(Computerworld) Hewlett-Packard Co. today said it is cutting 9,000 jobs, but also plans to hire 6,000 new workers as part of shift to highly automated data centers that rely less on people with hands-on IT skills and more on those with sales and delivery expertise. This shift in job skill requirements has been seen throughout the IT industry in recent years, but HP’s announcement Tuesday illustrates the trend in a striking way. In a conference calll this morning, HP executives told investors of the latest step for its Enterprise Services unit, which took a giant leap in size after its 2008 acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corp. At the time, HP brought on 137,000 new employees. And what HP planned next for EDS — a consolidation of its data centers — was well advertised. Read more.

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HP job cuts point to shifting IT skills