EDS Web Hosting Wins 2002 Network Computing Award

[NewsDesk]

EDS (NYSE:EDS) today announced EDS Web Hosting has been named winner of CMP Media LLC's Network Computing 2002 "Well-Connected Award" in the category of Managed Web Hosting Services.

Network Computing's Well-Connected Awards represent the best hardware, software and service solutions evaluated over the past year. EDS' Well- Connected Award comes in recognition of a winning Web Hosting proposal submitted to the magazine's Editor's Choice awards, which EDS won last September.

"The Well-Connected Awards are given to products, technologies and services that have withstood testing by our editors over an enterprise and in real world environments -- they have proven to be essential to meeting business initiatives," said Fritz Nelson, Publisher of CMP's Network Computing. "When a product receives a Well-Connected award, it is an important endorsement -- it is the top in its category and carries through with its promise of excellence."

Editor's Choice

The Editor's Choice contest asked companies to respond to a mock request for information (RFI) for managed Web hosting services. The magazine awarded the honor based on technical competency, competitive pricing and ability to deliver the highest level of security and availability without compromising performance. In its Sept. 3 cover story detailing the winning EDS web hosting proposal, Network Computing said the EDS proposal "reflects substantial attention to client requirements, which are addressed fully with best-of-breed technologies. The vendor does not compromise to win the bid."

"When we created our RFI to choose a top managed Web hosting provider, we found many companies weren't up to the challenge," Network Computing writes in its May 13 article on the Web site. "Of those who made the cut, EDS impressed us with the extensiveness of its proposal, showing the insight and knowledge of a long-time player in the outsourcing market."

EDS Web Hosting Services

Jeff Kelly, president of EDS Hosting Services, said the Well-Connected award is a powerful validation of the value the EDS Web Hosting offering brings to the marketplace.

"The ability to understand the technology and leverage it to meet the client's business requirements is critical to service excellence," he said. "EDS continues to be a leader in this space by providing the best of both worlds, innovative solutions and the stability of an established provider."

EDS Web Hosting is part of EDS Hosting Services, which also offers application hosting, managed storage and mainframe and midrange server hosting to provide the flexibility, scalability, reliability and enterprise integration capabilities that today's digital economy demands. Matched with a secure, high-performance world-class global infrastructure, superior process management, capital asset management and value-added services, EDS Hosting Services alleviates productivity constraints, increases return on investment, extends competitive advantage and promotes customer loyalty for its clients.