3 December 2009
As many as 1,000 Hewlett-Packard staff will go on strike for one day this month to show their disapproval of pay freezes and job cuts at the company.
The former EDS workers voted overwhelmingly to down tools and will walk out for one day on 10 December.
The workers are part of the HP Enterprise Services division, they work on IT contracts for the Department for Work and Pensions in locations including as Newcastle, Washington and Preston.
Since HP acquired EDS in August 2008 there have been 3,400 job losses. There have also been pay freezes despite the supplier making large profits.
Distributor News
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The new boss at Azlan has laid down the gauntlet to rivals by claiming it will develop into the first converged infrastructure distributor in the UK.
- Distribution veteran French joins Computer 2000
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- Bell Microproducts to get relisted on NASDAQ
Bell Microproducts has confirmed that its stock is to be relisted on NASDAQ, nearly two years after it was suspended.
- Buffalo soldiers on with Ingram Micro
Wireless networking, storage and memory vendor Buffalo Technology is extending a pre-existing distribution agreement with Ingram Micro in Germany across Europe.
- Business financial health improved last year
It seems that despite the long-running recession, the financial health of many UK businesses actually improved significantly during 2009, according to the latest Insolvency Tracker report from information services provider Experian.
Reseller News
- Ramesys posts £7m loss as bank loans and BSF bids take toll
Ramesys made a loss of more than £7m in 2008 due to bank interest repayments and investments in Building Schools for the Future (BSF) bids.
- Fujitsu strikers take battle to House of Commons
Unionised Fujitsu workers are planning to attend a parliamentary lobby to increase awareness of redundancies and changes to the pension scheme proposed by the firm.
- Cisco goes in with NetApp, VMware on datacentre architecture
Cisco, NetApp and VMware have announced early details of their virtualised datacentre design architecture, set to be sold through a "mutual ecosystem of partners" that work with all three vendors.
- UK economy stages a weak exit from recession
The UK economy has exited from recession but the recovery is going to be fragile for a while with the growth figure for the last quarter weaker than expected.
- IT services will not bounce back this year
Analyst firm Ovum said this year will be a challenging one for the IT services in the UK sector and pre-recession growth levels will not return until 2011 at best.
Vendor News
- McAfee declares 2010 the year of the partner
McAfee has dubbed 2010 as "the year of the partner" in a bid to put the muscle behind the channel to support its push into the mid-market.
- Chinese attacks on Google most sophisticated ever
The Chinese attack on Google was "one of the most sophisticated ever seen" according to the head honcho of McAfee.
- VMware sales up, profits down
A busy VMware today reported its Q4 and full-year 2009 results.
- Cisco goes in with NetApp, VMware on datacentre architecture
Cisco, NetApp and VMware have announced early details of their virtualised datacentre design architecture, set to be sold through a "mutual ecosystem of partners" that work with all three vendors.
- Apple posts latest record quarter
Apple has reported an extremely strong first 2010 fiscal quarter ended 26 December, posting a 50% increase in profit and a 32% increase in revenue compared with the same period a year ago.
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