Chronograph

2006
In September, EDS announced the formation of The EDS Defence Advisory Council (DAC), formed in March 2006 to provide independent strategic advice to senior management regarding business with key regional, political, military and industrial leaders.

2005
The ATLAS Consortium welcomed the announcement by Lord Bach, Minister for Defence Procurement, that it has been selected as Preferred Bidder for the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) project.

2004
In January, EDS acquired Dallas-based IT consultancy, the Feld Group. In March, EDS reached a definitive agreement to sell its UGS PLM Solutions unit to a group of three private equity firms: Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners and Warburg Pincus.

2003
EDS unveils the Supplier Excellence Dashboard and the Alliance Excellence Dashboard.

2002
EDS and the Department of the Navy (DoN) activate the NMCI Oahu Network Operations Center in Pearl Harbour.

2000
EDS wins the largest US Government IT contract in history to develop the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI).

1995
EDS completes its acquisition of AT Kearney, the world's fourth largest privately-held management consulting firm. In the UK, Rolls Royce Aerospace Group and EDS sign a major agreement, with EDS assuming responsibility for the group's IT infrastructure, network, systems and applications.

1990
EDS in the UK moves to new headquarters at Stockley Park. EDS acquires SD-Scicon for $265.7million, adding more than 4,000 employees to its European operations.

To increase aerospace business, EDS also acquires McDonnell Douglas Systems Integration Co, later known as Unigraphics and UGS.

1987
EDS marks it 25th anniversary and launches EDSNET, linking customers and computing facilities on six continents.

1985
EDS enters the Australian, Brazilian, Canadian, French, German and New Zealand markets to increase its global presence to 21 countries.

1984
EDS in the UK signs major contracts with Unilever to provide managed voice and data services. EDS opens data centres in London and the Netherlands.

1982
The US Army awards EDS a 10-year $650million contract, then the largest in the history of the information services industry. Through the contract, known as Project Viable, EDS builds an information technology system to support the Army's world-wide human resources activities.

1979
EDS begins operations in Great Britain and the Netherlands.

1977
At 15 years old, EDS employs 6,000 people and processes 344million transactions in a year.

1975
EDS starts to pursue business outside of the United States, with contracts in Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Iran and Pakistan.

1973
Annual revenues top $100million for the first time.

1970
EDS establishes its first regional data centre.

1969
EDS' stock price hits $160 per share, giving the company a paper value of over $1 billion. The number of EDS-owned mainframe computers reaches 31.

1968
September 12th, EDS goes public with a stock offering of $16.50 per share. By October the company is worth $378million and employs 371 people.

1965
EDS acquires its first computer - an IBM 1401.

1962
June 27th, Ross Perot founds EDS in Dallas, Texas.