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<m> merger </m> in In general, industry analysts say they believe that Hewlett-Packard's forthcoming $ 13.9 billion acquisition of Electronic Data Systems announced officially on May 13 is a good move for both companies, although there will be the usual integration snafus over vendor neutrality issues, business lines, culture shock and layoffs. A combined HP-EDS will certainly put a new kind of pressure on IT services leader IBM. 
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<m> merger </m> in The repercussions from the merger of Electronic Data Systems (EDS Quote - Cramer on EDS - Stock Picks ) with Hewlett-Packard (HPQ Quote - Cramer on HPQ - Stock Picks ) will ripple broadly throughout the tech industry. EDS announced Tuesday that it will buy the outsourcing services company for $ 13.9 billion. And the merger could throw a wrench into EDS's Agility Alliance, a group of vendors that regularly coordinate to supply hardware, networking, software and services to EDS's outsourcing clients. 