San Francisco University Lays Off IT Workers, Jobs Head To India - Thomson Reuters

This was the University of California's first outsourcing, said a spokeswoman who added that the layoffs were necessary due to rising costs of technology.The University of California, San Francisco on Tuesday laid off 49 information technology (IT) employees and outsourced their work to a company based in India, ending a year-long process that has brought the public university under fire. The university announced the plan last July as a way to save $30 million over five years. The University of California system, which includes health care and research-focused UCSF, has been struggling to raise http://profit.ndtv.com/news/global-economy/article-san-francisco-university-lays-off-it-workers-jobs-head-to-india-1664720