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Coghead customers left high and dry despite SAP acquisition

Posted on 04 March 2009

SAP is acquiring the assets of cloud computing start-up Coghead, although the services that Coghead supplies are being terminated in April.

Coghead customers include the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, insurance company Colonial Group International and Taiwan-based freight forwarding company Morrison Express.

Coghead competitors they can turn to include Caspio, TrackVia and Intuit QuickBase.

The service termination was issued to customers by Coghead before SAP’s acquisition of the assets was announced. SAP was already an investor in Coghead, which had been looking for a buyer since the beginning of the year after being hit by the economic downturn.

Coghead provided an online application development platform. The Coghead service currently runs on Amazon Web Services. Coghead allowed customers to develop and host database applications online via a drag-and-drop interface.

SAP has bought Coghead’s intellectual property and hired its engineering team. For now, SAP will only use Coghead as an internal tool.

Coghead says customers should stop development on its platform and download their data, as SAP has ceased technical support. They will now have to find another platform as well as having to rewrite their apps.

Recession will see boom in open source, cloud tech

Posted on 13 February 2009

The economic downturn could be one of the biggest threats to face traditional tech vendors, as businesses increasingly look to alternative technologies to help get them through the recession.

That’s according to industry experts at The Intellect Annual Regent Conference 2009 in London, who said businesses will be looking at more innovative technologies to cut costs as well as prepare for the end of the recession.

Richard Holway, chairman of analyst house TechMarketView, said: “[In a recession] you actually get an acceleration in adoption of new technologies.”

John Gantz, chief research officer and senior vice president at analyst firm IDC, agreed. He said: “The economic crisis will force some companies to make technological changes they may not have made.”

Among these alternative technologies are software-as-a-service (SaaS), open-source software and cloud computing — all of which go against the business models of the tech old guard.

Holway said some companies will find it increasingly difficult to remain relevant as businesses realise the benefits of this technology during and after the economic slump.

These emerging technologies will provide better value for money as businesses struggle with cashflow but could also prove to be better bets in the long term as well.

But he warned: “I believe the power of Microsoft over the next period will be severely weakened. The whole model that Microsoft has got is under severe threat.”

Ian Smith, ex-regional senior vice president for Oracle UK and now managing partner at AndersonBick Consultants, said: “SAP, Oracle — if they’re not prepared to change, potentially, they are dinosaurs. If these companies aren’t smart, they could become dinosaurs.”

Kate Craig-Wood, managing director of hosting company Memset, said open-source technology could also be a big winner as a result of the economic crisis.

She said: “I think the current period could be a catalyst for a large move to open source. Again, I think that’s a big threat to Microsoft.”

