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Electronic Data Systems (EDS) was an American multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Plano, Texas. == History == Electronic Data Systems was founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot.〔http://www.workforce.com/articles/eds-reinvents-its-workforce〕 In its early years, it was a pioneer in facilities management (becoming the IT department for many companies) as well as beginning to service banks and provide early support for both Medicaid and Medicare in its home state of Texas. In the 1970s, EDS expanded initially into more insurance services and later credit unions, and by 1975 revenue topped $100 million and the company began bidding for work internationally. In 1978 EDS expanded into financial markets with the arrival of ATMs, electronic funds transfers and real-time point-of-sale terminals. In the 1980s, they expanded into travel services supporting payment services between travel agents and airlines represented by the Air Transport Association of America and provided large scale contracts for the US military. In 1984, the company was acquired by General Motors for $2.5 billion, with EDS becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of GM. By 1985, the company had a presence in 21 countries with 40,000 employees. By the end of the decade, revenue was $5 billion. In the 1990s, in addition to its existing markets, EDS was entering the telecommunications industry and was providing IT systems in many foreign countries. They were providing information systems for global sporting events including the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In 1994, they signed what was at the time the largest information technology contract with Xerox for $3.2 billion and also bought the New Zealand banking processing company Databank Systems. In 1995 they purchased A.T. Kearney, the world's 4th largest private management consulting firm. In 1996, they became an independent company again and relisted on the New York Stock Exchange. Before the turn of the century they took part in over 1,300 Year 2000 projects. In 2000, EDS launched a new logo with an award winning Super Bowl commercial about herding cats. Post-2000, they continued to sign long term, billion dollar contracts with organisations such as Bank of America, American Airlines, General Motors, Kraft Foods and the United States Navy. In 2006 they sold A.T. Kearney in a management buyout. On May 13, 2008, Hewlett-Packard Co. confirmed that it had reached a deal with EDS to acquire the company for $13.9 billion. The deal was completed on August 26, 2008. EDS became an HP business unit and was temporarily renamed "EDS, an HP company". Ronald A. Rittenmeyer, EDS Chairman, President, and CEO, remained at the helm and reported to HP CEO Mark Hurd until his retirement.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2008/080513a.html )〕 In December 2008, HP announced that Rittenmeyer would retire at the end of the month.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=169768&jumpid=reg_r1002_usen_c-001_title_r0001#.U1fbSlWSybg )〕 As of 2008, EDS employed 139,000 people in 64 countries, the largest locations being the United States, India and the UK. It was ranked as one of the largest service companies on the Fortune 500 list with around 2,000 clients. As of 23 September 2009, EDS began going to market as HP Enterprise Services, a name change which came one year after HP announced the acquisition of EDS, and which was a critical milestone as the integration of EDS into HP neared completion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EDS, an HP Company, Becoming HP Enterprise Services )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Electronic Data Systems」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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