Corporate Responsibility: Recognition
In 2006, the marketplace recognized and honored EDS for delivering results through responsible action in numerous areas, including these:
- EDS was selected as one of the Best Companies for Hispanics by Hispanic Network Magazine.
- EDS was selected as one of the "Top 25 Most Military-Friendly Employers" by G.I. Jobs magazine.
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EDS was awarded the top honor of "Excellence in Leadership" award by the Corporate University Xchange for excellence and innovation in corporate learning.
Carol Brickell (left), 2006 EDS leadership portfolio manager, accepted the Corporate University Xchange Award on behalf of EDS.
- The Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA) awarded EDS a Gold award in the 2006 Well Workplace Awards. The award honors companies that have successfully built comprehensive worksites wellness initiatives and are demonstrating and documenting concrete outcomes related to behavior change, cost effectiveness and return on investment.
- EDS received Israel's Best IT Company Award for contributions to the country's needy.
- EDS was awarded the 2006 Prism Award by the International Coach Federation of North Texas for demonstrating excellence and achieving organizational results through strategic internal coaching initiatives.
Colette Dempster is holding the PRISM Award won by EDS for its coaching and mentoring initiatives.
- EDS was named Employer of the Year for accommodations and support for persons with disabilities by the Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons.
- Since its launch, synnovation, the professional thought leadership journal published by EDS and its EDS Agility Alliance partners, has received the IABC Bronze Quill Award, the Magnum Opus Gold Award, and the APEX Award of Excellence for editorial and publishing excellence.
- EDS was recognized for achievements in promoting supplier diversity, creating new opportunities for suppliers, and for mentoring minority- and women-owned businesses and small business enterprises by these and other organizations:
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce
- National Minority Supplier Diversity Conference
- Women's Business Enterprise National Council
- Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council
- Women's Business Council – Southwest
- Minority Business Development Council – Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
- EDS was named one of "America's Most Admired Companies" by Fortune magazine.
- EDS was recognized by The International Business Awards (IBA) with a Stevie® Award for the corporate information content on eds.com. The IBAs are the only global, all-encompassing business awards program honoring outstanding performances in the workplace.
- EDS was rated "good" or "excellent" in our overall performance by 92.2 percent of EDS clients.
- EDS received a rating of "strong positive" as a solid provider of strategic products, services or solutions for Data Center Outsourcing in the Garner MarketScope for Data Center Outsourcing, North America, 2006.
- ExcellerateHRO was ranked as a leader in human resources outsourcing capabilities by Forrester Research.
- EDS was rated No. 3 in Healthcare Information Technology Services by Healthcare Informatics.
- EDS was recognized for government systems integration leadership in systems integration experience and capabilities for the U.S. Federal government by Forrester Research.
- ExcellerateHRO was selected as a "Top HR Provider" on a list of the world's premier human resources outsourcing service providers established by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.
- EDS was recognized as the strongest implementer in IT sourcing deal transformation management by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave for Q2 2006.
- EDS has also received a variety of corporate and portfolio/industry sector awards and honors.