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Despite layoffs, Sky Not Actually Falling at Microsoft; Downadup's calm before the storm

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Despite layoffs, Sky Not Actually Falling at Microsoft
The big news last week was that Microsoft plans to lay off some 5000 employees over an 18-month period (although 1400 layoffs occurred in a single day, last Thursday). That’s not actually as big as it sounds, when you consider that the company is adding some positions simultaneously, meaning that the effective reduction is more like 3000. Out of 94,000 employees worldwide, we’re talking about a 3% reduction. And that’s after several years of double-digit employee growth. Read more.

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  5. HP readies for Cisco's data center assault
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