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Microsoft’s second round of layoffs: 2,100 jobs cut, Silicon Valley lab closed

  • 19 September 2014
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Cuts have global reach, including 747 in Seattle area.

by Peter Bright - Sept 18 2014
 
Microsoft has made its next set of layoffs, continuing the downsizing announced in July. Some 2,100 jobs have been cut worldwide, with 747 of those in the company's home state of Washington.
 
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All I have to say its really a shame that Microsoft is laying off these people, its tough enough to find a job now they will be scrambling to find work.
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by Dennis Fisher    September 19, 2014

In a move that has surprised many in the security community, Microsoft has disbanded its Trustworthy Computing unit, the group that was responsible for the pioneering work that helped reverse the company’s security reputation and make Windows a much more secure and reliable computing platform.

The end of the TwC group comes as Microsoft is in the middle of a major shift. The company on Thursday announced it was laying off 2,100 employees and also that it was closing its research facility in Silicon Valley. Under the changes in the security group at Microsoft, some of the TwC employees will be reassigned to the Cloud and Enterprise division and others will wind up in the legal group. The move presumably is an effort to integrate the security and privacy expertise in the TwC group into the rest of the company.
 
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