Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Nokia transfers Symbian development and 3,000 employees to Accenture, will downsize workforce by further 4,000 -- Engadget

Outsourcing a “burning platform”

Nokia's already done quite a bit to cut ties with last year's big push for Symbian and Qt development, though this is perhaps the biggest step yet. The Finnish company has announced it's transferring responsibility for Symbian development to consulting and outsourcing firm Accenture, which sounds odd given the latter outfit's inexperience in delivering mobile OS updates, but the good news is that the 3,000 devs Nokia had working on Symbian will continue their jobs under the new employer.

Nokia transfers Symbian development and 3,000 employees to Accenture, will downsize workforce by further 4,000 -- Engadget

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