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December 19, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — EDS (eds.com) today announced $250 million in contract signings with clients around the world.
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The contracts announced today, terms of which were not disclosed, include:
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A five-year agreement with Home Depot to upgrade its Canadian
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payroll system and migrate its U.S. and Puerto Rico subsidiaries to the
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improved single common payroll platform. EDS will also assume payroll
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processing responsibility for Home Depot’s Canadian, U.S. and Puerto Rico
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subsidiaries in 2002′s first quarter. The agreement will enable Home Depot’s
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payroll department to deliver single system-driven payroll check processes
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for all North American employees.
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An expanded agreement with BellSouth under which EDS will provide
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additional mid-range systems management services. As a result of the
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agreement, EDS will assume responsibility for operating BellSouth’s Internet
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Delivery Services Group in Tucker, Ga.
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An eight-year extension with Telecom New Zealand to supply and
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manage 7,400 desktop PCs and laptops. The agreement will allow Telecom to
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gain efficiencies and cut costs in its managed work environment.
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New agreements for eBreviate enterprise procurement and sourcing
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tools with Aquanima in Spain and ProcuraDigital in Latin America. The
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agreements contributed to the most successful month in the history of
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eBreviate, an eSourcing leader and part of the new A.T. Kearney Procurement
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Solutions unit. In November eBreviate signed more new business and more
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global contracts and delivered more cost savings to clients than in any
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previous month. In addition, the new accounts moved the company’s customer
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base to 101.
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