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Accenture axes hundreds of jobs

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eBay slashes 10% of its workforce in response to slowing sales

Online auction house eBay is axing 1,000 jobs to save around £85m in costs a year, whilst spending almost £740m on three acquisitions. 
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Nomura gets 1,200 Lehman IT staff

Asian investment bank Nomura is using IT skills acquired from bankrupt Lehman Brothers to support its global expansion. The bank has taken over three... 
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Vint Cerf tells IT staff to volunteer

"Father of the internet" Vint Cerf has called on IT professionals in the UK to volunteer.  
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Financial services IT pay drops 12% in six months

IT contractors in the financial services sector are being paid 12%... 
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Wipro predicts IT services shake up

Business is abandoning traditional IT in favour of emerging software-as-a-service... 
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T-Mobile admits to losing 17 million German customer records

T-Mobile has admitted losing 17 million German customer records, with the records being offered online by criminals. The records included customer... 
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Microsoft desktop optimisation management update now available

Microsoft's updated desktop management toolset for users with volume licensing contracts and Software... 
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Open source Microsoft .net platform available today

The open-source implementation of Microsoft's... 
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Windows XP given yet another stay of execution by Microsoft

Microsoft is once again extending the life of Windows XP, now taking the cut-off point to July 2009. 
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New Strategic Briefings

Painting the bigger picture

Many companies use established project methodologies such as PRINCE2 to help manage and deliver a portfolio of projects, but the results achieved can still be disappointing. Hugh Buckley of Quortex says that creating a wider delivery framework can help. See our Project Management Centre. 
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Stakeholder management – am I bovvered?

Good stakeholder management is fundamental to the ability of a business to deliver enduring change. But there are different groups that need to be accommodated in a stakeholder management plan – and you need to be clear how you will deal with them, says Rob Brickle of Bsquared Consulting. See our CRM Centre. 
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Perfecting performance

Corporate performance management and the adoption of performance technologies can bring many potential benefits, but a high percentage of companies are not achieving their desired results and subsequently falling short of their performance goals. Tom Griggs of Parson Consulting suggests a practical approach to getting CPM right. See our Data Warehousing Centre. 
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