Brazil
EDS Brazil was established in 1985 when General Motors acquired EDS and transitioned the nearly 112 employees of the carmaker´s IT department in a single day. Eleven years later, it became totally independent from GM, its first client. EDS Brazil employs more than 10,000 people and has offices in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, São Caetano do Sul, São Bernardo do Campo, Barueri, Florianópolis, Salvador, Vitória, and also attends clients in many other states in the country.
Since it was founded, the Brazilian subsidiary has grown 20 to 30 percent a year on average. The telecommunications industry grows most among revenue sources and represents 40 percent; followed by the financial sector with 26 percent; manufacturing with 25 percent; and energy with 8 percent.
EDS Brazil has two data centers located in São Bernardo do Campo and Alphaville, which offer, among other services, solutions in e-security, ASP and Web hosting. Six billion varied transactions are performed in those facilities, with 1 billion credit card operations among them. At the beginning of its activities, the company processed 6 million transactions.
There was also a significant leap in regard to infrastructure operations. EDS jumped from 10 MIPS in 1985 to 7,000 MIPS in 2004. It currently manages 2,000 servers; 70,000 pieces of equipment and has a 150 Tb disk storage capability. It also has two call centers, in São Paulo and Salvador, which provide services for the domestic and international markets.
The three Brazilian software factories are certified by international institutes as organizations whose work demonstrates high-level commitment with quality process and services delivery.
EDS delivers a portfolio of services that helps clients embrace speed, transform their enterprises, respond quickly to opportunities, protect their physical and digital assets and go to market ahead of their competitors.
After more than 19 years of operation, EDS Brazil has become the second largest provider of IT services in Brazil, with a 5 percent market share, in addition to maintaining the leadership in the processing of purchasing operations with credit cards.