The company
EDS (Electronic Data Systems Corporation) is a global technology services company that offers clients – entrepreneurs, companies and governments – a whole gamut of innovative possibilities, ranging from information technology applications to business transformation services, in order to help their businesses run more smoothly. Founded by Ross Perot in 1962, EDS pioneered the information technology outsourcing industry and it remains the market leader in IT infrastructure outsourcing to this day. EDS is also a Fortune 500 company, one with an unrivalled global infrastructure, which employs 120,000 people in 57 countries worldwide. In 2005, IDC ranked it at number six among Top Enterprise Companies in the Financial Industry and, in 2007, it was ranked fourth on IDC’s Worldwide Application Management list. Focusing on productivity and growth, EDS consultants draw on more than 40 years of the company’s experience in technology services to help executives keep up with the rapid pace of the market and get the most out of their investments in information technology.
Careers at EDS
In October 2007, EDS announced an expanded deal with the world’s leading business software applications and services company SAP, which will further elevate EDS’ position on the IT consulting market. Since 1984, when it was originally established in the UK, EDS has chalked a significant business growth and now has over 120 high profile clients, including British Airways, Rolls-Royce, the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Ministry of Defence. In the UK, EDS employs 16,000 people and operates out of more than 250 locations. The company is always looking for motivated, diligent, flexible and accomplishment oriented people – including apprentices and recent graduates - who are eager to meet new challenges, and it offers them numerous possibilities to build on their knowledge and skills and make progress in their work and career.
EDS organizational structure
EDS is run by the Board of Directors, presided over by Chairman Michael H. Jordan and President and CEO Ronald A. Rittenmeyer. EDS consultants offer business solutions for different industries, ranging from media and communications, energy, financial services, healthcare and transportation to high technology, capital markets, government and even homeland security.
The perspective
An industry leader in technology services, EDS is ranked number one on the VARBusiness 500 list of IT solution providers in 2007. The company has pooled resources for more than four decades, so EDS employees have top experts to mentor them and more than 5,700 specialized training courses at their disposal to help them pinpoint their interests, guide them on their career path and widen their range of business and career opportunities. Work benefits can be selected to suit employees’ everyday needs and lifestyle. Believing that the things that make them different also make them better, EDS does its best to ensure that each individual employee feels included and regarded in high esteem, paying special attention to diversity of its employees, which testifies to the global character of the company and its clients.
EDS is one of the companies that took part in the Consultancy Careers Fair in London in October. A streaming video of their presentation at the event is available on Top-Consultant.com.
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