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EDS now employs approximately 4,200 people in France and is ranked among the leading information technology (IT) services providers in the French market, especially for systems integration and systems management. EDS operates an Information Processing Centre near Paris and has several other data centres in France. Other major EDS locations in France include Paris, Lyon, Le Havre, Lille, Strasbourg and Aix-en-Provence.
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Prime Minister Raffarin's plan to overhaul the national pension system sparked numerous strikes across France in May and June 2003, involving tens of thousands of sanitation workers, teachers, transportation workers, and air traffic controllers. In August, a deadly heat wave killed an estimated 10,000 people, mostly elderly. The catastrophe occurred during two weeks of 104°F (40°C) temperatures.
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EDS was established in France in 1985 with 80 people. Since then, its operations have developed through organic growth and through acquisitions (SPI in 1986, SD-Scicon/GFI in 1991, and Eurosept Management Consulting Services in 1994).
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