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Comment The Rolls-Royce deal is said to add business integration and work-share collaboration to EDS's existing responsibility at Rolls-Royce for IT infrastructure, networks, systems, applications and end-user support. [17 Jul 2000]
EDS wants to save the NHS
News EDS is in talks with the government and is offering to overhaul the NHS's ailing IT system. David Fisher, strategy director for EDS UK & Ireland, said it is too early to forecast the value or nature... [26 Apr 2002]
EDS agrees lucrative Microsoft deal
News Ebusiness technology provider EDS, has finalised an agreement with Microsoft that establishes them as an application service provider for the computer giant. The new service, launched as part of Microsoft's new internet... [27 Jul 2000]
EDS bans instant messaging
News EDS is banning all its staff from using instant messaging (IM) software in its offices. EDS refused to explain why. Neil Barrett, CTO of security consultancy International Risk Management, said... [08 May 2002]
EDS steps on IBM's toes to land $350m Barclays deal
News EDS is to take over the running of Barclays' 41,700 desktops in a $350m, seven-year deal which is poised to put IBM's nose out of joint. But the announcement states EDS will have the "scope to increase... [04 Jun 2003]
EDS sets sail with $7bn US Navy contract
News The Navy will pay $4.1bn over five years for a department-wide intranet system from a group comprised of EDS, Raytheon, Wam! EDS and its partners will install and maintain voice, video and data services... [09 Oct 2000]
EDS, Cubic get new run at TfL's Oyster scheme
News Transport for London (TfL) has sealed a new deal with suppliers Cubic Transportation Systems and EDS for the "future management and development of the Oyster card system and other ticketing services". [19 Nov 2008]
Update: EDS scoops £4bn MoD outsourcing contract
News The EDS-led Atlas consortium has won the £4bn Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) outsourcing contract, one of the biggest outsourcing deals ever. The latter comprised three well-known IT... [02 Mar 2005]
EDS wins £15m outsourcing deal at Cheshire council
News EDS has won a £15m outsourcing deal to manage the desktop infrastructure at Cheshire County Council. EDS already has an existing broadband network contract with Cheshire but the council said the desktop... [08 Mar 2005]
EDS CEO to retire
News EDS CEO Ronald Rittenmeyer will retire on December 31 this year, HP has confirmed. Services giant HP announced the change on Friday, following its $13.9bn acquisition of EDS in August this year.... [09 Dec 2008]
EDS wins $365m IT outsourcing deal
News EDS has won a $365m IT outsourcing deal with US human resources consulting firm Towers Perrin. In addition to the 10-year outsourcing deal EDS has boosted its HR and payroll outsourcing operations with... [19 Jan 2005]
EDS probed
News Federal regulators have launched an informal inquiry into EDS, the computer services giant admitted this week. The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked EDS to cooperate voluntarily with its... [03 Oct 2002]
EDS scraps ecommerce consultancy plans
News Dick Brown, CEO at EDS, said the two companies will continue to work together but ruled out integration, claiming such a venture posed too many financial risks. The services firm announced plans last October to pool... [20 Feb 2001]
EDS to unload "under-performing" consulting unit
News EDS plans to sell off its management consulting business, AT Kearney, to a third party rather than to the unit's management, as previously planned, the company has confirmed. Though EDS would not comment... [21 Jun 2005]
EDS presses NHS for loss of contract
News EDS turned to the press, the Financial Times of course, to turn the screws on the NHS when it abruptly cancelled a 10-year £90m contract to provide email services last week. EDS claimed to be going for... [08 Mar 2004]
