Disney greenlights outsourcing of 1,000 IT staffers

Posted on May 14, 2005 - 20:26 by Wolfgang Gruener

Disney will carve 1,000 IT staffers from its payrolls, shipping many of these workers to outsourcers IBM and Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), according to a media report.

The cuts - which will account for close to one-third of Disney's total IT department - are expected to begin in mid-July. The employees affected work in Orlando, Los Angeles and New York, reported the Orlando Sentinel.

Read the complete story. (The Register)

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