Automation Quotations | Page 2

Tape automation is really going to be the main thing, in that you're going to see big libraries, the robotics in them to handle tapes, so we get the human element out as much as possible.

We are pleased with our results for the quarter and the year. We are confident our investments in the business and our ongoing efforts to drive leverage, automation and standardization across EDS will result in continued improvements in free cash flow and operating margins in 2006 and beyond.

We are taking a series of actions to combat these very difficult market conditions in automation controls. We are completing the realignment of our automation business previously announced in July. Early indications from the realignment are positive as we focus our marketing, sales and product development efforts on areas offering potentially higher growth.

These subject matter experts are managers in industry that work with and supervise automation professionals. They work in process and manufacturing automation industries.

Automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

Governance allows organizations to...achieve unprecedented automation.

I see three forces militating in favor of growing inequality: increasing measurement of worker value added, automation through smart software, and globalization.

My advice is for Y2K managers to leverage the relationships they've built. They should look for opportunities to drive a business process within the company such as a sales force automation or supply chain management project.

The new line will allow us to build all our production units in one continuous line. All the new automation has worked perfectly. Some smaller things didn't work, but we've smoothed all that out.

We started using the product a couple of years ago ourselves because we didn't have anything like it. This will be our build management and automation capability going forward.