20 May
HP-EDS Deal Spurs Range of Customer Reactions
Customers of Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Data Systems offered a range of reactions Tuesday to HP’s US$13.9 billion bid for the massive outsourcing company.
HP will benefit from EDS’ talent pool, but the specter of layoffs — which EDS President and CEO Ronald A. Rittenmeyer indicated Tuesday would be possible as the companies integrate — raises concerns about customers’ existing deals, said Nina Buik, president of Encompass, a HP user group that says it has 50,000 members.
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