Inside CSC World Winter 2010 Issue

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The world around us grows more complex every day and businesses face increasing challenges to protect vital data. But a vigilant and comprehensive cybersecurity strategy can help pacify even the most persistent threats. In this issue’s cover story, our chief cyber strategist Sam Visner provides advice to those looking to stay confident in a world of risk.

Our focus on cybersecurity continues with a profile of CSC’s Global StrikeForce team, which travels the globe helping companies and governments avoid cyber disasters. Inside you can read how this team helped protect the cyber assets of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Denmark. And in “Digital Detectives Fight Cybercrime” learn how our Digital Investigative Services professionals are identifying threats and network intrusions for clients.

With U.S. healthcare reform in full swing, healthcare providers are trying to make sense of it all. Many are connecting in our Meaningful Use Community, an interactive and educational online community for learning about the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). The site’s developers and users share their experiences in “Meaningful Use Site Brings Healtcare Community Together.” And one provider in the forefront of electronic healthcare implementation is Vermont’s Fletcher Allen Health Care. We share details of their EHR journey and with them provide tips for implementation success.

The cloud and beyond are on the mind of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Chief Technology Officer Tom Soderstrom. In this interview, he discusses the unique and powerful ways he’s enabling the JPL workforce, and the benefits that approach is reaping for both employees and the laboratory. We also feature a case study on the collaborative videoconferencing solution CSC’s Pasadena Innovation Center helped develop for JPL.

This issue’s In Practice section focuses on the Travel & Transportation market. In “CHARTing Success on the Road,” read how for more than a decade, we have helped develop and upgrade the state of Maryland’s intelligent transportation system used for real-time operation of its highway system. And our merger expertise was put into practice for YRC Company, one of North America’s largest trucking companies.

Finally, The Green Corner looks at smart grids, which could help manage the exploding demand for future energy consumption worldwide. And By the Numbers reveals some of the results of our “Eighth Annual Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress.”

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Theresa Nozick, Editor, CSC World