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• IBM on oath to cut internal apps by 85 per cent

  By Patrick Thibodeaau | 07 May, 2012 23:36

  IBM has reduced the number of applications it uses internally by 70%, but that's not enough for CIO Jeanette Horan.

• Oracle seeks new trial in IP theft suit against SAP

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 08 February, 2012 05:26

  Oracle's plan to drag its legal fight against rival SAP's defunct TomorrowNow subsidiary through a second trial is not surprising, analysts said Tuesday.

• Wall Street Beat: Tech rises on sales, economic news

  By Marc Ferranti | 03 December, 2011 04:47

  Tech stocks looked strong Friday morning on the back of a week of upbeat surveys on small business and online spending, positive news about enterprise hardware and hopeful reports on U.S. employment and the European debt crisis.

• IT slowly hiring back after layoffs

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 15 September, 2010 20:12

  WASHINGTON -- The IT industry shed employees last year at a much faster pace than they are now hiring them, but at least the industry is hiring.

• Study finds big rise in job cuts planned at IT shops

  By Chris Kanaracus | 14 July, 2009 04:06

  Forty-six percent of North American IT shops are planning to cut positions this year, up from 24 percent last year, with one-quarter planning to slash staff by 10 percent or more, according to a newly released study by Computer Economics.