EDS Selected to Provide High-Performance Power to Accelerate General Motors' Transformation to e-Business
14 November 2000
EDS Selected to Provide High-Performance Power to Accelerate General Motors' Transformation to e-Business
Global Web Hosting Services From EDS Will Set Industry-Leading Standard
TROY, Mich., Nov. 14 To transform the world's largest
automaker into a fast-moving, global e-business leader, you need
high-performance power. And General Motors has selected EDS
to participate in that transformation.
Today, the two companies announced a four-year agreement for EDS to
provide a high-performance, high-security Web hosting environment for GM's
quickly expanding business-to-business (B-to-B) and business-to-employee
(B-to-E) initiatives worldwide.
GM is converting its supply chain entirely to Web-based e-business. The
company has more than 30,000 suppliers worldwide. Web technology also is
flourishing internally at GM, which operates a highly developed intranet for
its more than 388,000 employees around the world.
"GM is driving an e-business revolution throughout its organization, and
we're proud to participate in building the critical foundation for it," said
EDS Vice President Doug Hoover.
"For GM's Web applications, we've made the commitment to provide a secure
Web hosting environment with high availability," added Hoover. "We're
committed to being the premier e-solutions provider and program leader on GM's
team."
Dan McNicholl, chief information officer for GM North America, said the
new agreement will enable GM to gain efficiency by centralizing and
standardizing critical Web hosting activities.
"We're establishing ourselves as the global leader in e-business in the
auto industry," said McNicholl. "We are applying the power of technological
innovations and the Internet to redefine the way we do business. EDS will
play an important role in making it happen."
EDS also will provide a self-service portal to allow GM employees and
application developers to more easily implement and manage Web hosting for
hundreds of sites within GM.
Web hosting will initially be provided from EDS' Web Vault(R) locations in
Plano, Texas, and Auburn Hills, Mich. By using the two locations, EDS is able
to provide a high level of disaster preparedness, pre-production validation
and security.
EDS, the leading pure-play global services company, provides strategy,
implementation and hosting for clients managing the 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 serves the world's leading companies and governments in
55 countries globally. EDS reported revenues of $18.5 billion in 1999. The
company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock
Exchange. Learn more at eds.com.
The statements in this news release that are not historical statements,
including statements regarding the amount of new contract values, are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws.
These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of
which are beyond EDS' control, that could cause actual results to differ
materially from such statements. For information concerning these risks and
uncertainties, see EDS' most recent Form 10-Q. EDS disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
CONTACT:
Dave Ellis
EDS
(248) 265-0314
dave.ellis@eds.com