Kansas City Stays Losing Tech Biz As Oracle Moves Away

Big picture big news that's not such a surprise but something to consider on this last day of election season commitments . . .

CONTRARY TO POLITICAL PROMISES . . . ORACLE MOVES BIZ AWAY FROM KANSAS CITY AFTER CERNER BUYOUT!!!

Here are the deets . . .

The annual Cerner conference annually drew thousands of attendees and created millions of dollars in economic impact for the Kansas City area. In 2017, the conference led to more than 18,000 booked hotel room nights and created an estimated $20.11 million in economic impact, according to Kansas City Business Journal data.

The switch in location for the annual health conference isn't the only change since Cerner became Oracle Health. What once was the top private employer in the KC metro, has dwindled to 6,400 employees based in Missouri, according to Bloomberg, which cited leaked internal company documents.

How Kansas City’s Oracle presence got there today is marked by leadership changes within Oracle Health, strings of layoffs and the shuttering of former Cerner campuses in Kansas City, North Kansas City and Kansas City, Kansas.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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