Gartner Positions EDS in the ‘Leaders’ Quadrant for Storage Services

EDS has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant in the 2008 ‘Magic Quadrant for Storage Professional and Support Services‘ report.

Gartner, a leading analyst firm, states companies positioned in the Leaders quadrant "are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership positions in the market. Service providers in this quadrant have a strong worldwide presence, provide a broad range of services, invest in innovative service tools and technologies and articulate a clear vision of current and future customer requirements and storage service solutions."

"As the amount of data grows exponentially, EDS continues to deliver high-value storage services to meet our clients’ increased demand for availability, security and performance," said Mike Koehler, executive vice president of Global ITO Services. "Our clients turn to EDS as their business ally to ensure their information is stored and protected in a manner that meets their business objectives."

EDS was one of 11 storage service providers evaluated in the report in the categories of storage hardware maintenance and support services; storage software maintenance and support services; storage consulting service; storage implementation services; and storage management services.

EDS Storage Services, which include Storage Management Services, Backup and Restore Services, and Archive and Compliance Services, enables clients to better manage information throughout its life cycle. These services provide the basic foundation to optimize the client’s storage environment based on dynamic information needs, active placement of information and its business value to the enterprise. EDS Storage Services integrates key technology from our EDS Agility Alliance partners EMC and Sun, providing flexible multi-client utility or single client fixed capacity services.