Would Twitter layoffs be smart move or bad sign?

Computerworld Social Media October 15, 2015 Would Twitter layoffs be smart move or bad sign? Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey isn't wasting any time making major changes in what appears to be an attempt to make the social network profitable. News reports say Dorsey is getting ready to cut costs by reducing headcount and halting the company's plans to expand its San Francisco offices. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 10 new words you need to know in Silicon Valley 2. Twitter taps ex-Googler Kordestani as executive chairman 3. 5 ways your company can defuse a social media crisis 4. Twitter cuts engineering team, lays off one in 12 employees Webcast: VCE VCE Simplifies Core Infrastructure Implementation Servers were at capacity, power and cooling costs were escalating and disaster recovery from tape was unreliable. That's when the CTO of Purdue Pharma turned to VCE for a converged infrastructure solution that enabled them to avoid a data center expansion, save the organization millions of dollars and guarantee fast data recovery. View Now 10 new words you need to know in Silicon Valley As mobile and consumer technology alters our lives, new coinages bubble up in the social networks to capture and express how people live. Here are 10 new words you need to know in order to describe the culture of Silicon Valley as well as the culture changes the valley is bringing into existence. READ MORE Twitter taps ex-Googler Kordestani as executive chairman Omid Kordestani, who until recently was Google's chief business officer, is now executive chairman of Twitter. READ MORE Resource compliments of: House ads Talent Management in the Customer-Centric IT Organization Join Maryfran Johnson, Editor-in-Chief, CIO magazine at CIO Perspectives Houston on November 12 ofr a special discussion on how IT leaders need to transform their departments from an inward-focused mindset toward a more consultative, customer-focused role. Learn more and register at http://www.cioperspectives.com/HOU15/NL 5 ways your company can defuse a social media crisis When an employee is caught in the crosshairs of a social media mishap, businesses need to tread carefully. READ MORE Twitter cuts engineering team, lays off one in 12 employees Twitter will lay off up to one in 12 employees as it streamlines its product roadmap, new CEO Jack Dorsey told his workforce. READ MORE Webcast: VCE Benefits of True Converged Infrastructure What can the most advanced converged infrastructure do for your organization? 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