<div dir="ltr">NTT Data is the same company or a division thereof, right? <div>Unrelated to the layoffs, but just got this a few minutes ago. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-gE gmail-iv gmail-gt" style="padding:20px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-gJ" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;width:auto;font-size:0.875rem;letter-spacing:0.2px;display:block"><tbody style="display:block"><tr class="gmail-acZ" style="height:auto;display:flex"><td class="gmail-gF gmail-gK" style="white-space:nowrap;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;width:633.438px;line-height:20px;display:block;max-height:20px"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-ix" style="border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:633.333px"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-c2" style="display:flex"><h3 class="gmail-iw" style="overflow:hidden;font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:inherit;margin:inherit;text-overflow:ellipsis;letter-spacing:0.3px;color:rgb(95,99,104);line-height:20px"><span class="gmail-qu" tabindex="-1"><span name="Emily Suied" class="gmail-gD" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:bold;display:inline;vertical-align:top;letter-spacing:0.2px;line-height:20px">Emily Suied</span> <span class="gmail-go" style="vertical-align:top;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><<a href="mailto:Emily.Suied@hck2.com">Emily.Suied@hck2.com</a>></span></span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="gmail-gH gmail-bAk" style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;display:block;max-height:20px"><div class="gmail-gK" style="padding:0px;display:flex"><span id="gmail-:2a7" class="gmail-g3" title="Jan 15, 2019, 8:59 AM" alt="Jan 15, 2019, 8:59 AM" tabindex="-1" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0px;font-size:0.75rem;letter-spacing:0.3px;color:rgb(95,99,104);display:block;line-height:20px">8:59 AM (1 hour ago)</span><div class="gmail-zd gmail-bi4" title="Not starred" tabindex="0" style="display:inline-block;height:20px;margin-left:20px;outline:0px"><span class="gmail-T-KT" style="display:inline-flex;height:20px;text-align:center;width:20px;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:none;outline:none"></span></div></div></td><td class="gmail-gH" style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;display:flex"></td><td class="gmail-gH gmail-acX gmail-bAm" rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;display:block;max-height:20px"><div class="gmail-T-I gmail-J-J5-Ji gmail-T-I-Js-IF gmail-aaq gmail-T-I-ax7 gmail-L3" tabindex="0" style="display:inline-flex;border-radius:2px 0px 0px 2px;font-size:0.875rem;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;height:20px;line-height:18px;min-width:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:none"><img class="gmail-hB gmail-T-I-J3" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt="" style="background: url("https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/reply_black_20dp.png") 50% 50% / 20px no-repeat; height: 20px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 20px; opacity: 0.54; display: inline-block; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s;"></div><div id="gmail-:29w" class="gmail-T-I gmail-J-J5-Ji gmail-T-I-Js-Gs gmail-aap gmail-T-I-awG gmail-T-I-ax7 gmail-L3" tabindex="0" style="display:inline-flex;border-radius:0px 2px 2px 0px;font-size:0.875rem;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;height:20px;line-height:18px;min-width:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:none"><img class="gmail-hA gmail-T-I-J3" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt="" style="background: url("https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/more_vert_black_20dp.png") 50% 50% / 20px no-repeat; height: 20px; width: 20px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; opacity: 0.54; display: inline-block; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s;"></div></td></tr><tr class="gmail-acZ gmail-xD" style="height:auto;display:flex"><td colspan="3"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-adz" style="border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;white-space:nowrap;width:872px"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-ady" style="overflow:visible;text-overflow:ellipsis;display:flex;line-height:20px"><div class="gmail-iw gmail-ajw" style="overflow:hidden;max-width:92%;display:inline-block"><span class="gmail-hb" style="vertical-align:top;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-size:0.75rem;letter-spacing:0.3px;line-height:20px">to <span dir="ltr" name="me" class="gmail-g2" style="vertical-align:top">me</span></span></div><div class="gmail-ajy" tabindex="0" style="display:inline-flex;margin-left:4px;vertical-align:top;border:none;outline:none"><img class="gmail-ajz" id="gmail-:29x" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt="" style="background: url("https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/materia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 register:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">San Francisco: <a href="https://www.eiseverywhere.com/openinnovation2019ca" target="_blank">https://www.eiseverywhere.com/openinnovation2019ca</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thanks,<br>Emily<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">*On behalf of NTT DATA<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:Emily.Suied@hck2.com" target="_blank">Emily.Suied@hck2.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">972-499-6614</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:23 AM Dana Blankenhorn <<a href="mailto:danablankenhorn@gmail.com">danablankenhorn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It probably hasn't been reported on because it's NTT, meaning it's a Japanese company, and the job losses aren't material in a growing market. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 1:15 PM Perlow, Jason <<a href="mailto:jperlow@gmail.com" target="_blank">jperlow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Another 100 were let go yesterday and now it is thought to be around 20 percent of their US workforce. My hiring manager was canned, he called me yesterday to let me know. He's got a whole stack of health problems and was about to pour a foundation on a new house.<div><br></div><div>BTW there has been no major reporting of this in the trades yet.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 12:51 PM Tom Henderson <<a href="mailto:thenderson@extremelabs.com" target="_blank">thenderson@extremelabs.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">See <br>
<a href="https://www.ibj.com/articles/72049-indycar-series-tabs-japanese-infotech-firm-as-new-title-sponsor" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibj.com/articles/72049-indycar-series-tabs-japanese-infotech-firm-as-new-title-sponsor</a> <br>
as NTT is now a big (read $$$) sponsor of IndyCar.<br>
<br>
Sorry, man.<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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