EDS Awarded Expanded Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software Contract For Collaboration and Product Creation By Ford Motor Company

    PLANO, Texas, Feb. 5 -- EDS has been
selected by Ford Motor Company to supply and integrate their most advanced
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software technologies, Teamcenter(R), NX,
and E-factory(TM) into the automaker's next generation C3P systems environment
worldwide.
    The long-term contract calls for the upgrade of I-deas(R) software to EDS'
next generation NX CAD software and the expansion of Teamcenter applications,
as well as digital manufacturing and visualization.  Under the expanded
contract EDS PLM Solutions will provide the foundation for integration and
collaboration of the global virtual product creation environment.  Financial
terms were not disclosed.
    "Teamcenter's ability to manage data in a real world multi-CAD environment
is achieved by utilizing EDS' Open by Design architecture which will deliver
unprecedented inter-operability across the virtual Ford community supported by
the EDS 'JT everywhere' visualization standard," said Chuck Grindstaff,
President, EDS PLM R&D.  "Standardizing on EDS' Teamcenter software will
provide the avenue for Ford to achieve next-generation bill of material
management."
    "Ford's designation of EDS Teamcenter software as the backbone technology
for their enterprise deployment represents a new level of endorsement for
Teamcenter as the industry standard for product life cycle collaboration and
integration," said Tony Affuso, President, EDS PLM Solutions.  "Our EDS PLM
leadership is further complemented by our recent announcement of our strategic
partnership with Tecnomatix to better serve the digital manufacturing
community."

    About EDS
    EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy,
implementation, business transformation and operational solutions for clients
managing the business and technology complexities of the digital economy.  EDS
brings together the world's best technologies to address critical client
business imperatives.  It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in
new ways, establish their customers' trust and continuously seek improvement.
EDS, with its management consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the
world's leading companies and governments in 60 countries.  EDS reported
revenues of $21.5 billion in 2001.  The company's stock is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.  Learn more at
http://www.eds.com .

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E-factory is a trademark of EDS or its subsidiaries in the United States and
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