Brazil
EDS In Brazil
- 23 years of presence in the country
- More than 9,000 employees
- Three software development centers
- Data center considered one of top five in the world
- Two billion credit card transactions annually
- CMMI5 certification – highest maturity classification for software engineering
- Best Shore® strategy for integrated solutions delivery
- First offshore center in Latin America
EDS Brazil was established in 1985 when General Motors acquired EDS and transitioned the nearly 112 employees of the carmaker's information technology (IT) department in a single day. Eleven years later it became totally independent from GM, its first client. EDS Brazil has offices in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, São Bernardo do Campo and Alphaville, 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.
Technology Infrastructure Services
- Specialists dedicated to service exports
- Operation with 14,000 MIPS capacity
- Seven billion transactions processed annually
- 5,000 local servers and 30,000 remote servers
- 148 on-demand processors, 39,000 workstations and 76,000 users
- 3,000 local network devices and 12,000 remote
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 manages 5,000 servers in addition to 70,000 pieces of equipment and has a 150 Tb disk storage capability. It also has two call centers in São Paulo and São Bernardo do Campo which provide services for the domestic and international market.
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 23 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.