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- HP gives EDS new moniker, HP Enterprise Services
- Hewlett-Packard has given EDS a new name a year after acquiring the company. The new moniker: HP Enterprise Services. The acquisition has delivered handsome returns to HP as the key hardware businesses were whacked by the recession. HP said the name change comes following a year of...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely
- HP Software sees a lot of sprawl on the horizon with virtualization and cloud computing. Those are the two primary key takeaways from my conversation with Jamie Erbes, Chief Technology Officer for HP Software & Solutions. Erbes right has an interesting track record. She arrived at HP...
- Tags: Software, Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., HP Software, IT Department, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Purchasing & Procurement, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- More on HP and BPO
- Did you hear about their deal with Northgate Arinso? A reader alerted me to this: In August, NorthgateArinso took over HP-EDS' SAP HCM and HR-focused outsourcing operations. Although HP-EDS’s BPO operation in Germany is relatively small in size, this...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., BPO, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- Stories that warrant watching: EDS / HP, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe
- EDS Employees Take a Haircut Courtesy of HP IBM taking out more employees? VentureBeat reports that some EDS workers will face pay cuts of 29-47%. Additionally, more employees may be terminated come September 1. IBM is rumored to be sharpening the axe in its Global Services...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., Cookie, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Reports: HP cutting more EDS salaries
- Reports: HP cutting more EDS salariesMeanwhile MAObama insists economy has stabilizedIf only his bite could match his bark.Tend to be Older....!Seems to be a little bit of age discrimination....!This is what happen to me. Climb the corporate ladder and bam things get rough they let you go, hire a raisin...
- Tags: Benefits, Personal finance, Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Taxes, Free trade, salary, job, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Reports: HP cutting more EDS salaries
- Updated: HP is reportedly cutting salaries of EDS workers again. It's the second round of salary cuts for EDS staffers since HP acquired the services giant. According to the Dallas Morning News and television reports, EDS workers have been notified that another round of pay cuts is...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Salary, Worker, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- 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
- MphasiS/EDS Application Remediation Platform: The Fastest, Safest and Most Cost-Effective Means to PCI DSS Compliance
- The PCI DSS standards require companies to adhere to 12 requirements in managing their systems that either store, process or transmit card data. These set specific security standards that are obligatory in order to carry on business as usual and companies found to abandon these can find themselves incurring enormous...
- Tags: Mphasis BFL Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., PCI, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-01-23
- 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
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