Almost half of UK tech companies to cut IT staff

Posted on 05 February 2009

And make techies work harder for fewer bonuses

Tech layoffs: The scorecard

Posted on 23 January 2009

Company Date How many Further reading
Dell 01/08/2009 1,900 Dell’s Ireland plant to shed 1,900 jobs
Lenovo 01/08/2009 2,500 (11 percent) Lenovo to cut 2,500 jobs amid restructuring
One Laptop Per Child 01/07/2009 32 (50 percent) OLPC slashes workforce in half, cuts salaries
Motion Computing 01/07/2009 30 (25 percent) Motion Computing cuts about 30 workers
EMC 01/07/2009 2,400 (7 percent) EMC to cut 2,400 from workforce
Turning Technologies 01/07/2009 31 Vindy.com: Turning Tech layoff hits 31
Borland Software 01/06/2009 130 (15 percent) VMware hires away Borland CEO
HelioVolt 01/06/2009 15 Two Austin employers announce job cuts
LiveJournal 01/06/2009 About 12 LiveJournal deletes ‘about a dozen’ jobs
Logitech 01/06/2009 15% of salaried staff worldwide Logitech to slash 15 percent of workforce
Lenovo 01/05/2009 200 staff in Beijing offices Lenovo rumored readying layoffs
Microsoft 01/01/2009 Unknown Microsoft planning big layoffs for January?
AMD 12/28/2008 100 additional, making 600 total since November AMD cites $70 million in fourth-quarter costs
Unisys 12/22/2008 1,300; 4% Reuters: Unisys slashes 1,300 jobs
Electronic Arts 12/19/2008 10 percent EA boosts layoffs to 10 percent of workforce
Western Digital 12/17/2008 2,500; 5% Reuters: Western Digital warns on revenue, will cut jobs
Midway Games 12/16/2008 180; 25% Reuters: Midway Games to cut jobs, take charge
Laird 12/16/2008 5,000; nearly 50% Reuters: Laird announces 5,000 job losses as sales slump
WebMD 12/16/2008 4% to 5% PaidContent: WebMD to cut up to 5% of staff
Gaia Interactive 12/15/2008 13% VentureWire: Gaia lays off staff
Alcatel-Lucent 12/12/2008 1,000 managers, 5,000 contractors Big revamp for Alcatel-Lucent, with Web 2.0 spin
CBS Interactive 12/11/2008 Undisclosed All Things D: CBS Interactive/CNET Re-Org: The Complete Memo
SGI 12/11/2008 225; 15% Silicon Graphics adjusts business plan
Yahoo 12/10/2008 1,520 Yahoo pink slips issued, recruiters circling above
Sony 12/09/2008 16,000 total Sony to lay off 8,000 full-timers, 8,000 others
Netflix 12/08/2008 50 people Neflix cuts 50 tech jobs; streaming issues linger
Level 3 Communications 12/08/2008 450; 8% Denver Business Journal: Level 3 cutting 450 jobs
BMC Software 12/05/2008 350; 6% AP: BMC Software to cut 350 jobs, 6% of workforce
RealNetworks 12/04/2008 130; 7% Sources: Layoffs hit RealNetworks
Viacom 12/04/2008 850; 7% Viacom lays off 7 percent of workforce
AT&T 12/04/2008 12,000; 4% AT&T lays off 12,000
Adobe 12/03/2008 600 Adobe warns of shortfall, job cuts
Carlyle Group 12/03/2008 about 100, 10% Bloomberg: Carlyle Cuts 10% of Workers, Including U.S. LBO Jobs
Analog Devices 12/03/2008 about 20 EE Times: Analog Devices shutters DSP design center
Sage North America 12/03/2008 150 Sage North America Reports 2008 Results
Gawker Media 12/02/2008 “a few” Gawker Media’s rolling layoffs continue
Intrinsyc 12/01/2008 95; 30% 680 News: Intrinsyc cuts global workforce 30 percent
Fring 11/27/2008 10; 20% Fring cuts staff by 20 percent
Technorati 11/25/2008 6; 12% Technorati trims workforce, cuts pay
TiVo 11/25/2008 7% TiVo profits from EchoStar litigation
Palm 11/21/2008 up to 10% of 1,050 Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll
Buzznet 11/21/2008 10; 11% Valleywag: Music community Buzznet lays off 10
LodgeNet 11/21/2008 170 Argus Leader: LodgeNet cutting jobs
Lam Research 11/20/2008 600; 15% Reuters: Chipmaker Lam Research cuts 600 jobs
Akamai 11/20/2008 7% Akamai to cut 7 percent of workforce
Lawson Software 11/19/2008 200; 5% AP: Lawson Software shares tumble after job cuts
Pillar Data Systems 11/18/2008 150; 30% SJ Mercury News: Pillar Data Systems lays off 30% of staff
KLA-Tencor 11/18/2008 900; 15% SF Business Times: KLA-Tencor to cut 15% of people
Sun Microsystems 11/14/2008 6,000; 15% to 18% Sun restructures, lays off up to 6,000
Rearden Commerce 11/14/2008 10% Valleywag: Rearden Commerce cuts 50 people
Applied Materials 11/12/2008 1,800; 12% Applied Materials cutting 12 percent of workforce
National Semi 11/12/2008 330 Reuters: Nat Semi cuts revenue view, plans job cuts
Wired.com 11/11/2008 3 of 28 Wired.com trims editorial staff by 10 percent
Current Media 11/11/2008 20% Layoffs hit Al Gore’s Current Media
Six Apart 11/11/2008 8% Six Apart: Changes at Six Apart
Tucows 11/11/2008 15% Restructuring at Tucows
Circuit City 11/10/2008 20% Circuit City files for bankruptcy
BitTorrent 11/10/2008 50% After a tough year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again
Insight 11/10/2008 240; 4% East Valley Tribune: Insight Enterprises lays off 240
Honeywell 11/07/2008 700 Phoenix Business Journal: Honeywell moving 700 jobs out of Phoenix
Zappos 11/06/2008 8% Letter to Zappos employees
Veoh 11/05/2008 20; 20% Veoh lays off 20 percent of workforce
