EDS Agility Alliance: Related News
- EDS Agility Alliance's synnovation Wins APEX Award of Excellence (11 Aug 2008)
- EDS today announced that synnovation, the Journal of the EDS Agility Alliance, was recently honored with a 2008 APEX Award of Excellence for superiority in graphic design, editorial content and overall communications quality and effectiveness.
- Maintaining Protective Measures (07 Jul 2008)
- In this Q&A, Bryan Palma, EDS vice president, Global Information Security, discusses how EDS helps clients around the world meet customer expectations in an open and accessible marketplace while still maintaining protective measures.
- Analyst Report Praises EDS Effort To Build SOA Competency (16 Jun 2008)
- In April 2008, information technology analyst firm IDC released an independent report on EDS in the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) market. This is one of a series of profiles of major service vendors in this growing market.
- EDS Receives EMC Information Infrastructure Innovation Award (02 May 2008)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS today announced EMC recently honored the company with the EMC Information Infrastructure Innovation Award for Global Alliance Partners for 2007.
- Xerox Extends Information Technology Services Contract With EDS (17 Apr 2008)
- PLANO, Texas and NORWALK, Conn. – EDS and Xerox Corporation announced today a $263 million agreement whereby EDS will manage and support Xerox's end-user computing environment, deliver internal Service Desk services, and provide mainframe services for an additional five years. The extended and expanded agreement provides the scale and flexibility for Xerox to stay ahead of technology advances and easily respond to changing and evolving market needs worldwide.
- EDS and Oracle Extend Strategic Alliance To Drive New Efficiencies For Tax and Revenue Agencies Worldwide (09 Apr 2008)
- PLANO, Texas and REDWOOD SHORES, California – EDS and Oracle today announced they have extended their strategic alliance to develop and market software and solutions for tax and revenue agencies around the world. The two technology leaders plan to aggressively target application-specific pursuits with tax and revenue agencies at all levels of government in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions.
- EDS Successfully Completes Development of Lufthansa's Service Oriented Architecture (09 Apr 2008)
- PLANO, Texas and ZURICH, Switzerland – EDS today announced the successful development and completion of Lufthansa's service oriented architecture (SOA), a middleware, messaging and security platform that allows the airline to interface, interoperate and integrate with their business partners and other global airline systems through open standards. Lufthansa utilized the platform to optimize data exchange between the airline's new inventory system and existing applications.
- EDS Becomes Enterprise Partner to Deliver Microsoft Dynamics CRM (12 Mar 2008)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS today announced it will offer Microsoft Dynamics CRM as an EDS enterprise application solution to its clients globally. With this announcement, EDS becomes Microsoft’s enterprise partner to deliver Microsoft Dynamics CRM consulting and solutions that will reduce time-to-market, lower total cost of ownership and give clients a competitive edge.
- EDS Agility Alliance Wins 2008 ASAP Alliance Program Excellence Award (04 Mar 2008)
- In late February, the EDS Agility Alliance received the , given by The Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP), the leading global professional association dedicated to alliance formation and practice. Winners of ASAP’s Alliance Excellence Awards exemplify alliance best practices, innovation and organizational impact, often developing novel approaches in achieving results through collaboration.
- EDS Agility Alliance Wins 2008 ASAP Alliance Program Excellence Award (28 Feb 2008)
- PLANO, Texas and BOSTON, Massachusetts – EDS today announced that the EDS Agility Alliance has been given the 2008 ASAP Alliance Excellence Award, in an annual competition that honors outstanding alliances.
- The Eco-Advantage (25 Feb 2008)
- Traditionally, going green means treading red. Even though environmentally sound practices are lauded, they're often considered the enemy of profit. Realigning manufacturing and supply chain processes with a strong environmental calculus can be disruptive, exacting huge costs in time, money, and intellectual capital. It's long been thought that an established company that maintains conventional manufacturing and distribution routines has a significant cost advantage over the environmentally conscious company.
- The Future Looks Green (18 Feb 2008)
- No single technology should be seen as solving a particular distributed energy demand, but a combination can remove the key problem – designing for peak demand. Peak demand is the primary cause of excess carbon generation and the area ripest for innovation in the future. EDS Fellow Alex Cameron discusses how to tame IT energy usage toward future environmental sustainability in the latest issue of synnovation Magazine.
