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EDS CORPORATION SWOT ANALYSIS

Introduction to the Corporation:

EDS is a global technology services company that provides information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) services to various corporate and government clients. The company's core service offerings include a range of infrastructure services, such as hosting, workplace (desktop) services, managed storage services and mobile information protection, security and privacy, and communication services; application services, including applications development, application management, enterprise application services and industry-specific solutions, and BPO solutions.

A key component of the company's multi-year plan is the development of the EDS Agile Enterprise technology platform, a network-based utility architecture intended to create a flexible and open technology foundation for the delivery of a significant portion of EDS's IT outsourcing and BPO services. The company has established relationships with a number of technology companies to develop the Agile Enterprise technology platform.

EDS infrastructure services delivers hosting, workplace, storage, security and privacy, and communications services that enable clients to drive down their total cost of ownership and increase the productivity of their IT environment. The company's hosting services address the business and technology needs of its clients in the area of managed hosting services. EDS Hosting Services composes of three principal offerings: managed server, managed mainframe and infrastructure transformation.

EDS Workplace Services delivers management and support of the end user's work environment from the software applications that support the client's business practices to the supporting network communications infrastructure. The company's workplace service offerings include workplace management services, workplace migration services, workplace messaging and collaboration services, and workplace support services.

EDS Managed Storage Services delivers data storage from the desktop to the data center. The company's range of storage strategy, design, Storage Area Networks and Network Attached Storage architecture, implementation and management services is designed and delivered to enhance security and business continuity. EDS Mobile Information Protection is a managed service that backs up data on desktop and remote/mobile computing devices, and restores lost or damaged information without the assistance of a help desk or internal support.

EDS Applications Services is designed to help organizations plan, develop, integrate and manage custom applications, packaged software and industry-specific solutions. Services range from outsourcing of all applications development and systems integration to the management and implementation of EDS-owned or third-party industry applications. The company's application services include applications development, application management, enterprise application services and industry-specific application solutions. EDS's applications services offerings and capabilities are available via the EDS Global Delivery Model.

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STRENGTHS:
1. Leading Company in information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) services. It is one of the 6 leading IT & BPO Companies. The other being Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Hewlett-Packard Company, International Business Machines Corporation, Accenture , Fujitsu. In breadth of service offerings, geographical presence, it is only comparable to IBM. It has world's largest private digital voice, data and video network. EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, ...