Nola.com: DXC Technology ends incentive pact with state as hopes for 2,000 New Orleans tech jobs fade

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and director of the Freeman School’s Burkenroad Reports program, was interviewed by Nola.com for a story about DXC Technology’s failure to deliver on its promise to create 2,000 tech jobs at its digital transformation center in downtown New Orleans.
"This was going to be a really big thing," said Peter Ricchiuti, a business professor at Tulane University, of the DXC deal. "When you get a big company like this, it spins off other tech entrepreneurs. Even just having a smaller footprint, giving back office space, is not encouraging."
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