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Putting Innovation to Work
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January 2008- March 2008
Hess Corporation engaged CSC to help transform this integrated energy company's IT organization. Also in this issue, articles about reaping the benefits of Web 2.0, identity and access management and a focus on healthcare solutions.

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October 2007 - December 2007
Sun Microsystems has been a major technology innovator since 1982. Read how CSC outsourcing helps it continue that innovation. Also in this issue, a client-based approach to project management, unearthing leadership from your people, a guide to offshoring IT services and how CSC's acquisition of Covansys boosts its world sourcing program.

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July 2007 - September 2007
Zurich Financial Services Group has been a global company for years, but it saw itself as more of a collection of business units. In 2004, it began an ambitious program with CSC to transform into a truly global company with unified business processes. Also in this issue, a CSC expert discusses building a distributed development capability and the most popular biometrics used in the private sector are debated.

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April 2007 - June 2007
In one year, Unitrin Business Insurance went from working with a 20-year-old mainframe system to launching a Web-enabled business plan. Steve Holl, vice president of underwriting for UBI, discusses how the company used BPO to come from behind. Also, in this issue: CIOs are learning they don't need more storage and other executives discuss the many roles of IT.

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January 2007 - March 2007
IT services vendors and their clients don’t often team up to go to market together. But that is what Deutsche Bank and CSC did. Werner Steinmüller, Head of Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank, discusses how this joint effort pays off. Plus, old and new threats to information, SOA and IT security are examined

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October 2006 - December 2006
Discover how Maybank, the largest banking group in Malaysia, improved efficiency, after outsourcing its IT infrastructure to CSC. Also, examine intelligent Customer Relationship Management and why many companies invested in CRM programs still don't get benefits. Plus, see why changes in software services drive enterprise IT to the Web.

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July 2006 - September 2006
CSC and aerospace and defense giant BAE Systems have grappled some of the most difficult outsourcing challenges to turn what began as one of the biggest outsourcing deals into one of the longest-running partnerships in a highly competitive market. This issue also examines IT governance, gauging the success of mergers and adding economics and innovation to infrastructure.

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April 2006 - June 2006
Strategies to mitigate disasters highlight this issue as officers who operate the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve share lessons learned during Hurricane Katrina and healthcare experts discuss the importance of digitizing health records. Other topics explore the latest science applications in space and under the sea, predicting environmental damage and using technology to improve highway traffic.

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January 2006 - March 2006
In this issue, the role IT services play in a wider technology-enabled business services market are discussed and how CIOs are using business relationship managers to cultivate a new interest in working collaboratively with IT. Also, an update of Business Process Management explores how these systems have become an "instrument of the imagination" and why Service Oriented Architecture has become "A Prerequisite for Process Orientation and Flexible IT Sourcing Models." Plus, CSC helps EADS Astrium go into orbit and a unique biometric ID system secures US facilities in Iraq.

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October 2005 - December 2005
This issue explores the role that CSC's agile IT support plays in Dupont's transformation into a 21st century science company. There is also a discussion of how to shape an outsourcing deal that lasts and maintaining regulatory compliance and security in outsourcing. What's new in business process management and updates to consumer technology and IT are also featured.

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July 2005 - September 2005
In the cover story, we find out how CSC Airline Solutions and Scandinavian Airlines are using an IT oursourcing partnership to address the stiff competition all traditional airlines are facing from low-fare startups. Also covered are two hot new technologies —utility and grid computing—and what's next in IT, including a discussion of IT governance and IT leadership in a network era.

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April 2005 - June 2005
This newly designed and refocused issue of CSC World focuses on the magazine's new tag line, "Putting Innovation to Work," with articles on the the topic of innovation as well as how CSC is using its innovation with clients such as the U.S. EPA, Zurich Financial, and Cynergy.

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December 2004 - February 2005
We announced in the last issue that we are redesigning and refocusing CSC World, which will appear in its new format in March. As a bridge between the old and new formats, we are using this issue to republish the most popular articles from the magazine's first two years.

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Most Popular Articles
Staying in the Lead: Amirsham A. Aziz, Maybank President and CEO
October - December 2006
When a business leader makes a bold move, people notice. That is what happened when Maybank outsourced its IT infrastructure to CSC in 2003.

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Deutsche Bank and CSC Go to Market
By Fiona Hutchinson
January - March 2007
IT services vendors and their clients don't often team up to go to market together. But Deutsche Bank and CSC did and it paid off.

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Successful Business Relationship Management: Collaboration for Co-Creation of Value
By Lynette Ferrara and Alex Mayall

January – March 2006
Today’s business leadership knows that IT matters. This renewed business interest in IT was confirmed by a recent CSC survey of senior business and IT executives.

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FIRST HAND: It Takes a Hacker: An Interview With Kevin Mitnick
January – March 2007
Arguably the world’s most famous hacker, Kevin Mitnick discusses the essentials of an effective security program.

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Will Your Merger Succeed?
By Eugene G. Lukac
July - September 2006
Although most mergers fail, they don’t have to. Mergers can succeed if appropriate attention is given to the integration phase.

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STREET SMARTS: Why Projects Fail
By Sallie Satterthwaite, Fred Thorne and Elizabeth Weber
January – March 2007
Project managers need to be disciplined in identifying risks and watching out for red flags.

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Why You Don’t Need More Data Storage
By Richard M. James
April – June 2007
For many CIOs, buying more storage looks like the only option. But that is a short-term fix that does not address long-term information management needs.

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Security for Mobile Technology
By Ron Knode
January – March 2007
Wireless LANs give us the mobility we want, but the absence of wires introduces new security problems.

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Old and New Threats to Information Security
By Chad Walker
January – March 2007
Computer security is only as good as the weakest link. Ninety-nine times out of 100, the weakest link is a person, not a piece of software.

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Five CIO Thinking Hats: Which CIO Are You?
By Howard N. Smith
July – September 2006
A CIO may wear five different hats, each representing a different "I": infrastructure, improvements, intangibles, innovation, or insights. Which one are you?

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Book Review: Blue Ocean Strategy
July - September 2005
Authors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne advance the thinking on business strategy with clear prose and an engaging style.

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