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Top Five Ways to Lose Data (And How to Prevent Them) There are literally thousands of ways in which data can pass into the wrong hands, whether through malicious intent or simply negligence. Here we discuss the top five.
Cloud rEvolution: Start the Cloud Conversation You’re ready to move to the cloud – now what? According to the latest volume in Leading Edge Forum’s Cloud rEvolution report, it’s time for IT and business to have a serious conversation.
rEvolution in the Air: The Cloud Effect on IT and Business All businesses — whether they realize it or not — will be affected by the cloud, says the latest volume of CSC's Leading Edge Forum Report, "Cloud rEvolution: The Cloud Effect."
Cloud rEvolution: The Art of Abstraction Abstraction is one of the key building blocks of the cloud, according to the latest volume of CSC’s Leading Edge Forum Report, “Cloud rEvolution: The Art of Abstraction.”
For the Future of the Cloud, Look to Its Foundations CSC’s new Leading Edge Forum Report, “Cloud rEvolution,” provides a clear, objective analysis of cloud’s capabilities – enabling readers to determine their own best path.
Survey: Economic Impact on Supply Chain Varies As companies look for areas of business to reduce costs and increase revenue in a down economy, many are finding their answers in supply chain management, according to The Seventh Annual Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress.
A Federated State of Identity The growing number of usernames and passwords needed to enter collaborative online workspaces are risking unauthorized access and wasteful administrative procedures. Our Federated Identity Management solution helps organizations share information securely and efficiently among trusted business partners and clients.
The Future of IT: Doing Business in the Cloud There’s a tectonic shift occurring in IT. Just as mainframes, PCs and the Internet reshaped enterprises in the past 10 years, the "Cloud" will influence the next decade of IT. Our LEF Executive Programme is at the forefront of the cloud services discussion.
Social Network Fosters Customer Collaboration Launched in September 2008, WikonnecT is a global business-to-business networking site for the insurance industry that lets CSC clients get the latest product updates and collaborate in real time.
Satellite Enhances Climate Studies For 14 months, the CSC team responsible for designing, developing and implementing the ground network infrastructure for the low-earth satellite Jason-2 was working on a low-security system. Then, the system was reclassified as high security. Faced with the challenge of an additional 170 technical controls, the Jason-2 team had just seven months until the satellite’s June 20, 2008, launch to design and implement new solutions.
OASIS: Smarter, Faster Tools Fuel Data Center Transformations Faster and more intelligent than current assessment tools, OASIS (Optimization Assessment and Systems Integration Study) delivers recommendations on efficiency, environmental impact and cost reductions.
2009 Chairman’s Awards: Innovation at Heart The recipients of our 2009 Chairman’s Award for Excellence represent some of the brightest minds in the IT industry. From signing for a package delivery in England, processing a traffic violation in Germany or verifying insurance at a doctor’s office in the United States, the following CSC groups are truly revolutionizing the role technology plays in even the most common daily events.
Liberate Your Team With CSC Anywhere Desktop CSC Anywhere Desktop devices, powered by Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Sun Ray thin clients, have been rolled out at 17 worldwide locations, and are easing the burden on IT support, lowering energy consumption and improving staff productivity.
Uranium Enrichment Facility Rises Out of New Mexico Desert From the start, the strong partnership between CSC and Louisiana Energy Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of URENCO, has been crucial to the success of the United States’ first uranium enrichment facility in 30 years. With both LES’s IT management team and our leadership team working together as peers, the construction of the National Enrichment Facility in the New Mexico desert remains on schedule and within budget.
Keeping the American Dream Alive Millions of Americans are falling behind on mortgage payments and spinning toward foreclosure. Some banks are partnering with IT service providers like CSC to give borrowers a life raft through innovative technology.
Surveys: Healthcare Not Immune to Economic Downturn CSC interviewed health plan and hospital executives about the impact of the current financial downturn on their business.
Driving Competitive Performance With Technology Clients from retail, financial services and high technology work to change the competitive performance of their business with our world-class technology solutions.
Common Business Problems Where Ideation Has Been Applied A list of common business problems where ideation has been applied.
CSC: When the Going Gets Tough The challenge of a rapidly evolving marketplace is finding innovative technology that can keep up with the pace of change. Fifty years of creating technology-enabled business solutions makes our global team of 90,000 professionals poised to deliver the flexible IT support your business demands.
