Data#3 to cut jobs

Leaked internal email surfaces.

Systems integrator Data#3 has flagged job cuts after posting a 10 percent fall in net profit for the first half of 2012 earlier this week.

An internal email signed by managing director John Grant, published by Delimiter, notified staff a "small number of roles across the business ... are not required to meet current or anticipated future requirements."

Grant told CRN these staff would be made redundant or redeployed within Data#3.

He said the company had identified trends in the IT market and among its customer base that it needed to address.

"You see different needs developing but you’re loathe to change resourcing ... because it affects people’s lives,” Grant said. 

“But at some point you have to make that call. On that basis we decided we needed to change resourcing across the business.”

The process is expected to conclude at the end of this week. Where appropriate, staff will be redeployed to Data#3’s People Solutions contracting business.

The company's outplacement team will help those made redundant find new employment. 

“We’re willing to investigate all options, but we’ll consult with [staff]. At the end of the day it’s their careers," he said.

Data#3 released its second quarter 2012 financial results earlier this week, revealing a fall in net profit and rise in costs.

It blamed a market shift away from hardware and towards software and managed services.

The results did not come with a financial forecast for the remainder of the 2012 financial year.