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downsizing

(1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs.

(2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system.

(jargon)downsizing - The process of moving an application program from a mainframe to a cheaper system, typically a client-server system.


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The Van Nuys-based supplier of aluminum wheels to automakers will downsize its staff by about 375 workers, Superior said in a statement.
Wheeling off by Los Angeles Business Journal
Conventional economic reasoning assumes that a firm that is initially at an optimal level of operations at which no change in any parameter would yield a higher profit-per-share, may need to downsize its operations to another optimum level if it experiences a "market shock.
The optimal decision on downsizing by Kellman, Mitchell / Journal of Academy of Business and Economics
As plans to downsize were revealed and unfolded, employees reacted to the possible loss of their own job, changing coworker relations, organizational support programs, leadership, and the impact work changes had on their lives at home.
Survivors of downsizing: helpful and hindering experiences by Erlebach, Anne C. / Career Development Quarterly
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