perot systems
Perot Systems bags £108m slice of NHS IT
News Perot Systems has won a £108m slice of the NHS' electronic patient record system contract awarded to BT. As part of the six-and-a-half year deal Perot Systems will work within a consortium to help deliver the local electronic patient record... [15 Dec 2004]
Perot Systems keeps it in the family
News Colourful EDS founder Ross Perot is to become chairman emeritus of Perot Systems, as his son Ross Perot Jr takes over as chairman. Perot went on to found Perot Systems which now has a turnover of $1.5bn and 15,000 employees. [27 Sep 2004]
The McCue Interview: BACS' IT chief Nick Masterson-Jones
Comment Legacy systems support is also handled by HPS, which is part of IT services firm Perot Systems. The organisation is considered so crucial to the UK's financial systems that it comes under the government's Critical National Infrastructure (CNI... [14 Sep 2004]
Perot contests email archive trawl in £2m defamation case
News Perot Systems Europe and UBS are contesting a request by an IT manager suing his former employers for £2m over an alleged defamatory job reference to provide copies of email records dating back to 1999 at the forthcoming trial. [14 Jun 2004]
GM claims it is not ditching EDS from $3bn IT contract
News GM's links with EDS go back to 1984 when, after discussions with founder Ross Perot about outsourcing GM's IT to the services firm, GM decided to buy EDS. Eiras said GM at the time had just "average" business processes, few operational metrics, 7... [27 Apr 2004]
Perot Systems bags $40m Parsons IT deal
News Texas-based IT services firm Perot Systems has won a $40m contract with global engineering and construction firm Parsons E&C. The deal is an extension of the two firms' relationship as Perot Systems previously had an IT services agreement with... [17 Feb 2004]
Knowledge more important than credentials for outsourcing partners
News Unisys, Perot Systems, Hewlett-Packard and India-based Infosys Technologies were among the companies that fell into the "challenger" bucket. The outsourcing providers - which included IBM, Accenture, Electronic Data Systems and Hewlett-Packard... [16 Jan 2004]
Perot wins $14.9m contract from law firm
News Global law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has turned to Perot Systems to outsource sides of its IT. Akin Gump has cited a common reason for increasingly turning to Perot Systems, with whom it signed a $6m contract in October last year - a... [23 Apr 2003]
Ross Perot gets a job with Burger King
News EDS-founder Ross Perot's eponymous venture Perot Systems has won a deal to run all of Burger King's IT systems. Neither firms were prepared to disclose the value of the deal or how many staff will be involved, but Perot Systems revealed it will... [06 Sep 2001]
Downturn drives business offshore
News Many global corporates who had previously been reluctant to surrender control over program development are now being forced to consider it, according to Ross Perot Jnr, CEO and president of Perot Systems. [05 Jun 2001]
Commerce One signs e-procurement deal with Perot Systems
News As well as hosting, Perot Systems will supply consultancy services and delivery for Commerce One's e-procurement applications. Texas firm Perot Systems is the latest venture of EDS founder and one-time US Presidential candidate Ross Perot. [22 Nov 2000]
KPN/Perot venture targets European telecoms industry
News KPN and Perot Systems are to jointly develop applications for the telecoms industry. Call centres and mobile internet services will be the main focus of the newly formed venture, with the bulk of the applications being offered to large European... [01 Aug 2000]
Perot seeks to make IT investment
News The ex-presidential candidate's company, Perot Systems, has until now focussed on IT outsourcing and services. US billionaire, Ross Perot, has announced plans to invest in new software companies and technologies. [18 May 1999]
NAO report criticises Immigration Service and Siemens
News The project had been scheduled to roll out in November last year but was thrown into chaos when the original contractor, Perot Systems, walked out. The UK government's spending watchdog has criticised the Immigration Service for spending thousands... [24 Mar 1999]
Home Secretary issues Siemens with ultimatum
News He said: "The problem started in July when Perot Systems, which was to supply the software, walked out. UK Home Secretary, Jack Straw has given Siemens Business Systems and Home Office officials seven days to get a computer systems project at the... [18 Mar 1999]
