EDS Recognized as a Market Leader in IT Sourcing Deal Transformation Management in Independent Research Firm Report

EDS (NYSE: EDS) today announced it has been recognized as the strongest implementer in information technology (IT) sourcing deal transformation management by Forrester Research in a recent independent report. This report, The Forrester Wave(TM): IT Sourcing Deal Transformation Management, Q2 2006, reviews leading outsourcing vendors on their ability to implement IT sourcing deal transformation management.

Forrester evaluated EDS' ability to launch sourcing deals and transform the customer's environments against 55 criteria including EDS' implementation capability, its solution development and methodology and process maturity.

Forrester cited that EDS (http://www.eds.com ) "has a strong overall market presence with a large trained workforce, a broad distribution of deal sizes and durations, and a strong growing global delivery footprint that is remarkably well balanced across all regions." To reaffirm EDS' growing global footprint, Forrester noted "virtually all enterprise firms should consider EDS as a provider in complex sourcing deals based on its implementation and transformation capability."

"In an industry that EDS pioneered more than 40 years ago, we are pleased that Forrester has named us a leader in IT sourcing deal transformation management," said Rob Schilperoort, EDS VP of ITO product management. "EDS applies its deep industry expertise and operational excellence to enable clients globally to meet and exceed their customers' expectations."

"Improving our clients' experience comes from transformation," said Kim Stevenson, EDS VP of ITO Service Delivery. "As a world-class company, EDS focuses on delivering standardization across the entire infrastructure."

To see EDS' results from The Forrester Wave: IT Sourcing Deal Transformation Management, Q2 2006 report, or to get more information about Forrester, an independent technology research company that focuses on technology's impact on business, visit http://www.forrester.com .

About EDS

EDS is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry more than 40 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world. Learn more at http://www.eds.com .

CONTACT:

Kimberly Walton - EDS

972 605 0978

kimberly.walton@eds.com

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