July 03rd was the 44th anniversary of Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS). It was founded by H. Ross Perot.

Together, he and the people of EDS created the information technology (IT) outsourcing industry. And, over the past four decades, EDSers pioneered practices that are now centerpieces of the IT services industry. They include systems management, systems integration, centralized transaction processing, and the world's largest private digital voice, data and video network (Navy Marine Corps Intranet).

Today, EDS remains a leader in the technology services industry it invented. That's evidenced from its first contracts with Collins Radio and Frito-Lay in 1962 to the company's nearly $20 billion in annual revenues in 2005 to major accomplishments in 2006, including the US $380 million MphasiS acquisition, a $1.7 billion IT services pact with Kraft and the $3.8 billion IT services deal General Motors.

Did you know about EDS...
It Was founded on June 27, 1962, by H. Ross Perot
Has about 117,000 global employees
Operates in some 60 countries
Manages more than 65,000 servers around the world
Supports more than 3 million desktops worldwide
Processes more than 1 billion health claims annually
Provides human resources services to 33 million employees and participants worldwide
Manages more than 2.4 billion customer interactions annually in 43 languages
Contributed more than 78,000 volunteer hours in 2005 to support a variety of global community projects

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Prashanth Rai