Mogelijk massa ontslagronde bij IBM!

Quoting Alliance@IBM:

“The layoff date is January 23rd. Approx. 16,000 employees worldwide will be affected. The majority from the US. I heard this from a 2nd line mgr. Confidentiality agreements were signed in the upper ranks to keep this hush, hush, but nothing this big stays out of the light for long. Good luck everyone.”

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Searching a potential Finance Director / MT Member

We are in search for a Benelux Controller / potential Finance Director & MT Member. Location: The Netherlands / no relocation and Dutch national! If you want to know more, click on the slideshare button on the right corner below or follow this link and click on the right corner below on the full option menu!

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New presentation

This week we decided we need a new company website and better presentation material. So we drafted something together and you can see it on slideshare. So, click on the slideshare button on the right corner below or follow this link and click on the right corner below on the full option menu! According to our freelance designer this is a killer presentation Next on our todo list is the website….

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Figures from IBM’s Institute for Business Value

Internet News provides figures from a study published by IBM’s Institute for Business Value which found that 80% of mobile phone users want their service provider to offer more choice in internet applications and services available on their mobile. According to the study 60% of those polled want access to banking services whilst other utility functions such as stock trading, news, general browsing and instant messaging are also of interest. 53% surveyed want access to mobile TV services and 45% want to purchase music online. The study estimates that the market for mobile internet services will reach $80bn by 2011 with the number of internet users worldwide increasing by 191% between 2006 and 2011 to reach 1bn, representing an annual growth rate of 24%.

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Joi Ito on the mobile internet

Just about everyone I talk to is very excited about mobile Internet. In 2006, the Japanese government proudly announced that more people used the Internet through their mobile phones than through their computers. Online services are all talking about their “mobile strategy” and VCs are flocking to fund the latest “mobile startup”

I don’t think there is anything wrong with mobile or with some of the great new mobile applications and devices, but we have to be careful to remember that most mobile networks that actually work are built on infrastructure that is operated by a small number of mobile operators who use a lot of regulated and closed technology.  read on>>>

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The Search is on!

We are in search for a Service Manager Change Management. Location: The Netherlands / no relocation and Dutch national! If you want to know more, click on the slideshare button on the right corner below or follow this link and click on the right corner below on the full option menu!

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Nice quote about Mobile Social Networking

Kent Ferguson, Client Services Manager, Nielsen Mobile: “Social networking is already a global phenomenon, and mobile could be the next big thing in the space. Large numbers of people are interacting with their social networking profiles while they’re on the move. There could be increased consumer demand for mobile social networking driven by the flat fee price plans offered by the leading operators that give subscribers unlimited mobile Internet access.”

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