EDS Selected for U.S. Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - 2 Services Contract

EDS (NYSE: EDS) (http://www.eds.com/ ) today announced it has been selected as a prime contractor for the U.S. Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - 2 Services (ITES-2S) contract. EDS is one of 11 companies who were awarded contracts under the nine-year, $20 billion Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

In addition to the Army, the Department of Defense and other federal agencies can use the ITES-2S contract to purchase products and information technology (IT) services; including business process re-engineering, information systems security, information assurance, network support, systems operations and maintenance, program management, enterprise design, integration and consolidation and education and training.

"The EDS ITES-2S team has a breadth of experience in performance-based contracting few of our competitors can match," said Jim Duffey, general manager EDS U.S. Public Sector. "We are eager to leverage that experience to help the Army achieve greater returns on its IT investments."

EDS provides program and project management as well as systems operations and maintenance services for some of the largest enterprise IT efforts in the world. EDS manages more than three million desktops and 2.4 billion customer interactions annually, including 25 million help desk support calls in 34 languages.

EDS has assembled a team of more than 65 companies to support ITES-2S. The EDS Agility Alliance (http://www.eds.com/services/alliances/agility/ ), a coalition of market leading technology and business services providers aligned to build and deliver seamlessly integrated enterprise-wide solutions, will also help deliver best-in-class applications, business process and IT solutions for this IDIQ. The EDS Agility Alliance includes Cisco, Dell, EMC, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Towers Perrin, and Xerox.

About EDS

EDS (NYSE: 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 .

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, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. For information concerning these risks and uncertainties, see EDS' most recent Form 10-K. 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:

Brad Bass - EDS

703-733-3193

brad.bass@eds.com

/Web Site: http://www.eds.com

http://www.eds.com/services/alliances/agility /

For further information: Brad Bass of Electronic Data Systems Corporation, +1-703-733-3193, or brad.bass@eds.com

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