards | 09 September, 2009 10:30

  Tags: global financial crisis, Microsoft, Microsoft Tech.Ed 2009, Windows 7, TechEd

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  Malware authors hit by recession too

  The recession might be having at least one positive effect - it has started cutting the volume of malware.

  By John E. Dunn | 07 July, 2009 00:12

  Tags: global financial crisis, malware

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  Four in 10 CIOs slashed budgets in first quarter, Gartner reports

  Forty-two percent of CIOs suffered budget decreases in the first quarter of 2009, and IT shops on average slashed budgets by 4.7%, according to new research published by Gartner.

  By Jon Brodkin | 09 June, 2009 07:57

  Tags: Gartner, global financial crisis, layoffs

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  A GM bankruptcy could leave IT vendors with unpaid bills

  There are two story lines revolving around the expected bankruptcy of General Motors Corp., and the first one is ugly. Bankruptcy is a nasty business and IT vendors may be left with unpaid bills, smaller contracts and uncertainty about the automaker's future.

  By Computerworld Staff | 29 May, 2009 07:49

  Tags: general motors, global financial crisis

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  HP to shed over 6,000 staff

  Computer industry bellwether Hewlett-Packard reported a 3 percent drop in revenue as its major lines of business continued to be hammered by the global recession.

  By Robert McMillan | 20 May, 2009 13:03

  Tags: global financial crisis, HP, layoffs

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  CA releases financial results

  CA today released results for its fourth quarter and full 2009 fiscal year, ended March 31, 2009.

  By Computerworld Staff | 15 May, 2009 15:00

  Tags: ca, global financial crisis

• Mobile phone shipments in Philippines take a dip

  Mobile phone shipments in the Philippines fell 20% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08) as the economic downturn continued to impact consumer spending adversely, according to IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 4Q 2008.

  By Computerworld Philippines staff | 06 May, 2009 02:56

  Tags: global financial crisis, mobile phones

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  Laid-off sysadmin admits blackmailing mutual fund company

  A systems administrator pleaded guilty in a US federal court Monday to charges that he tried to extort an undisclosed amount of money and even good job references out of a New York-based mutual fund company that had just laid him off.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 29 April, 2009 08:24

  Tags: blackmail, global financial crisis, layoffs

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  Infosys Australia launches SI, consulting practice

  Infosys Australia has launched a consulting and systems integration practice in a bid to help it weather the global financial crisis.

  By Tim Lohman | 17 April, 2009 13:55

  Tags: global financial crisis, infosys, outsourcing

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  Electronics demand may recover late this year

  The current uptick in electronics production may be a first sign of bottoming, but real end-user demand for electronic devices will not emerge until the final quarter of this year, Gartner said in a report Sunday.

  By Dan Nystedt | 07 April, 2009 06:05

  Tags: consumer electronics, global financial crisis