Digital Disruptions: Technology Innovations Powering 21st Century Business CSC's Digital Disruptions report identifies the latest disruptions being generated by the information technology and communications industry.
Develop an IT Strategy That Makes Sense for Your Industry "Developing an IT Strategy for Your Industry" is a new report from CSC’s Leading Edge Forum (LEF) Executive Programme. It draws upon recent LEF research to explore how vertical, industry-based orientation will rise sharply on both the supplier and the customer sides.
IT’s not a spectator sport No enduring success is achieved without tenacity and practical ingenuity. Or without a partner who delivers technology-enabled business solutions and flexible IT outsourcing services. At 90,000 strong, we meet mission critical requirements for both public and private sector clients around the world.
Survey: Europe Takes Lead in Supply Chain Advancement The Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress, prepared by CSC, Supply Chain Management Review and Michigan State University, with assistance from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and Supply Chain Europe, shows Europeans ahead of North Americans in nearly every element of supply chain optimization.
Infrastructure Security How safe are the keys to your kingdom? With CSC's expertise in both national and enterprise security, as well as a Security Center of Excellence and industry-leading security credentials, we are well qualified to help clients answer that question. We explore infrastructure security with three CSC experts in the following articles.
Strategies for Today’s Global, Mobile Workplace The new workforce is upon us and how workers, managers and executives react to meet the needs of a technology-laden, increasingly diverse workplace, will undoubtedly impact bottom lines in the future.
CSC's Global Jam Rocks the Conference CSC's Global Jam performs during the 2008 Technology & Business Solutions Conference in Orlando, Fla.
CSC Launches Advertising Campaign To Strengthen Brand Perception The campaign will feature ads running in targeted national publications in the U.S.,U.K. and Australia. It is designed to clearly communicate what CSC stands for: global experience, industry-specific expertise, a collaborative approach and tenacious ingenuity.
Digital Trust Roadmap: Detailed Image The final volume of CSC's Digital Trust report series offers a roadmap to manage future risks while creating business value. See detailed roadmap image here.
Digital Trust Roadmap: Grow Your Business, Cut Your Risks The final volume of CSC's Digital Trust report series offers a roadmap to manage future risks while creating business value.
Collaborative Solutions — The Time Is Now: An Interview with CSC’s Christine Silva Christine Silva, director of CSC’s Collaborative Enterprise program, discusses how organizations can remove barriers presented by time, geography and technology.
MADCat Tool Accurately Detects Network Attachments CSC computer scientist Tom Fader developed a software tool called MADCat (MAC Address Detection and Categorization) that provides CSC and its customers with unique automated network discovery capabilities.
2008 Technology Issues for Financial Executives Report: Leveraging Quality Data Is Top IT Concern The tenth annual Technology Issues for Financial Executives survey, conducted by CSC and Financial Executives International (FEI), a professional organization for senior financial executives.
2008 CSC Chairman's Award Honors Extraordinary Feats Five teams receive CSC's highest honor — the 2008 Chairman's Award for Excellence.
CSC-Sponsored "Carrier" Documentary Airing Now CSC is the corporate underwriter for PBS's "Carrier" documentary. Premiering April 27, the 10-part series explores life onboard the nuclear supercarrier USS Nimitz.
Putting the Brakes on Customer Churn A new thought leadership study undertaken by the Chief Marketing Office (CMO) Council, in partnership with CSC,IBM and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), identifies what deepens, solidifies and perpetuates customer relationships.
CSC Experts Share Insights at Next Generation Utilities Summit Disruptions to critical infrastructure can be very costly, so organizations must identify key assets and make the necessary investments to protect them, according to Ron Dick, director of CSC's Homeland Security Protection Center, who spoke at the Next Generation Utilities: Technology Summit 2008 in Austin, Texas.
"Carrier" Documentary Spurs Memories for CSC Navy Veterans CSC-sponsored "Carrier," which premiered April 27 on PBS, took an unprecedented look at life onboard the USS Nimitz supercarrier. CSC has a rich history of supporting the U.S. Navy and has benefited greatly from the many Navy veterans who have joined the company.
Leading CIOs Reveal Their Strategies Leading CIOs reveal their strategies for succeeding at outsourcing, working through a natural disaster, transforming IT and unearthing leadership.
