Affiliated Computer Services

Affiliated Computer Services ( ACS) is a software company in the United States, specializing among other things in the area of ​​outsourcing.

The company's headquarters are located in Dallas, Texas. ACS was founded in 1988 by Darwin Deason and currently operates, after the acquisition by Xerox in around 160 countries worldwide. The company is listed on the S & P 500 and employed approximately 78,000 people in 2009. It is listed for the year 2009 as No. 1122 of the Forbes Global 2000 and as No. 401 of the Fortune 500.

Following the announcement in September 2009, the company was acquired by Xerox for 6.4 billion U.S. dollars in February 2010.