US software provider CA’s (NYSE: CA) global restructuring plans will actually mean more resources for the company’s cloud computing and IT security operations in Latin America, an internal source at CA told BNamericas.

On April 6, CA reported to US securities regulator SEC that the company plans to restructure operations and lay off about 1,000 workers, or roughly 8% of its workforce. The plan also includes “additional global facilities consolidations,” according to a CA statement.

The source said the plan will reorganize its Latin American business units, dividing operations into the following areas: service assurance, clarity, virtualization and service automation, security and compliance, mainframe, recovery management and data modeling and cloud computing.

“CA has had the best fiscal year of its history in Latin America,” he said. “Consequently, this global restructuring will have almost no effect. On the contrary, we’re hiring… by the second or third quarter we expect to hire 40 more workers, principally in the areas of cloud computing and security.”

The source added that CA has no plans to close its Latin American offices, which are located in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.

“The restructuring will be strongest in the US and Europe, mainly in the US,” he said.

Globally, CA saw net profits increase 21% to US$257mn during its fiscal third quarter 2010, ended December 31. Quarterly revenues crept up 4% to US$1.13bn.

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