Hewlett-Packard has announced that as a part of its restructuring under CEO Mark Hurd, the company will lay off approximately 24,600 employees in areas where HP and its newly-acquired firm Electronic Data Systems (EDS) overlap.
When HP began the process of acquiring EDS several months ago,
there was talk of potential layoffs, as the two companies had some overlap in their services. This was played down considerably. Hurd was quoted as saying "I don't see anything but goodness coming out of there...What's good for HP [is] good for the channel."
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Source: Betanews