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Connecticut CIO Rock Regan has launched a plant to outsource the state government's entire information technology operation. Regan is negotiating with the Plano, TX-based Electronic Data Systems Corp. for a seven-year, $1-billion contract for the management of the state's entire $300-million information technology system. The deal would make Connecticut the first state to outsource its entire government technology operation.

The Information Strike Force (ISF), an industry team led by Electronic Data Systems Corporation, was awarded the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) contract by the Navy in October 2000. The NMCI offers the services in a single network that is easier to manage and secure as well as enables military personnel to focus on their defense mission rather than information technology acquisition and service.

Dow Jones and Company Inc., publishers of the 'Wall Street Journal' and 'Barron's,' has contracted with Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) to develop a comprehensive front-end publishing system. Known as Global News Management System, the new system will handle nearly all editorial tasks except typesetting. EDS will oversee development and implementation of the system as well as training and documentation., Front-end overhaul largely will employ off-the-shelf products to produce and track multiple editions, provide worldwide access; project managers still silent on specifics TWO AND A half years after releasing its [...]

If computer software is the fuel of modern society, then Austin is one of the important refinery towns. It's not yet a world software center, spewing out shrink-wrapped packages of [...]

Electronic Data Systems Corp. has agreed to offer an electronic check processing system from BancTec Inc. of Dallas to a major U.K. banking customer. BancTec, which announced the 10-year deal [...]

Outsourcer Electronic Data Systems has won a multi-million dollar contract to help the state of Kentucky upgrade its tax systems. Under the three-year contract, disclosed Thursday, EDS will develop the […]

Electronic Data Systems Corp. joined other large data processors Wednesday, staking a claim in Brazil's fast-growing cards market. The technology vendor has started what it called a 'midrange' credit card [...]

Electronic Data Systems said Thursday that it has been selected by AT&T to serve as a subcontractor on the federal government's $20 billion revamp of its telecommunications infrastructure. Under the […]

Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Plano, Tex., has agreed to help develop and maintain an electronic accounting system for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the government agency that handles [...]

Preppy cataloger and retailer J.Crew Group is reeling in computer work the company had outsourced, says a document it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It's part of J.Crew's […]

Electronic Data Systems said Thursday that it has received a contract extension worth $91.7 million from Kansas Medicaid to continue supplying the state with claims processing services. Under the extension, […]

The U.K. government has awarded U.S. outsourcer Electronic Data Systems a $1.27 billion work order to install thousands of desktop computers for use by British armed forces personnel, EDS disclosed […]

Outsourcer Electronic Data Systems says it has inked a four-year extension on its contract to provide IT services and support to New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group, the world's largest exporter […]

German airline Lufthansa is implementing software it says will allow it to create faster and cheaper connections between its business systems and those operated by its partners in the transportation […]

(From Business Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Adeline Paul Raj CIMB Group will fork out at least RM720 million to improve information technology (IT) systems in an effort to better its consumer [...]

Malaysian banking conglomerate CIMB Group has tapped Electronic Data Systems to run the bulk of its IT infrastructure systems under a 10-year deal worth about $200 million, an EDS spokesman […]

Bank of America Corp. has hired Electronic Data Systems Corp. to run the voice and data networks for its MBNA Corp. The Plano, Tex., outsourcing provider has provided similar services [...]

HM Revenue and Customs has failed to rule-out taking its former IT contractor EDS to court over the tax credits fiasco. The debacle saw around 50,000 people on the tax-benefits [...]

The state of Kentucky has selected EDS to help modernize its Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) under a five-year, $170 million contract. EDS will be charged with the development and […]

First International Bank of Israel plans to outsource the operation and maintenance of its computer systems to Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Plano, Tex., and Ness Technologies Inc. of Hackensack, [...]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has awarded a seven-year, $48 million contract to EDS for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of a new Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), which will […]

With $15 billion of General Motors Corp.'s information-technology business up for grabs, EDS Corp., IBM Corp. and the nation's largest computer integrators are dedicating hundreds of employees to their bids. [...]

PLANO, Texas (AP)--Electronic Data Systems Corp., which has struggled in recent years with money-losing contracts, said it might write down the value of another deal and that doing so could […]

EDS' Atlas Consortium was recently selected as the preferred bidder for the U.K. Ministry of Defence Information Infrastructure Future project. As EDS' single largest contract since 2002, the first phase […]

A consortium of IT vendors and defense contractors led by EDS has won a $4 billion contract to modernize the United Kingdom's defense information systems, the country's Ministry of Defense […]

Delphi Corp. has delayed filing audited financial statements while it is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC is looking into how the Troy-based automotive supplier [...]

The largest voice-over-IP business deployment revealed to date presents new opportunities, for both the bank that's using it and the services provider that's implementing it. EDS will build a converged […]

Corporate sponsorships for the 2004-2005 Detroit Pistons are up about 20 percent, nearing the $20 million mark because of the team's championship run, the National Hockey League lockout, longer TV [...]

the U.S. Department of the Navy has modified the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) contract to let EDS accept orders for a number of application-hosting services, including server management, network […]

Pontiac council nears OK for $123M for Bloomfield Park Pontiac City Council tentatively agreed to $123 million in incentives and interest Thursday to pay for infrastructure for the planned $1 [...]

Bank of America Corp. has expanded its 10-year voice and data outsourcing contract with Electronic Data Systems Corp. to encompass the systems of FleetBoston Financial Corp. The expansion, signed last [...]

Bank of America Corp. on Monday chose EDS to help it integrate and manage the voice and data networks of FleetBoston Financial Corp. Bank of America acquired FleetBoston in April […]

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has awarded Electronic Data Systems Corp. an $18.5 million, five-year contract to develop a Web site for law enforcement officials and financial regulators to view [...]

EDS said Tuesday it has signed a multiyear contract extension with waste-management company Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. Under the extended agreement, originally signed in 2002, EDS will provide Safety-Kleen with a […]