Dell India fires 70 employees in software group

Bengaluru: Dell India has laid off around 70 people in the Dell software group (DSG) that was set up some nine months ago in Bengaluru.
DSG, which has nearly 110 people in India spread across Bengaluru and Hyderabad, was expected to become a 400-500 people strong unit in Bengaluru, but the plans were drastically scaled back following Dell's $67 billion acquisition of EMC.It's not clear if the unit became redundant following the EMC acquisition or whether Dell's business priorities changed after that expensive acquisition.
Sources told TOI that the company offered a three-month severance package to the affected employees.Company executives told the employees that the layoffs were due to a “strategic decision“, but declined further explanation. The Hyderabad centre appears unaffected for now. An email sent to Dell did not elicit a response till this story was filed.
DSG was set up to strengthen Dell's enterprise solutions capability. It was created in February 2012, after a series of 37 acquisitions strengthened the company's focus on software and services. DSG comes under Dell software president John Swainson who reports to founder & CEO Michael Dell.
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