The Detroit News. The company is still headquartered in Plano, Texas., and operates in 55 nations around the world.
Numbers support that wistful emotion.
It is Michigan's leading high-tech employer, with more than 14,000 workers here. The State of Michigan is the largest single client apart from GM in the Midwest. As it was from the beginning, EDS is still a key strategic arm of GM worldwide. When the two first got together, GM accounted for 75 percent of EDS revenue. Today, that's down to about 18, thanks to growth in other areas.