02-23-2005, 08:33 AM
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DALLAS (AP) -- Electronic Data Systems Corp., which manages computer systems for other companies, will close 21 call centers in the United States and Europe by the end of 2006 and shift some of the work to India to cut costs, executives said Tuesday.
Chief financial officer Robert H. Swan said that EDS would close 17 of 42 U.S. data centers and four of 12 in Europe that manage software applications for clients. The company operates three centers in India, where salaries for software engineers are much lower.
Swan did not say how many U.S. and European jobs would be affected.
Company spokesman Terry Balluck said any losses would be by attrition and would be part of the 15,000 to 20,000 job eliminations that chairman and chief executive Michael H. Jordan suggested last fall.
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DALLAS (AP) -- Electronic Data Systems Corp., which manages computer systems for other companies, will close 21 call centers in the United States and Europe by the end of 2006 and shift some of the work to India to cut costs, executives said Tuesday.
Chief financial officer Robert H. Swan said that EDS would close 17 of 42 U.S. data centers and four of 12 in Europe that manage software applications for clients. The company operates three centers in India, where salaries for software engineers are much lower.
Swan did not say how many U.S. and European jobs would be affected.
Company spokesman Terry Balluck said any losses would be by attrition and would be part of the 15,000 to 20,000 job eliminations that chairman and chief executive Michael H. Jordan suggested last fall.
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