LinkedIn 11/05/2008 36; 10% LinkedIn slashes 10 percent of its workforce
Cadence 11/05/2008 625; 12% Cadence Design cuts 625 jobs
Anadigics 11/05/2008 100; 15% Anadigics cuts 15 percent of workforce
AMD 11/05/2008 500; 3% AMD slashes 500 more jobs
Nokia 11/04/2008 600 Hundreds of Nokia jobs under threat
THQ 11/03/2008 4 to 5 studios Kotaku: THQ Shuttering Four to Five Studios?
Tektronix 11/03/2008 150 Tektronix announces fresh layoffs
Spot Runner 11/03/2008 115; about 30% TechCrunch: 115 people lose their jobs at Spot Runner
Nortel Networks 11/03/2008 1,300; 5% Nortel earnings tank
YouSendIt 10/31/2008 20% VentureBeat: YouSendIt trims 20 percent of staff
Aliph 10/31/2008 25 people Layoffs hit Bluetooth headset maker Aliph
Motorola 10/30/2008 3,000 Motorola’s struggle for survival
Electronic Arts 10/30/2008 600 Kotaku: Electronic Arts Lays Off Six Hundred
Freescale 10/30/2008 2,400; 10% Freescale dragged to loss; will lay off 10%
Symantec 10/29/2008 4.5% cost savings Symantec layoffs coming
Avalanche Studios 10/28/2008 77 of 160 Avalanche Studios lays off nearly half of staff
Revision3 10/27/2008 9 people, 5 shows Video start-up Revision3 joins the layoff club
Helium 10/27/2008 30% of 110 F***dStartups: Helium.com huge layoff
BroadSoft 10/24/2008 about 12 GigaOM: BroadSoft cuts jobs as sales slow
Comcast Spotlight 10/24/2008 300+ of 3,500 Broadcasting & Cable: Comcast Spotlight cuts positions
ADC Telecoms 10/23/2008 300-350 AP: ADC expects fiscal 2008 loss, plans job cuts
Xerox 10/23/2008 3,000 Xerox to cut 3,000 jobs
Avid Technology 10/23/2008 500 Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition…
Nokia 11/04/2008 600 Hundreds of Nokia jobs under threat
Tektronix 11/03/2008 150 Tektronix announces fresh layoffs
Spot Runner 11/03/2008 115; about 30% TechCrunch: 115 people lose their jobs at Spot Ru
Circuit City 11/03/2008 17% Circuit City to close 155 stores
THQ 11/03/2008 4-5 studios Kotaku: THQ Shuttering Four to Five Studios?
Break.com 10/23/2008 11 of 80 Break.com lays off 11
Eons 10/23/2008 8 of about 33 The Boston Globe: Eons eliminates eight jobs
Dell 10/22/2008 8,900 The Register: Dell: ‘We will out-pace the rest of the industry’
SanDisk 10/22/2008 TBA SanDisk layoffs in the works
ManiaTV 10/22/2008 20 of 70 NewTeeVee: ManiaTV lays off 20, to reduce orig
iMeem 10/22/2008 25% of 80 Imeem jumping on the layoff bandwagon
Mahalo 10/22/2008 10% Calacanis.com: Tough times, hard decisions
HP 10/22/2008 24,600 over three years HP to slash 24,600 jobs following EDS buy
Ticketmaster 10/21/2008 35% F***edStartups: TicketMaster.com laying off 35%
Comcast 10/21/2008 300 AP: Comcast to cut up to 300 jobs in eastern di
Manhattan Associates 10/21/2008 6.5% Reuters: Manhattan Associates hit by slump
Softchoice 10/20/2008 6.5% of 958 Toronto Star: Softchoice cuts staff by 6.5 percent
Veoh 10/20/2008 0 UPDATE: Layoffs at Veoh, or not?
Wikia 10/20/2008 3 UPDATE based on personal interview with Jimmy Wales
Autotrader 10/20/2008 69 Orlando Business Times: Autotrader to close c
Texas Instruments 10/20/2008 possibly 300 TXCN: Hundreds face pink slips at TI
Sony Ericsson 10/17/2008 2,000 globally Bloomberg: Sony Ericsson Reports Smaller Loss Than Anticipated
Sprint 10/17/2008 ongoing KMBC-TV: Sprint plans ‘gradual layoffs’
Jaxtr 10/17/2008 13 13 employees laid off at VoIP start-up Jaxtr
Zivity 10/17/2008 33% Zivity lays off a third of staff
Zillow 10/17/2008 25% Zillow lays off 25 percent of staff
SearchMe 10/17/2008 20% Search engine startup SearchMe cuts 20 perce
Heavy 10/17/2008 14% Downturn strikes again: Heavy lays off 14%
Lenovo 10/17/2008 50 in Morrisville, N.C. WRAL: Lenovo to lay off 50 workers at Morrisville headq
MPC Computers 10/17/2008 200 Idaho Business Review: Details released on MP
Hi5 10/16/2008 10% to 15% No Hi5’s today
Sirius XM 10/16/2008 50 Sirius XM makes cuts to XM in D.C.
Pandora 10/16/2008 20 Pandora cuts 20 employees
Adbrite 10/16/2008 40% ‘Layoffs are not a statement about performance’
Actel 10/16/2008 10% EE Times: Actel cuts 10% of workforce
Tesla Motors 10/15/2008 Detroit office Automaker lays off Detroit office with blog post
SkyRider 10/15/2008 All P2P start-up SkyRider has shut down
Appcelerator 10/15/2008 6 Tough times, tough decisions
Jive Software 10/14/2008 33% Jive Software lays off 1/3 of staff
Redfin 10/14/2008 20% Redfin blames economy in layoffs
Qimonda 10/13/2008 3,000 Qimonda: Qimonda announces global restructuring program…
Seesmic 10/10/2008 7 Tough times. Tough decisions
Lulu 10/09/2008 24 Lulu cuts jobs as revenues slow
Micron 10/09/2008 15% Micron to cut workforce by 15 percent, slash flash output
eBay 10/06/2008 1,000 eBay buys Bill Me Later, lays off 1,000
Gawker Media 10/03/2008 14% Gawker Media to lay off 14 percent of editorial
Entellium 10/03/2008 95% Workers get ax at software maker Entellium

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Posted on 11 December 2008

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