cost cutting

Salesforce confirms it has laid off hundreds of employees

Salesforce laid off hundreds of people this week as the onslaught of tech cutbacks continued unabated. The company would not share an exact number, but said it was less than a thousand, and the people

Use a scalpel when cutting startup expenses, not an axe

Experienced sailors know that if they turn the wheel too hard, they will soon need to compensate by turning it in the other direction, or they will capsize the boat.

A troubling startup layoff trend has emerged

We don’t need to tell you about the layoffs that are defining the tech landscape right now, concentrated particularly in late-stage companies that are struggling to raise extension rounds and grow i

Why it isn’t easy to throw cloud spending on the cutting block

As investors put more weight on profitability, reducing spending in non-human expense categories becomes critical. Layoffs are far harder to execute than cuts to public cloud spending.

Motorola To Make A Killing Off You Through Cost Cutting

We all should know by now that the way a business makes money is by manufacturing a product at a low cost, then inflating the price by 200% and selling it to consumers. But Motorola doesn’t just