Verizon’s Workforce Cut, Avaya’s New Services Highlight the Weekly Wrap
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“These changes are well-planned and anticipated, and they will be seamless to our customers,” said Hans Vestberg, Verizon’s CEO.
Chris Shelton, CWA president, wrote letters expressing job-loss and national-security concerns.
This summer, instead of enjoying vacations, many IT and telecom professionals likely are out job hunting in the aftermath of layoffs.
Vonage is laying off less than 5 percent of its workforce while hiring for other positions.
Windstream’s latest job cuts follow a detailed review of overall functions at EarthLink as part of integration planning to identify redundancies in positions and leveraging existing workgroups.
The Windstream job cuts are in various workgroups, including engineering, finance and information technology.
Microsoft, Verizon, CenturyLink, Level 3, Sprint, Dell, EMC and HP were among the big names in telecom and IT to announce layoffs in 2016.
Up to 3,000 employees, most in the U.S., will be let go in the Dell-EMC merger.
While no one will ever celebrate job cuts, the company’s partners will be comfortable knowing that Microsoft’s attention continues to home in more closely on what they sell.
Channel happenings galore at @ComcastBusiness @alticeb2b_usa @SpectrumEntUS @Mediacom_Biz goo.gl/fb/J8mBzw
February 18 2019 @ 13:49:23 UTC
.@CatoNetworks and @symantec made the news this week. So did @ATTBusiness. goo.gl/fb/yPWRMa
February 15 2019 @ 20:08:03 UTC
How does #mobility advance your business objectives? @PanasonicUSA goo.gl/fb/x3oxTu
February 15 2019 @ 18:25:56 UTC
.@broadvoice hires new #channelmanagers for Midwest, Northeast. #UC goo.gl/fb/jXU2cY
February 15 2019 @ 17:16:24 UTC
.@MicroCorp is targeting the "exploding" Southwest partner scene. goo.gl/fb/VFWJ6k
February 15 2019 @ 14:45:26 UTC
.@CenturyLink maintains top spot on latest year-end U.S. carrier #Ethernet leaderboard. goo.gl/fb/zauo3w
February 15 2019 @ 14:45:26 UTC
.@TPxComm channel chief provides details on company going public. #UCaaS goo.gl/fb/813iYt
February 14 2019 @ 22:49:19 UTC
.@prestotech and three other partners earned "platinum elite" status with AT&T Alliance Channel. goo.gl/fb/Sm4fma
February 14 2019 @ 21:57:49 UTC
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