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Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. will lay off 65 employees in the wake of a deal signed earlier this month to purchase information technology services from global outsourcing firm Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant is based in Teaneck, N.J., but most of its 63,700 employees are located in centers around the world, primarily in India.
The layoffs will affect workers in the Boston area and in Orlando, Fla.
Through this partnership, Cognizant will take over responsibility for application development and maintenance, while Houghton Mifflin’s information technology department will continue to manage strategy, direction, business knowledge, innovation, and the customer interface, according to a Houghton Mifflin spokesman.