The shift plan that Hewlett-Packard Co. proclaim previous week which calls for cutting 9,000 IT locations whereas adding 6,000 novel employees is the newest instance of the altering staffing wants bring on by a move to extremely automatic data centers that no longer need workers with hands-on IT skills.

Many corporations are looking to personnel next-generation data centers with public who have knowledge in the sale and release of IT services.

HP has not so far definite which location are schedule for removal, but, an forecaster at Forrester Research Inc., wonder that they will majority possible be IT process posts similar to systems managers. Mainly of 6,000 novels employ will presumably be IT architecture and sales experts, he added.

The corporation said modify in its Enterprise Services unit will obtain position over several years.

In a seminar call with investors, HP directors called the rearrangement the newest pace in the development of its services operation a solution part of the corporation as its 2008 Electronic Data Systems Corp. attainment, which brings 137,000 novel staff on board.

HP said the reformation will also contain the consolidation of data centers and management platforms that will ultimately permit for a more automatic delivery of services to clients.

"We imagine the subsequent five to 10 years are going to be on who best can utilize technology to computerize the delivery of services," said Ann Livermore, manager vice president of HP's Enterprise Business unit.