South Australian government officials have initiated a vendor cooperation council and plan to introduce vendor scorecards as the state toughens its stance on newly-appointed suppliers.
Technology giant Hewlett-Packard said overnight that it would chop about 24,600 jobs, or 7.5 per cent of its total workforce following its US$13.9 billion acquisition of Texan IT services firm Electronic Data Systems.
Hewlett-Packard will cut the pay of its employees globally, according to an email sent to staff by chief executive Mark Hurd this morning.
EDS Australia's heavily unionised workforce has not yet started airing any issues associated with the Texan outsourcing giant's US$13.9 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard, according to a key union representative.
Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday it will acquire computer services firm EDS for US$25 per share, or US$13.9 billion, in a deal intended to boost HP's services revenue.
If there's one jurisdiction that can claim to have learned from harsh experience in outsourcing, it's South Australia. Here's hoping others are paying close attention to how it applies those lessons.
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