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IT services company says New Orleans project will create 2,000 direct jobs (Louisiana)
Reuters ^ | November 13, 2017 | Stephanie Kelly

Posted on 11/14/2017 8:55:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An information technology services company formed this year from a merger involving Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HPE.N) on Monday announced plans to establish a digital services center in New Orleans, bringing 2,000 new jobs to the city.

Virginia-based DXC Technology Co (DXC.N) will develop the center to create digital services for its global clients, which total nearly 6,000 across 70 countries, the company said in a statement.

DXC was formed in April by a merger between CSC and Hewlett’s Enterprise Services business.

To secure the project, Louisiana offered DXC an $18.7 million incentive package in performance-based grants payable over five years, according to a statement from Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards’s office....

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Local News
KEYWORDS: jobs; louisiana

1 posted on 11/14/2017 8:55:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So HP is moving away from Houston because of flooding and into New Orleans?

That doesn’t make logistical sense.


2 posted on 11/14/2017 9:57:51 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: a fool in paradise

I hope they bring all their Hi-Tech employees along too. I think they’ll need them.


3 posted on 11/14/2017 10:45:16 PM PST by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Investing in New Orleans.

Fools.


4 posted on 11/14/2017 11:08:03 PM PST by Psalm 144 (GOPe delenda est)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nice...


5 posted on 11/15/2017 4:13:47 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Psalm 144

I refuse to have any HP product.


6 posted on 11/15/2017 5:02:32 AM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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