abhishreshthaa
Abhijeet S
Electronic Data Systems (EDS), headquartered in Plano, Texas, defined the outsourcing business when it was established in 1962 by H. Ross Perot. General Motors acquired the company in 1984, spun it off again as an independent company in 1996, and became an EDS client.
On May 13, 2008, Hewlett-Packard Co. confirmed that it had reached a deal with Electronic Data Systems to acquire the company for $13.9 billion.[1] The deal was completed on August 26, 2008. EDS became an HP business unit and was renamed "EDS, an HP company". Ronald A. Rittenmeyer remained at the helm, reporting to Ann Livermore until his retirement.
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 was a critical milestone as the integration of EDS into HP neared completion.
Strengths
* Cost advantage
* Asset leverage
* Effective communication
* High R&D
* Innovation
* Online growth
* Loyal customers
* Market share leadership
* Strong management team
* Pricing
* Real estate
* Reputation management
Weaknesses
* No online presence
* Not diversified
Opportunities
* Innovation
* Online
Threats
* Competition
* Economic slowdown
On May 13, 2008, Hewlett-Packard Co. confirmed that it had reached a deal with Electronic Data Systems to acquire the company for $13.9 billion.[1] The deal was completed on August 26, 2008. EDS became an HP business unit and was renamed "EDS, an HP company". Ronald A. Rittenmeyer remained at the helm, reporting to Ann Livermore until his retirement.
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 was a critical milestone as the integration of EDS into HP neared completion.
Strengths
* Cost advantage
* Asset leverage
* Effective communication
* High R&D
* Innovation
* Online growth
* Loyal customers
* Market share leadership
* Strong management team
* Pricing
* Real estate
* Reputation management
Weaknesses
* No online presence
* Not diversified
Opportunities
* Innovation
* Online
Threats
* Competition
* Economic slowdown