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Perot Systems 
Industry Information technology Successor Dell Services Founded June 1, 1988 Founder(s) H. Ross Perot, Sr. Defunct September 21, 2009 Headquarters Plano, Texas, United States Key people H. Ross Perot, Jr., chairman
Peter Altabef, chief executive officer
Russell Freeman, chief operating officerServices Application development, systems integration, information technology consulting Revenue US$2.8 billion (2010)[1] Employees 23,100 (2010)[1] Perot Systems was an information technology services provider founded in 1988 by a group of investors led by Ross Perot and based in Plano, Texas, United States. A Fortune 1000 corporation with offices in more than 25 countries, Perot Systems employed more than 23,000 people and had an annual revenue of $2.8 billion before its acquisition in 2009 by Dell, Inc..[2][3]
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History
H. Ross Perot and eight associates founded Perot Systems in June 1988 after having sold EDS to General Motors. Before its acquisition by Dell Inc., Perot Systems was a Fortune 1000 corporation with more than 23,000 associates and 2008 revenues of $2.8 billion. The company maintained offices in more than 25 countries around the world, including the United States, Europe, India, China and Mexico.[3]
Services
Perot Systems provided information technology services in the industries of health care, government, manufacturing, banking, insurance and others. Perot Systems was especially strong in health care industries with services such as digitizing and automating medical records.[2]
Recognition
As a top-five finisher for the third consecutive year, Perot Systems was named to the Fortune magazine “Most Admired Companies in America” list for IT Services in 2008. Company ratings are based on eight criteria, ranging from investment value and quality of products/services to innovation and quality of management.[4]
Corporate Equality Index
In 2006, Perot Systems was one of three companies, of 1,520 surveyed, to receive the lowest possible rating on the Corporate Equality Index survey conducted by the Human Rights Campaign[5]. In 2009, the company was one of only two to receive a zero ranking in the survey, which evaluates "employers and their policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees"[6]. The company previously offered domestic partner benefits to its employees, under a policy which was canceled in 1998. In the 2006 ranking, Perot was cited for "[engaging] in action that would undermine the goal of [...] equality"[7]. Dell, on the other hand, has been ranked with a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index for 2010.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b Perot Systems Corporation information, Hoover's, retrieved December 7, 2006.
- ^ a b Hansell, Saul; Vance, Ashlee (September 22, 2009). "Dell to Spend $3.9 Billion to Acquire Perot Systems". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/technology/companies/22dell.html.
- ^ a b Perot Systems
- ^ Perot Systems Awards and Recognition (web.archive.org)
- ^ Marc Gunther (September 20, 2006). "Corporate America backs gay rights". CNN. http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/20/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_gunther.fortune/index.htm.
- ^ http://www.hrc.org/documents/HRC_Corporate_Equality_Index_2009.pdf
- ^ Human Rights Campaign: "Corporate Equality Index 2006," pages 8, 28, and 35. Human Rights Campaign, 2006.
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