- EDS Year in Review (21 Dec 2007)
- EDS continues to demonstrate consistent forward market momentum. In addition to quality improvements, EDS was recognized a number of times this year for its strength in the marketplace by industry analysts and publications as well as independent research groups. Read the highlights.
- EDS Awarded $715 Million Contract for Bristol-Myers Squibb Information Services (10 Dec 2007)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS today announced a seven-year, $715 million information technology (IT) services contract that calls for EDS to deliver IT infrastructure services to Bristol-Myers Squibb.
- Always On (03 Dec 2007)
- In issue 6 of synnovation, EDS' Charlie Feld discusses the importance of flexibility and agility in today's competitive market. Last century, the most successful companies owned and controlled stuff: workforces, manufacturing plants, raw materials and systems. Today, the less stuff an enterprise owns, the more powerful it is because it possesses flexibility and agility.
- It's Only Innovation If It Works (19 Nov 2007)
- While having a great idea can be the basis for new and exciting innovations, it's useless if it can't be implemented. EDS has been partnering with businesses and governments for 45 years to create innovative solutions that help numerous clients in diverse industries gain a competitive edge.
- Driving Innovation (22 Oct 2007)
- Innovation isn’t easy, but in today’s competitive environment, companies must excel at it in order to succeed. In the latest issue of synnovation Magazine, EDS President and COO Ron Rittenmeyer discusses how, when done right, innovation can deliver significant financial and operational benefits to companies.
- EDS Awarded Contract to Manage IS Environment for ArvinMeritor (09 Oct 2007)
- PLANO, Texas and TROY, Mich. – EDS and ArvinMeritor recently signed a new, six-year agreement for EDS to manage the tier-one automotive supplier’s U.S. and Canadian Information Systems (IS) infrastructure services. EDS will help enable enhanced capabilities, promote predictability in the system and speed ArvinMeritor’s ability to change with the evolving business climate.
- Our Alliances Speak: Network Is the Platform For the Agile Enterprise Audio (07 Sep 2007)
- EDS Applications Services Senior Vice President Charlie Feld, EDS Applications Services Engineering and Portfolio Vice President Mike Childress, and Gary Moore, Cisco's senior vice president, Advanced Systems, discuss how the network is the platform for the agile enterprise.
- EDS Awarded $68 Million Contract Extension by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for Enterprise Standard Architecture III Program (29 Aug 2007)
- HERNDON, Virginia – EDS today announced it has been awarded a $68 million contract extension by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), an organization within the U.S. Department of Justice, to provide day-to-day seat management services under the ATF Enterprise Standard Architecture III (ESA III) contract.
- The Customer Is King (16 Jul 2007)
- Companies have long touted the importance of “the customer,” but one look at today's business climate makes it clear why the customer – and specifically the customer experience – must be the focus of even greater attention. In issue five of synnovation Magazine, Cisco's Rob Lloyd discusses how companies' future profits will come from providing customers with rich, rewarding experiences that kept them coming back.
- EDS Honored As Partner of the Year For Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Management at 2007 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Program Awards (16 Jul 2007)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS today proudly announced it has won the Partner of the Year Award for Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Management at the 2007 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Program Awards.
- EDS Joins Xerox-led iON Group to Provide Print and Related Services to the UK Department for Work and Pensions (03 Jul 2007)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS today announced that it has been selected to provide print and related services to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), as part of the iON Group led by Xerox.
- EDS Announces Enhancement of $100K Grant to Help Military Families With Further $90K Donation (28 Jun 2007)
- OTTAWA, Ontario – Recognizing the significant pressures that face Canadian military families, EDS has built on its $100K grant and brought in some of its key suppliers for an additional $90,000 donation to the Chief Of the Defence Staff Military Families Fund.
- Three KEYS to Outsourcing Success (25 Jun 2007)
- In the latest issue of synnovation, Towers Perrin's Gary Thompson and Mark Arian discuss the three keys to outsourcing success. When it comes to ITO, often big bets are being made by organizations and big risks taken by CIOs. And success or failure is quickly determined. So why do some organizations appear to struggle with such a mature business process as ITO?
