Layoffs at Current Analysis

A round of layoffs took place at the analyst firm at the end of August. Victims of the layoffs include Senior Analyst Michael Barbagallo (contact center), Senior Analyst Siow Meng Soh (APAC telecommunications), Senior Analyst John Marcus (Telecom Infrastructure Services), Senior Analyst David Hold (network services) and Principal Analyst Rolf Schonhowd (enterprise mobility). According to Current Analysis they have made changes to their structure and are creating some new services, however no services or coverage areas have been eliminated and details of the new service structure and they claim new offerings will be announced soon. From our perspective, we’ve seen Current Analysis do this repeatedly. They promote good talented people and then when they need to cut back on budget, the senior level folks are the first to go…