EDS, an HP Company, Signs Agreement with Posten to Manage Computing ...

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EDS, an HP company (NYSE:HPQ), today announced that it has signedan agreement with Posten, one of the Nordic region's largestmessaging and logistics operators, to host the company's end-usercomputing environment. The contract will begin in July 2009.Financial terms were not disclosed.

The agreement encompasses all workplaces within the Posten group,including Posten Meddelande AB, Posten Logistik AB and Stralfors.

"For Posten, a flexible, cost-efficient, standardized and stable ITenvironment is a critical factor," said Joss Delissen, chiefinvestment officer, Posten. "The EDS solution with HP, combinedwith the Microsoft alliance, is well positioned to meet our needs."

Under the agreement, EDS will host information technologyworkplaces, including desktop, email, service desk and otherstandardized services.

"This is an important strategic relationship for EDS, and we arevery happy to become the trusted business ally of a notable companysuch as Posten," said Age Edvardsen, managing director, NordicCountries for EDS, an HP company.

About Posten

Posten is one of the Nordic region's largest messaging andlogistics operators. With more than 30,000 employees and revenue inexcess of SEK 30 billion, Posten is also one of Sweden's largestcorporations. Posten's clients are large and small enterprises,organizations, private persons and the public sector such ascommunes and county councils.

About EDS

EDS, an HP company, is a leading global technology servicesprovider, delivering business solutions to its customers. EDSfounded the information technology outsourcing industry more than46 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of informationtechnology and business process outsourcing services to customersin the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare,communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retailindustries, and to governments around the world.

About HP

HP, the world's largest technology company, provides printing andpersonal computing products and IT services, software and solutionsthat simplify the technology experience for consumers andbusinesses. HP completed its acquisition of EDS on Aug. 26, 2008.More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com/.

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