I’ve finished preparations for the Europe tour in our Twyford office. The preparations, slides, and demos are done. This afternoon Jason Vokes and I fly to Stockholm where the first seminar takes place. Before we leave the office, Borland puts out a press release to unveil a new organizational structure and to announce the internally formed, independent Developer Tools Group (DTG). We now have a group name!
Borland Unveils New Organizational Structure - Company aligns functions for greater customer focus and acceleration of ALM strategy, creates an operating model for its IDE products group, and initiates an international restructuring to improve efficiency
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. Upon completion of the workforce reduction, geographic consolidation, and planned divestiture of its Developer Tools Group (announced February 8), Borland anticipates annualized cost savings of approximately $60 million. “Borland is continuing to execute on the plan we outlined in February,” said Tod Nielsen, Borland’s chief executive officer. “We believe these changes will not only streamline operations, but will also better align our resources for success in the enterprise. These changes are designed to get us to an operating model that can more effectively support our long term strategy for growth and profitability.”
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.
Time to drive to London Heathrow Airport and get on the plane to Stockholm!
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Hope there will be something on BDN TV for those who could not make it to a seminar. BDN TV is a bit neglected at the moment!
Press Release Source: damaka
damaka Launches Operator and Service Provider Version of Its Peer-to-Peer Personal Softswitch(TM)
Monday June 12, 9:00 am ET
RICHARDSON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 12, 2006–damaka, a leading provider of real time peer-to-peer multimedia collaboration and communication software solutions, announced the release of "damaka powered" Partner Operator version of it’s Personal Softswitch(TM) that enables Operators and Service providers to offer unique high value, easy to use voice, video and data services to their customers with the highest flexibility and lowest cost of ownership compared to any solution available today.
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damaka has announced their Operator launch with Mortel Telecom (www.mortel.com), a next generation Turkey based VoIP Provider focusing on Turkey and International markets. Mortel has implemented the complete "damaka powered" solution to deliver creative peer-to-peer services. damaka is currently working with numerous other operators and VoIP providers to enable them to launch their own peer-to-peer networks and be in the forefront of offering tailored communication and collaboration solutions to their customers.
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Thanks for the info! I constantly try to follow Borlands operations and am really greatful for the up-to-date info. Keep it up!:)
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