[DUG] 300 Borland Staff reductions from international operations

[Paul A Norman]

Dear Richard,

The articele is datelined June 9, but I think  the magazine must have picked
up an old press statement and decided to run with it going by one of the
later quotes in it ( below ..); I thoughtr that as some of the other dates
mentioned were looming it was worth sparking comment from it

Paul

"Borland will hold a conference call and simultaneous Webcast to discuss
these organizational changes on *May 10*, 2006 "



On 14/06/06, Richard Vowles <Richard.Vowles at borland.com> wrote:

>  This is quite old? I thought we discussed this here? But there is more
> information now, so it is pertinent.
>
> Borland is closing the Auckland office - as I am with DevCo, they don't
> need it. That will be as of the end of this month. The phone number 3600231
> will be answered directly by myself (it will redirect to my cellphone). All
> order taking will be going to a partner that will focus on the DevCo
> development tools (expect to see a lot of activity in this area from DevCo
> and partner). Until the partner is set up I can't talk details but be
> assured they will be trying to contact as many people as possible and
> working with everyone to enliven Delphi, InterBase and JBuilder in New
> Zealand (as will DevCo generally in the rest of the world).
>
> Richard
>
> ---
> Richard Vowles, Solutions Architect, Borland New Zealand
> email: richard.vowles at borland.com
> phone: +64-9-9184573
> cell: +64-21-467747
> other: MSN richard.vowles at borland.com, skype: rvowles
> blog: http://www.usergroup.org.nz/blogs/selectBlog.html?id=39769
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
> *On Behalf Of *Paul A Norman
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 13 June 2006 11:08 p.m.
> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> *Subject:* [DUG] 300 Borland Staff reductions from international
> operations
>
>
>  Dear Richard,
> Will you still have an office staff?
>
> Paul
>
> Full Article . . .
> http://www.irishdev.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=2639
>
> Datelined June 9 2006
>
>  . . .
>
> *"Update on the Developer Tools Group Divestiture*
>
> "Borland announced on February 8, 2006 the intention to divest its
> Integrated Developer Environment (IDE) product lines. Nigel Brown,
> previously vice president of Borland EMEA, has been appointed general
> manager of Borland's internally formed Developer Tools Group. This group now
> consists of approximately 180 Borland employees, with sales, marketing and
> product teams working independently within the Company. The divesture
> process is proceeding according to schedule and attracting a strong number
> of qualified bidders. Borland is working to have a buyer identified within
> the next several months.
>
> . . .
> "Borland will reduce its workforce by approximately 300 employees, or
> about 20 percent of its regular full-time staff. *The majority of staff
> reductions will come from the re-scoping of Borland's international
> operations *.
>  . . .
> "The majority of Borland's planned workforce reductions are part of a plan
> to re-scope its international operations, which currently serves 29
> countries. Going forward, Borland will focus on enhancing its existing
> direct sales model in major IT markets, supporting customers in secondary
> markets through a mix of direct, partner and channel relationships. Borland
> expects to complete this reduction in workforce by the end of July 2006.
>
>
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