Symbian now fully transferred to Accenture; Nokia continues alignment of Nokia workforce
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Was it back in April that we heard Symbian development would be moved over to Accenture?That transition involving about 3000 employees were to transfer to Accenture, beginning June. Now, Nokia have announced the transaction to outsource Symbian software development is completed with the movement of 2,300 employees to Accenture.
In another post about mass reduction of Nokia staff, something I didn’t get to cover yesterday,
http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/09/29/nokia-continues-to-align-its-workforce-and-operations/
- Factory closures in Romania, movement to Asia, impacting 2,200 employees.
- Reviewing long term role of manufacturing operations in Salo, Finland; Komarom, Hungary; and Reynosa, Mexico. This would have no impact to employees in 2011, but will in 2012 as factories would be changing the way they operate as those factories focus on market specific and sales package customisation.
- Location and Commerce business to be concentrated in Berlin, Boston and Chicago, closing Bonn Germany and Malvern, US. Due to more automation, this is expected to impact 1,300 employees.
- In total, 3,500
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Nokia is really doing what is best known to be done by weak leaders. They take easy risk and play along text book rules.
There are other companies in the mobile business who are hiring more and selling more “wow” products and Nokia is taking comfort in someones tattered clothing’s whiles it puts it won and best clothing in the refuse dump
well the hope lies with the n9!
by the way: such news at the launching of the n9 – that is pure sabotage.
the next ridicolous step of elop after showing a “sea ray” at the n9 announcment…
He was jealous after seeing meego n9 raised so much attention
He couldn’t wait to reveal searay
Fuck off elop
Yeah! Fuck off elop!
+10000000
lol.. in your twisted mind everything Nokia does is aimed at sabotaging the N9? news flash: it is not.
News flash: you don’t know jack about whether it is or not. Yours is just another opinion among others.
So your opinion is that announcing closing down a low end phones’ manufacturing plant in Romania is aimed at sabotaging the N9? PURE GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have a reading comprehension problem. Doing something and announcement timing are two different concepts. Go back to school to figure it out.
The most easiest way would have been to continue on with Symbian or Meego.. going to wp7 was the hard way..
Get over it with meego!!! Is dead already.
my netbook running MeeGo and working perfectly and it is going to stay this way for long long time … so no need to get over anything, MeeGo still alive and very well here …
You better change the name to “TIZEN” in a few days. Of course it’s going to stay for long time but lock up in your closet..
I’m not sure if the wp7 strategy will put nokia back on top. But a leats will keep them way from the dead path while the get togethere next strategy.
I know it’s painfull for the symbian and meego(project) lovers. But it is what it’s let it go. Just wish the best to nokia with windows phone.
nothing is locked up in the closet, used all the time. MeeGo in, Tizen out … Qt is the way to go …
+1 , anyway qt is still in nokia but will only drives in future s40 devices so we cant expect them to release something high end from this moment except wp7 os.
So… does Accenture have to wait for Nokia’s approval before launching new firmware updates or are they FULLY incharge of everything Symbian? I would imagine it’d cause more delay in firmware releases if they had to.. =.=
The relationship with Accenture is much more like a regular subcontractor than it is like having own staff.
Nokia will be signing off on *everything* but in theory deliveries should begin to be better scheduled since there are bigger penalties than a lost bonus to worry about for those committing to deadlines.
The phrase “alignment of workforce” could not possibly be a more vile and offensive piece of HR bullshit. Hey Nokia, if you’re going to lay off people, then have the stones to say so.
Nokia is laying off people en masse. It’s going to lay off a lot more before its done while it moves all of its manufacturing to Chinese OEMs and ODMs in order to squeeze profit out of the commodity market in which it now does business.
From the customer perspective, if you like to buy Nokia products on the basis of superior mechanical design and reliability, be prepared to experience substantial deterioration in your personal satisfaction over the next few years. Quality is on the way out.
The only thing that will eventually remain of Nokia is the deteriorated, rotten shell of its brand name.
yeag, as demonstrated by the build quality of say the N9…
Way to wear those blinders. Or are you an MS shill? The N9 is made for the most part in Nokia’s european factories. Those are on the way out as far as handset production is concerned. No more “made in Finland” for you. Enjoy your future WP made by compal from sub par materials.
thays what im worried about tpo especially with the news of the Salo plant also being in their radar for adjustments
Business is never as simple as it may seem. Yes, the likes of google are hiring, they are in a different spot and may face what Nokia are facing if they eventually lose market share in search.
It sounds to me that they are getting ahead of the downturn in Europe and growth in Asia. Europe used to be their strongest market, but now not as much, they want their manufacturing close to customers and customer growth.
A lot of the losses were at Navteq, and while this was an expensive aquisition and a point of difference for Nokia, unfortunately google have devalued mapping to the point where its expected for free. If I were them, I’d probably also be looking to direct my capital to growth businesses, not declining, loss-making ones.
I LOVE the N9, but it should either have stayed a prototype, or they should have committed. In my opinion they have kept it out of their key markets because of fragmentation concerns. The N9 just doesn’t make sense given their strategic directions unless they can transition (via Qt) the symbian ecosystem to meego/maemo/harmattan (or whatever its called) and keep it for the low end. Maybe their new OS will be based on this model, I hope so.
The reality is that this is a business, and businesses are there to server their customers, but unfortunately consumers are fickle … and trends change faster than companies can, so its extremely important for companies to be ahead of trends. Killing Symbian and Meego are smart business decisions, even if its bad for the tech community in general.
I’m gonna buy the year old N8 since I can’t really afford the N9 w/ its limited availability and treasure it like its the last of its kind T_T
Sorry haters but actually Elop has saved Nokia.