CSC Sponsors USS Nimitz Documentary "Carrier" CSC is the corporate underwriter for PBS's "Carrier" documentary on the USS Nimitz. Premiering this April, the documentary is previewing in late February on PBS stations across the United States.
Transparency and Assurance: Putting a Measure on Digital Trust CSC's Transparency and Assurance report examines the ways in which digital trust is claimed, measured and acknowledged within and across the digital enterprise.
First Consulting Group and CSC: Expanding Services to Healthcare Customers CSC completes acquisition of First Consulting Group.
CSC: Green IT Initiatives CSC recognizes our responsibility to minimize our impact on the environment, by reducing waste and emissions.
IT Goes Green CSC is looking at how public-sector IT managers, procurement officials and other professionals can transform their IT and data center operations into more environmentally conscious yet efficient solutions.
Gore, Annan Headline CSC-Sponsored Leadership Summit The CSC-sponsored Leaders in London Summit unites business and political visionaries November 27-29.
Statement About The California Wildfires CSC has issued a statement about the California wildfires
eThreats: You're Not as Safe as You Think eThreats, such as phishing, no-tech hacking, Google hacking and cross-site scripting, defy current digital trust technologies.
CSC’s Lean/Six Sigma Program Delivers Better Processes, Less Waste Businesses must continually improve processes, reduce costs and cut waste to remain competitive, and many are turning to Six Sigma and Lean principles to achieve these goals.
CSC Puts Lean/Six Sigma Into Practice CSC's Lean/Six Sigma practice has sparked performance improvements in practically every division of the company, and simultaneously delivered substantial cost savings to CSC clients.
Six Sigma Terminology Six Sigma Terminology, from Master Black Belt, to DMAIC, to Working Out. Find out what it all means.
Survey: Supply Chain Leaders Realize Greatest Gains The fifth annual Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress by CSC, The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University (MSU) and Supply Chain Management Review identifies how firms differ in terms of their “maturity” in supply chain competence.
Liquid Security: Eliminating Traditional Boundaries A special kind of digital trust, liquid security does not depend upon any assumptions about the clock, geography or equipment.
Q&A: Walter Mullikin Has Business on the Brain CSC’s Walter Mullikin has a passion for data analytics. His latest work in that field — for food service giant Aramark — caught the attention of the editors at Consulting Magazine, who named him one of the top 25 consultants of 2007. Mullikin discusses the inspirations, influences and philosophies behind his award-winning work at CSC.
Team CSC Cyclists Ride to Benefit Best Buddies International Team CSC's Dave Zabriskie and Lars Michaelsen lead more than 25 CSC employees, clients and partners in a charity ride to benefit Best Buddies International.
CSC's AdvanceMed Combats Healthcare Fraud AdvanceMed, a wholly owned CSC subsidiary, is fighting healthcare fraud as a contractor for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Program Safeguard Contract.
CSC Provides Flawless Support for NASA Space Missions CSC's Multi-Mission Flight Software team has achieved a flawless track record in providing flight software and engineering support for 15 NASA unmanned spacecraft missions.
Who’s Minding Your Store? IP & Compliance in the Digital Age According to two new CSC report volumes, Digital Trust is a potential solution to the challenges of managing intellectual property and regulatory compliance in the Internet age.
CSC Hosts Thought Leadership Events for IT Leaders The Leading Edge Forum Executive Program hosts must-attend thought leadership events for IT leaders. Key events this fall include Expanding the Mandate - Next Practices in Business/IT Leadership and Green IT - New Competencies for 21st Century IT Leaders.
Survey: CFOs Need Better Information, Fewer Financial Systems The ninth annual Technology Issues for Financial Executives survey, conducted by CSC and Financial Executives International (FEI), a professional organization for senior financial executives.
UKvisas and WorldBridge Streamline the Visa Application Process WorldBridge provides UK visa applicants with comprehensive visa and immigration information and assistance.
Web 2.0: The New Frontier for Employee Responsibility and Innovation Web 2.0 is challenging companies to allow their employees more technical flexibility, thereby increasing collaboration and productivity.
Covansys and CSC: Expanding World Sourcing Services in India In a move to strengthen Indian-based sourcing services to global customers, CSC has just completed its previously announced acquisition of Covansys.
Permanent Innovation Dr. Kjell A. Nordstrom, co-author of "Funky Business" and "Karaoke Capitalism," on innovation, tomorrow’s business tools and the rise of temporary monopolies.
