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- EDS's David Gee on the spectrum of cloud and outsourcing options unfolding before IT architects
- EDS's David Gee on the spectrum of cloud and outsourcing options unfolding before IT architectsConflict of Interest?Uh...The Author is affiliated with the same company doing the conference. This sounds like a advertisement.
- Tags: Managed hosting, David Gee, outsourcing option, IT Architects, Electronic Data Systems Corp., outsourcing
- Discussion threads 2009-06-19
- EDS's David Gee on the spectrum of cloud and outsourcing options unfolding before IT architects
- Is EDS, in fact, a cloud provider? And how will IT departments properly factor their decisions on what to keep on-premises in data centers versus placing assets and workloads on someone else's cloud infrastructure? by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Spectrum, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Data Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- Some like it cool: HP/EDS fellow shares data center best practices
- I spoke last week with Ed Kettler, a fellow for Hewlett-Packard who comes to the company via HP's acquisition of systems integrator EDS. Kettler has been involved with two major data center overhauls that EDS undertook before it became part of HP, including the retrofit of a facility in Wynyard,...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Best Practice, Kettler, Tulsa, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- HP's second quarter on target; Big units take revenue lumps; Headcount cuts ahead
- Updated: Hewlett-Packard's fiscal second quarter results were in line with estimates courtesy of cost cutting but the company's main divisions---printing, personal systems and storage and servers---all took heavy revenue hits. HP also noted that it will cut an additional 2 percent of its workforce over the next 12 months. ...
- Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- EDS Drives Success for Its Clients With Accelerated Contact Center and Services Reporting
- EDS wanted to help clients achieve success with high performance sales and marketing, customer care, and technical support contact centers and create efficiencies to reduce costs to clients, without compromising service excellence and quality. The challenge was to meet client demands for lower risk, higher customer satisfaction, lower costs, and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Contact Center, Client, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- HP imposes more salary cuts for EDS employees
- HP imposes more salary cuts for EDS employeesMUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!HEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEEEEEEE! Yesssss!!!!!! Go for it, HP! Hopefully, you will put them out of business, just like you want to, after all two or three remaining competent people quit, and the other thousands have no place to go for answers and help. This is...
- Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Personal finance, pay cut, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., salary cut
- Discussion threads 2009-03-13
- HP imposes more salary cuts for EDS employees
- HP said late Friday afternoon that it was temporarily cutting base salaries for EDS employees by an additional 10 percent beyond what was announced last month. On February 18, the company said it was cutting base pay across the board and making adjustments to benefit plans as part of a...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Salary, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- HP: EDS wins outsourcing pact; Eyes printing expansion
- HP on Monday unveiled a flurry of announcements including a win for its EDS services unit and a bevy of new printer options. On the enterprise of HP's business, the company said it won a 10-year, $1 billion data center services contract from Aviva, a large U.K....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Aviva Plc., Outsourcing, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Printing, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- HP joining the club of enterprise schizophrenics?
- There I was thinking that 200 would end with SAP being crowned the split-personality company of the enterprise apps world and within the space of five minutes I read about how HP/EDS is at serious risk of wresting that crown. First up we have Vinnie Mirchandani talking...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Cloud Computing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- HP further integrates EDS; Rittenmeyer to retire
- HP further integrates EDS; Rittenmeyer to retireDe-personalizing the firingsI love how the analyst manages to make you feel good about the fact that some 2,300 real human beings have been kicked to the curb by HP so far, with tens of thousands of more cuts on the horizon. All...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Rittenmeyer, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-08
- HP further integrates EDS; Rittenmeyer to retire
- Hewlett-Packard will absorb EDS into its Technology Solutions Group and Ron Rittenmeyer, the CEO of the recently acquired IT services firm, will retire Dec. 31. The moves--announced Friday--show that HP's integration of EDS occurring pretty quickly. Initially, HP allowed EDS to be run separately from its technology...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Eazor, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-07
- HP sees Q4 gains from EDS acquisition
- Hewlett Packard reported a net profit of $2.11 billion, or 84 cents per share, on revenue of $33.6 billion for its fourth quarter. Statement The results and an outlook for 2009 matched the preliminary figures the company release on Nov. 18. The preliminary report had topped Wall Street expectations...
- Tags: Revenue, Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Verizon Conferencing Helps EDS Achieve Carbon Reduction Targets
- EDS, an HP company, is a major player in the information technology services market, having founded the Information Technology IT outsourcing industry more than 45 years ago. EDS recognised that it would need to influence employee behavioural considerations with regards to travel if it was to advance its carbon-saving targets....
- Tags: Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Networking, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2008-10-01
- Why IT mergers fail
- Why IT mergers faileds hp lay offsTry employing writers that can count.24600 lay offs 50% will be in the USA so 12300 out 47,000 is ~25%.SidetrackThe gain from a Hurd/Fiorina style merger is easy to comprehend, Murph. Combine two companies and lay off a slew of people. All...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, information technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., merger, Electronic Data Systems Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Why IT mergers fail
- Why do so many IT mergers fail? Because the people pushing them understand money management; not technology, not people, and not technology markets. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Layoff, Hewlett-Packard Co., Merger, Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Joe, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Amid financial sector turmoil, combined HP-EDS solutions uniquely span public-private divide
- The timing of Wall Street facing some of its darker days comes as HP and the newly acquired EDS unit are combining forces in unique ways. Between them, EDS and HP have been servicing the financial and government sectors for decades. Combined, HP and EDS are uniquely positioned to assist...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Podcasts, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Ax Falling At EDS - HP
- 24,600 Folks to Get Their Papers When HP acquired EDS, you had to wonder whether they did it for the talented employees, the EDS data centers, the customer base or the outsourcing contracts. Mark Hurd's move this week pretty much says it wasn't for the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Professional Development, Data Centers, Career, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-09-21
- HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integration
- HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integrationbest move so farThis is how we are going to keep America competitive and eliminate the pork that goes to useless employees rather than the stockholders.You missed the restocking part ...About half of the positions will be re-filled, just not...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., computer, job
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integration
- Hewlett-Packard is releasing details of its plans to integrate EDS into growth strategy, including a restructuring plan for the EDS business group that will reduce the workforce by almost 25,000 employees - half of which are in the U.S. - over the next three years. From HP's release: The...
- Tags: Job, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Integration, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- HP vs. IBM: The looming IT services war
- HP and IBM want your services business and the jockeying for position has already begun. Later today, HP holds its analyst meeting where CEO Mark Hurd will provide a new financial outlook including the EDS purchase, which just closed, and outline the company's enterprise plan. In a...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Analyst, Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., Shope, Human Capital, It Services, Outsourcing, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-15

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