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Article: European Space Agency Signs $97 Million Agreement With EDS for Management of IT Infrastructure and Services.
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- January 24, 2007
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PLANO, Texas and PARIS, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS today announced a new, five-year, $97 million contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) that calls for EDS to manage the ESA's Corporate Information Technology (IT) Services and related infrastructure.
ESA's job is to draw up the European space programme and carry it through. The Agency's projects are designed to find out more about the Earth, its immediate space environment, the solar system and the Universe, as well as to develop satellite-based technologies and services and to promote European industry. ESA also works closely with all major space organisations inside and outside Europe.
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