The Walt Disney Company will cut some of its 3,000 information technology jobs, transferring the work to outside companies, a spokeswoman said Friday.
The cuts would remove 1,000 technology jobs in New York, Los Angeles, and Orlando, Florida, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Disney workers will be offered jobs at the new suppliers, Disney spokeswoman Michelle Bergman said.
The outsourcing decision caps an 18-month technology review by the entertainment conglomerate, Bergman said.
Disney declined to name the new suppliers or say how many jobs were involved, but The Orlando Sun-Sentinel reported that Affiliated Computer Services and International Business Machines would get the work.
Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services Inc. was expected to take over Disney's client-service and telecommunications functions, while IBM would handle its data-center and applications jobs, the Sun-Sentinel said.
The company will keep functions that directly affect guests, transferring back office work such as desktop and applications support and data center and network management, the source said.
Negotiations on the transfers should conclude by the end of the month, the source said.