Digital Trust: Shaking Hands With the Digital Enterprise, Volume 1 CSC's Leading Edge Forum's Digital Trust series examines IT security as a technology strategy that plays both offense and defense, recognizing enhanced business value and cost savings while minimizing information risk exposure.
CSC's David Bogan Honored by CIO Magazine CSC's David Bogan Honored as "One to Watch" by CIO Magazine
Award for Technical Excellence Highlights Client Results The 2007 CSC Award for Technical Excellence recognizes innovation and client results.
Leading CIOs Reveal Their Strategies Leading CIOs reveal their strategies for succeeding at outsourcing, working through a natural disaster, transforming IT and unearthing leadership.
Navy Program Aims to Boost Aircraft Safety, Reduce Costs CSC supports a U.S. Navy program, the Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA) Demonstration Project, that identifies the best ways to integrate and analyze flight data by developing and designing highly robust algorithms for automated data analysis and an integrated reporting system.
Project Accelerate Launched in May 2007 CSC’s Project Accelerate defined a strategic growth initiative that will benefit the company’s stakeholders and strengthen its leading marketplace position.
National Patient Records System Gets Boost from SOA CSC is using service-oriented architecture (SOA) to help the Dutch Ministry of Health build a secure medical information exchange system.
FlowViewer Sees What’s on Your Network CSC's FlowViewer gives users easy access to a powerful set of proven network management tools, providing unprecedented access to network information.
Energy Knowledge Management Network Connects Industry Leaders The Energy Knowledge Management Network, a CSC-led consortium of 17 companies, meeting three to four times a year at member sites, has face-to-face meetings to encourage members to share their challenges and knowledge management solutions, and demonstrate ways to link knowledge management strategies with business.
Navy Protects Fleet, Nation With CSC Software CSC created the software that runs the U.S. Navy's Aegis missile defense system, which helps protect the U.S. and its allies from aerial attack, including ballistic missiles.
NASA Goddard: A Perfectly Satisfied Customer A unique working relationship has helped CSC turn the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center into a perfectly satisfied customer.
CSC Keeps NASA Flying CSC's Applied Technology Division provides aviation engineering and maintenance services for most of NASA's technically complex aircraft fleet, supporting astronaut training and high-altitude research.
With BundOnline, the Government Is Always Open With BundOnline, the German government and CSC have found a way to get citizens out of line by getting them online instead.
OmniLocation Tracks People, Objects in Near Real Time CSC's OmniLocation, a suite of location awareness technologies, includes a wireless global positioning system (GPS) object field tracking solution, which brings together the smallest GPS trackers, the fastest data transmission system and the most accurate software.
CSC's DynMcDermott Supports Strategic Petroleum Reserve Efforts DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations, a CSC firm, manages and operates the SPR under a long-term agreement with the Department of Energy.
Training Today's Soldiers for Tomorrow's Battles CSC’s Training Center of Excellence is helping the U.S. Army revamp its training strategy to improve the way soldiers learn and perform vital tasks.
EPA Web Ring Gets the Dirt on Polluted Property What lies beneath the land in your neighborhood? That's a question a new Web Ring funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and developed by CSC is answering.
Team CSC Prepares for California and Australia Tours Team CSC Prepares for Tour of California, 2007 Season
2006 A&D Survey: Industry Foresees Worker Shortage Respondents to the 2006 Aerospace and Defense Industry Survey predict a shortage of qualified employees within the next five years, including program managers.
CSC Firm Honored for Focus on Health and Safety DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations, a CSC firm, has been named as a recipient of the 2006 Robert W. Campbell Award, in recognition of the company's excellence in health, safety and environmental management.
Connected World: Mobility, the Next Frontier All of the pieces of the connected world point to one goal: sustained mobility.
Connected World: Liquid Time and Place Even time and place don't mean the same in the connected world. New technologies and new networks bring about a new phenomenon: liquid time and place.
Connected World: Connecting New Places and Things We live in a connected world, where converged networks are changing the way we live, says a new CSC report, Connected World: Redefining the Geography of Business and How We Work and Play. This is the second in a series of four articles in which csc.com examines eight connectedness trends identified by the report.
Mobilize Your People, Your Enterprise CSC's Mobile Enterprise is a framework of services that allows enterprises to shape, transform and manage their mobility portfolio.
