Job board targets distributors 8/6/2009

NEDA has launched an interactive job board focused on authorized electronics distribution and the positions—from entry level, to engineer, to executives—that components distributors require.

Altera cutting 87 jobs 8/5/2009

The programmable logic company estimates it will save $9 million annual with the layoffs.

Intel, IBM, Sematech-backed R&D joint venture adds 475 jobs to NY 7/16/2009

An upstate New York R&D partnership, funded with $92.5 million in capital funds from this year’s state budget and a combined capital investment of $133.5 million from IBM, Sematech, and Intel, has been announced this week and is expected to bring some 475 new jobs to the region.

Cadence cuts 225 jobs as it aims to save $30M 6/11/2009

Reductions will come primarily from resizing the company's worldwide field organization, decreasing the level of investment in the manufacturing side of DFM (design for manufacturability), and other infrastructure areas of the business.

IBM supports up to 4000 jobs with analytics centers 4/29/2009

IBM plans to expand its business analytics work with a network of new analytics centers around the world that will allow the company to retrain or hire as many as 4000 analytics consultants and mathematicians.