A Tradition of Excellence. A Legacy of Results

1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Present

The Pioneers: Roy Nutt and Fletcher Jones

Two young computer analysts working in the aerospace industry saw the opportunity for a new kind of business. They set out to provide computer manufacturers with complex programs known as assemblers, compilers and operating systems, to make it easier to use the computers, thereby expanding the potential markets for the products. Roy Nutt was a stellar programmer, who had developed the first widely accepted assembly program and was a member of the small IBM team that developed Fortran. Fletcher Jones, a marketing whiz, came from North American Aviation Corp., where he had managed a divisional computer center.

A Hundred Dollars and a Dream: CSC Is Born

In April 1959, four decades of pioneering, exploration and innovation got off the ground when Nutt and Jones pooled $100 to start a company that they named Computer Sciences Corporation. With Nutt providing the technical direction and Jones handling the marketing, the young company prospered, quickly gaining a reputation for innovative design and high-quality work. Through work for numerous computer manufacturers and other large computer users, CSC developed more systems software than any other computer services company in the industry.

• In 1961 a contract to support NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Flight Operations Facility launched CSC into the space business.
• CSC went public in 1963 and was listed the following year on the Pacific and American stock exchanges, becoming the first software company to be listed on a national exchange.
  

The 1960s: Focus on the Federal Government

By 1964, annual revenues totaled $4 million and employees numbered 230. At this point, the founders—joined by William R. Hoover, who would eventually become CSC's chairman and CEO—decided to expand CSC's markets by serving users, rather than the manufacturers of computers.

Recognizing that the U.S. federal government was the largest computer user, and anticipating the convergence of computers and communications, CSC bought two ITT divisions engaged in communications systems engineering and systems management for the U.S. Defense Communications Agency and other clients. The acquisition gave CSC extensive capabilities in the design and development of communications-based computer systems. The company quickly became a major supplier of IT services, a leading integrator of computer and communications systems and a premier developer of custom software. It also became, and remains today, one of the largest computer services companies in the U.S. federal government market.

• In 1965 CSC captured a U.S. Atomic Energy Commission contract from General Electric, a company 1,000 times larger than CSC.
• The next year, CSC took on global competition, introducing software development skills to the European marketplace.
• In 1968 CSC became the first independent information services company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

By the end of the 1960s, CSC had a presence in Canada, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and The Netherlands.

The 1970s: Consolidation and Expansion

In the early 1970s, CSC created an innovative computer time-sharing network in association with the Department of Defense. Called Infonet, the network allowed hundreds of clients at different sites to run their jobs simultaneously on the same computer. By mid-decade, Infonet was a 100,000-mile network serving 125 cities and nearly every U.S. government agency.

• In 1972 CSC was awarded its first contract with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to provide software support to the agency's Digital Simulation Facility.
• In 1977 AT&T selected CSC’s network to serve Bell System units across the United States.
• The following year, CSC won the California Medicaid contract, the largest contract the State of California had ever awarded.

• In the 1980s, CSC built Europe’s first automated teller machine system for Générale de Banque; automated the United Kingdom’s tax withholding system; developed a back-office banking system for the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group; and automated the railroad management system for the Bureau des Wagons EUROP.
• CSC engineers at Edwards Air Force Base designed and built a sophisticated flight-testing system for the world’s most advanced airplane: the B-2 stealth bomber.

• In 1986 CSC expanded its activities in the commercial consulting and professional services market.
• In 1988 CSC's acquisition of Index Group established the company in the commercial management consulting arena.

The 1990s: Leading the World in Outsourcing

The early 1990s marked CSC's entrance into the IT outsourcing market with the award of a $3 billion contract from General Dynamics—one of the first and largest outsourcing awards in the industry.

• In 1994 CSC signed a 10-year outsourcing agreement with British Aerospace (now BAE Systems).
• In 1995 CSC signed a $1.5 billion partnership with Hughes Electronics Corporation.
• In 1996 CSC signed a $3 billion agreement with DuPont, a contract The New York Times called "among the largest in the computer outsourcing trend that has swept American industry in the 1990s."
• In 1998 the U.S. Internal Revenue Service selected the CSC PRIME Alliance, a team of seven companies, to modernize U.S. tax systems over a 15-year period.

CSC Today: Building on Experience to Produce Results

In an evolving IT services market the only thing certain is change. Yet, during CSC's nearly 50-year history, one constant has remained: CSC's focus on using technology to develop the most innovative and practical solutions that deliver results.

CSC has grown from two men, $100 and a dream to the ranks of the Fortune 500 by offering clients a wealth of experience and an unparalleled scope of services across numerous industries worldwide.

Renewed relationships with clients continue to be a driving force behind CSC's success. Trust is paramount in long-term and renewed service contracts with General Dynamics, a leading defense electronics supplier; aerospace and defense giant BAE Systems; and DuPont, one of the world's most innovative science corporations.

Major acquisition activity to expand competencies and industry expertise continues. In 2003, CSC's acquisition of DynCorp expanded our federal employee base by more than 20,000 and broadened the scope of our service offerings to the U.S. federal government. Most recently, our 2007 acquisition of Covansys strengthened our presence in India by nearly 8,000 employees.

Meanwhile, new opportunities to earn trust develop every day with our new clients Swiss Re, NASA Shared Services, Zurich Financial Services and the U.K. National Health Service. CSC is also expanding across the globe into dynamic, growing markets like India and China and as a sponsor of Team CSC, one of the most successful professional cycling franchises in history.