- EDS Launches Mid-Range Card Platform in Latin America (13 Jun 2007)
- São Paulo, BRAZIL – EDS today announced the launch of a new mid-range card platform that will allow a wider scope of financial institutions to introduce more creative, differentiated products within a shortened time frame. The new solution offers robust functionality for private label and bank issuing, both regional and global.
- Don't Hold On to Your Hat (04 Jun 2007)
- The hats we wear today in our jobs probably won't be suited for the innovation workforce of tomorrow. EDS' Jeff Wacker explains how traditional roles and workforces are changing.
- KarstadtQuelle Awards EDS Contract Expected to be Worth Approximately US$1 Billion (07 May 2007)
- PLANO, Texas and ESSEN, Germany – EDS today announced an agreement with an expected total contract value of approximately US$1 billion with KarstadtQuelle AG, Europe’s leading retail and tourism group, to manage the company’s applications and information technology (IT) environment for the next eight years. The deal is subject to standard regulatory approval.
- Tectonic Plates (03 May 2007)
- EDS' Steve Heidt discusses the need to have the best and brightest workers to serve business needs for today and the future. Having the right people with the right skills in the right place at the right time is a never-ending priority. Workforce management is one of three multidimensional global forces exerting tremendous pressure on any enterprise.
- Our Alliances Speak: Cisco and EDS – Cisco and EDS Bringing Innovation To the Market (11 Apr 2007)
- John Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, speaks about the power of our partnership and bringing innovation to the market.
- Our Alliances Speak: Sun and EDS Shared Vision Video (11 Apr 2007)
- Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy speaks on Sun's perspective of what it means to go to market with EDS and the benefits of our partnership.
- EDS To Roll Out Microsoft System Center as Global Standard for Managing Windows Servers and Desktops (28 Mar 2007)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS today announced that it will use Microsoft System Center solutions (including Operations Manager and Systems Management Server) to more efficiently manage its Windows servers and desktops. The global technology services company also will use its patent-pending Enterprise Operations Manager (EOM), built on Operations Manager 2005 to deliver critical services to its global enterprise clients.
- Community Champions: Top Gun Volunteers Bring Technical Skills To Children's Miracle Network (21 Mar 2007)
- Some of the children are cancer patients. Some have pediatric AIDS. Others need heart or lung transplants. No matter the medical challenge, about 17 million youngsters are treated each year at Children's Miracle Network hospitals in the United States and Canada.
- Our Alliances Speak: Cisco and EDS Shared Vision Video (06 Mar 2007)
- Gary Moore, senior vice president, Worldwide Advanced Services, and executive sponsor to EDS, speaks on Cisco's perspective of what it means to go to market with EDS and the benefits of our partnership.
- Back To the Future (05 Mar 2007)
- Take an exclusive virtual tour of the Microsoft Center for Information Work (CIW), where a spectrum of software and hardware technologies come together to help executives understand how these technologies will empower workers in the future.
- There's Gold In the Patent Stream (12 Feb 2007)
- The patent is a powerful instrument both for harvesting the benefits of innovation and for securing the interests of innovators. In the latest issue of synnovation Magazine, EDS' Kas Kasravi discusses how compiling and analyzing freely available patent data, or patent mining, can generate useful strategic insights that will influence the course of your business.
- Fonterra and EDS Sign Four-Year Contract Extension (30 Nov 2006)
- PLANO, Texas and AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Fonterra Co-operative Group, the world’s largest dairy exporter, and EDS today signed a four-year extension to the seven-year global IT infrastructure outsourcing contract signed in December 2003, which was designed to help streamline the co-operative’s global infrastructure and generate cost-savings for its shareholders.
- Risk Takers (20 Nov 2006)
- As known and unknown risks continually invade our ever-changing ecosystems, it's time to get more offensive in our approach to risk and uncertainty. Technology will continue to serve as the catalyst for that plan.
- EDS Agility Alliance Celebrates Its Second Birthday (25 Oct 2006)
- The EDS Agility Alliance celebrated its second birthday on October 18. In this EDS Minute video, client Clalit Health Services highlights the benefits gained from accessing the combined resources of the world's leading technology and services companies working together.
- Unwelcome Surprises (05 Oct 2006)
- It’s a rare organization that’s always prepared to defend against the full spectrum of future negative events. However, there are comprehensive risk management methods that can greatly reduce both the likelihood and impact of a number of business risks.