EDS is a recognised global leader in providing E-business and information technology services to 9,000 business and government clients in about 50 countries around the world. Having founded the IT services industry more than 35 years ago, EDS delivers high value management consulting, electronic business solutions, business process management and systems and technology expertise to help clients simplify complexity and achieve superior value in the digital economy. The company brings deep industry practice knowledge to solve challenges in a wide variety of industries, including communications, energy and chemicals, financial services, government, healthcare, products and retailing, and travel and transportation. EDS reported revenues of $18.5 billion in 1999. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:EDS) and the London Stock Exchange.
BT is at the heart of an escalating communications industry providing an unmatched service. Rich in communications and information, BT helps individuals, families, communities, businesses and organisations to interact, learn and flourish to the full. We believe that using telecommunications to enable a community to share information and knowledge is fundamental. The Wedmore trial has been sponsored on the basis of enabling local citizens to have access to the new wave technologies. We are delighted that the information centre has been so successful. BTs Community Partnership Programme (CPP) is the current Business in the Community Company of the Year winning this award for its overall Impact on Society (presented by the Prime Minister in July 1999). In recent months a range of surveys have showed that BTs standing on community and social responsibility is consistently high and that our community investment programme is amongst the best regarded in the UK. Every year, BT invests £16m in the community. It is a case that if BTs community programme were a charity, its size would place it amongst the UKs top 30. At BT we believe it is important therefore to deliver a correspondingly substantial social impact and make a real difference in the community. The past financial year has seen rapid change in the communications industry around the world, presenting BT with many outstanding opportunities and challenges. These opportunities have arisen from the remarkable pace of development in new-wave areas such as the Internet, data and mobile services.
Concert, the global venture with AT&T and the company's alliance with Japan Telecom going from strength from strength shows BT is operating among the worldwide market.
Hewlett-Packard Company - a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home - is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services. HP has 85,400 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations of $42.4 billion in its 1999 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com/
Note: Compaq is now a part of Hewlett Packard. We await updated information on the new amalgam!
Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 100 company, is the largest supplier of computing systems in the world. Compaq designs, develops, manufactures, and markets hardware, software, solutions, and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, and communications products, commercial desktop and portable products, and consumer PCs for the NonStopTM Internet world. Compaq products and services are sold in more than 200 countries directly to businesses, through a network of authorized Compaq marketing partners, and directly to businesses and consumers through Compaq's e-commerce Web site at http://www.compaq.com. Compaq markets its products and services primarily to customers from the business, home, government, and education sectors. Customer support and information about Compaq and its products and services are available at http://www.compaq.com.
Sedgemoor is situated in Somerset, occupying a fine sweep of the South west coast and countryside. Sedgemoor District Council is responsible for delivering local council services to a population approaching 104,000 in an area covering 564 Square Kilometres.
The Council operates a number of offices (and more recently the Web Site) to allow local access to the residents of Sedgemoor. The Web Site contains information about the Council, the services provided, the councillors in the area, offices, contact details and much more.
Somerset County Council provides a diverse range of services to the public of all ages and in all walks of life. The County Council has been in existence for over 100 years, and we look forward with enthusiasm to our future service to the people of Somerset. The County Council employs over 14,000 people in its various departments and establishments and is the county's largest employer. It has a total spending of £347 million. Most of the employees are engaged in front line services to the public. The County Council is committed to making its services, information and points of access ever more locally available to the people of Somerset.
