Tagged: EDS & News
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HP settles outsourcing case with BSKyB for £318m sterling News
09.06.2010 Technology giant HP has agreed to pay £318m sterling to BSkyB over a failed IT system that EDS sold the broadcaster over 10 years ago. -
Deals done this past week News
14.06.2010 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector, including Novosco’s appointment to delploy a Cisco-based virtualised data centre infrastructure at Queen’s... -
The digital business week News
15.03.2010 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
HP to take a hit on earnings over EDS V Sky lawsuit News
08.03.2010 BSkyB’s landmark stg£200m judgment against EDS, now owned by HP, has forced the world’s largest technology company to revise its first-quarter earnings. -
IT industry to return to growth in 2010, HP’s Hurd says News
25.09.2009 The global IT industry will return to growth in 2010, HP chief executive Mark Hurd told an analysts meeting in New York yesterday. The company predicts revenues of US$118bn for... -
HP and Canon in managed multifunction printer JV News
15.09.2009 Two traditional rivals in the multi-billion dollar business printing industry – HP and Canon – are to join forces to sell multifunction device technologies and support services...Categories: CIO -
Worldwide IT services revenue up 8.2pc News
10.06.2009 Worldwide IT services revenue totalled US$806bn in 2008, an 8.2pc increase from 2007 revenue of US$745bn, according to Gartner. -
HP to cut 2pc of global workforce News
20.05.2009 Hewlett-Packard (HP) is to cut 2pc of its global workforce, or 6,400 workers, as it battles the tough economic climate. Revenues for the second quarter were down 3pc to...Categories: Business -
HP and Microsoft in major cloud computing alliance News
28.04.2009 Hewlett-Packard (HP) subsidiary EDS has signed an agreement to provide its enterprise customers with Microsoft’s new Business Productivity Online Suite.Categories: CIO -
HP is executing well in tough times, says Hurd News
19.02.2009 The world’s No 1 technology player Hewlett-Packard (HP) has reported a modest 1pc rise in revenues of US$28.8bn for the first quarter, with operating profits down 5pc to US$2.5bn. -
Stealth layoffs at IBM already at 4,000 – reports News
28.01.2009 It is estimated that layoffs at IBM already amount to 4,000 people, despite the company reporting strong financial results last week.Categories: Business -
HP plans 8pc reduction in global workforce over next three years News
16.09.2008 The world’s largest IT company has rattled the industry with its announcement that it plans to cut 24,600 jobs, or 7.5pc of its workforce globally, over the next three years. -
HP completes US$13.9bn acquisition of EDS News
27.08.2008 Technology giant HP has completed its US$13.9bn acquisition of services and outsourcing company EDS, the largest acquisition in the IT services sector and the second largest in...Categories: Business -
IT services revenue up 10.5pc in 2007 News
14.05.2008 Global IT services revenue reached US$748bn in 2007, a 10.5pc rise from 2006 revenue of US$677bn, Gartner has revealed.Categories: -
HP buys EDS for US$13.9bn News
13.05.2008 An IT services company started by Texan billionaire Ross Perot in 1962 has today been acquired by the world’s largest technology company Hewlett Packard (HP) for US$13.9bn. -
EDS profits triple to US$107m News
02.08.2006 Despite reporting a modest 5pc increase in revenues to US$5.2bn, Ross Perot’s Texan technology services giant EDS this morning reported second-quarter net income of US$107m,...Categories: BusinessTags: EDS -
EDS: Chris Barendregt News
29.09.2003 Chris Barendregt has taken the role of regional director of the EDS Best ShoreSM Applications Services Solutions Centres in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in EDS Ireland,...Categories: Careers and EmploymentTags: EDS -
When outsourcing deals go bad News
07.08.2003 The present industrial strife at Bank of Ireland is endemic of a global crisis hitting firms across the developed world. At first outsourcing, or as it is called by Gartner...Categories: R&D -
EDS invests in Dublin despite global job cuts News
19.06.2003 Despite announcing plans to axe some 2,700 jobs across the world, EDS is planning to invest in software application development and call centre support in Dublin as part of its...Categories: R&D -
EDS: Michael Wosser News
20.05.2003 EDS Ireland has appointed Michael Wosser to the position of client sales executive, with responsibility for growing EDS Ireland's business. He has been with the company for more...Categories: Careers and EmploymentTags: EDS