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IBM Americas President Ayman Antoun Comes to OpenText, Weeks Ahead the Mass Layoffs Begin

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 25, 2026

10 hours ago by Alex Riehl:

OpenText employees report job cuts tied to apparent restructuring

From this report: "The layoffs come just one month before former IBM Americas president Ayman Antoun is set to become OpenText’s new CEO. Antoun will claim the position from interim CEO James McGourlay on April 20, ending the company’s fluid leadership situation after ousting longtime leader Mark Barrenechea last August."

Meanwhile at IBM:

Here the Chapter ends and moving foot steps to another Chapter with new Chalenges Thank You IBM for lot

IBM has layoffs. The media barely mentions any of these. This is intentional. IBM knows that if the layoffs get implemented in some particular ways, then it won't run afoul of the law by failing to issue WARN notices.

IBM has many layoffs in the US and in some cases people get pushed out. The latter makes layoffs even more challenging to track.

There's now a report (see above) about former IBM Americas president Ayman Antoun coming to a company and layoffs accompanying his arrival.

Is that what IBM will be good at? The "Gerstner" way?

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