High-Tech Forecasting and Planning Summit
Monday January 5, 2009
Logitech, the computer peripherals company, announced a 15 percent reduction in salaried work force as a result of reduced demand and the continuing economic downturn. With this in mind I am very interested in hearing the top executives who will be speaking at the High-Tech Forecasting and Planning Summit in San Francisco on April 22nd and 23rd. The event is aimed on solutions that will help high technology businesses in this economic slowdown by focusing on innovative strategy, Sales and Operations Planning and business forecasting.
The event is headlined by Bindia Hallauer, the Chief Technology Strategist from Microsoft who will be discussing how the current economic uncertainty can produce new business opportunities. Other speakers include; Karl Braitberg, the VP of Demand Management and Planning at Cisco Systems, Si Gutierrez, VP of Supply Chain at Netgear, Stephen McHenry of Google and Tom Rucker of Intel.
The event is headlined by Bindia Hallauer, the Chief Technology Strategist from Microsoft who will be discussing how the current economic uncertainty can produce new business opportunities. Other speakers include; Karl Braitberg, the VP of Demand Management and Planning at Cisco Systems, Si Gutierrez, VP of Supply Chain at Netgear, Stephen McHenry of Google and Tom Rucker of Intel.
Comments
I think a lot of High Tech company’s will be looking for ways to reduce costs and expand their markets, especially if business spending on high-tech products dries up. Logitech probably have the right idea to reduce costs now for their long-term survival.
I guess you had a different economics class than I had. Every time you eliminate a U.S worker position and replace it with one overseas you are taking away that US citizen’s ability to contribute to our economy. Multiply that by the millions of jobs that our corporations are sending overseas and you have a recession.