As of this morning the EDS.com web site has changed, and the internal emails are flying through my inbox.   The big announcement is that the EDS brand is being retired and being replaced with “HP Enterprise Services”.  It’s been a little more than a year since HP bought EDS and they have done an amazing job of integrating the two very large companies in a relatively short period.  It’s been a bit rough at times, to say the least, especially with the staff cuts and salary reductions.  Throughout the process however, there seems to have been this undercurrent that the EDS brand was fading.  Oh sure, no one was going to admit it out loud, but something in the back of your head said it was going to happen.  Many have speculated that way for months.  You could see it in many of the decisions being made.

I’m not sure my position on the movement, change, retirement.  Something in me still has pride for working at EDS, Electronic Data Systems, but there is some excitement in working for a new company especially one that people recognize.  HP has products in a lot of my friends and families homes.  EDS has long faded from the company that Ross Perot founded over 47+ years ago and built into one of the premier IT Outsourcing companies in the world.  A lot has changed even in my 17 or so years with the company.  It’s been a great ride working at EDS.  I’ve enjoyed it a lot.  Now I look forward to next ride aboard an even bigger ship.  Let’s just steer clear of those icebergs.

Hang in there, We’ll make it out the other side!

Update:  An article in the New York Times