Survey: Supply Chains Reach Plateau Companies continue to break through to higher levels of supply chain management, but progress has slowed, CSC and Supply Chain Management Review magazine report in their Fourth Annual Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress.
Welcome to the Connected World: How Networks are Changing the Way We Work and Play Connected World: Redefining the Geography of Business and How We Work and Play, written by CSC's Leading Edge Forum, says the connected world was created by fundamental changes in the communications and information technology industries.
CSC Builds Award-Winning RFID Solution Oracle Magazine has named Dennis Alley, a partner in CSC’s Consulting Group, as its RFID Architect of the Year.
CSC Supports Troops, Wins Award CSC won the 2006 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award in July, the top award given to companies who provide excellent support to employees who are members of the Armed Forces Reserves and National Guard.
German Government Goes Paperless With CSC CSC improved and updated its e-Vergabe online procurement system to meet increased usage mandated by the German government.
Protect Your Computers: CSC Experts Speak Out For more than 30 years, CSC’s Global Security Solutions has helped our commercial and government clients address all aspects of data privacy and protection, from facilities and systems to people and information. Our experts are frequently interviewed on camera and radio and they appear at a variety of consumer and industry forums.
New CSC Service Helps Clients Cut Telecom Costs CSC Telecom Expense Management (CSC TEM) is a new network service offering that can help enterprises reduce telecom expenses by eliminating erroneous charges, while identifying opportunities for additional cost savings.
CSC Supports Discovery’s Safe Return to Earth The Discovery astronauts who completed critical research and repairs to the space station were supported by thousands of people on the ground, including more than a thousand from Computer Sciences Raytheon (CSR), a joint venture between CSC’s Applied Technology Division and Raytheon Technical Services Company.
Put Your Company on The Wall Street Diet Put Your Company on The Wall Street Diet
Border Center of Excellence CSC’s Border and Immigration Solutions (BIS) Center of Excellence harnesses CSC’s expertise in civil identity, border management and immigration solutions.
What Do CFOs Worry About? Information The eighth annual Technology Issues for Financial Executives survey, conducted by CSC and Financial Executives International (FEI), a professional organization for senior financial executives.
Tour Talk: Learn the Lingo Bicycle racing has its own language as well, a mix of French, Italian, Spanish and sport-specific words that might sound a little odd to the casual fan.
Get Up to Speed on the Tour de France Get Up to Speed on the Tour de France
CSC Voices: Eileen Sweeney-Tan Named a Top Woman in Technology CSC Voices: Eileen Sweeney-Tan Named a Top Woman in Technology
Award for Technical Excellence Highlights Collaborative Innovation The recipients of the 2006 CSC Award for Technical Excellence include a NASA high-performance computer project, a U.S. state transportation system, a European satellite program, a fraud detection software application, a German e-government initiative and a framework for enterprise and solution architecture.
CSC's DVC Unit Takes Unique Approach to Vaccine Development DVC LLC, a CSC company, and biotechnology integrator, is taking a novel approach to the advanced development and licensure of essential medical products, including biodefense and influenza vaccines as well as managing U.S. government vaccine programs.
Top Research Firm Rates CSC “Leader” for Federal Government Systems Integration Independent technology and market research company Forrester Research, Cambridge, Mass., recently studied seven services vendors and rated CSC as “a leader" in its evaluation of federal government systems integrators. CSC received the highest overall score and was cited in the report as best-suited for most government integration projects.
Book Review: Making the Most of RFID Book Review: Making the Most of RFID
CSC's Lean/Six Sigma Program Delivers Better Processes, Less Waste CSC's Lean/Six Sigma Program Delivers Better Processes, Less Waste
Air Traffic Management Center Builds Upon CSC's Experience, Expertise Air Traffic Management Center Builds Upon CSC's Experience, Expertise
CSC Helps Land O’Lakes See Into the Future CSC, in a joint venture with business analytics specialist SAS, customized a new business solution dubbed Trade Promotion Optimization to help Land O'Lakes predict the effectiveness of its promotional campaigns.
CSC's Systems Performance Center Helps Clients Predict Scalability CSC's Systems Performance Center Helps Clients Predict Scalability
CSC Helps Restyle Italian Fashion IT he Italian fashion industry, celebrated for its creativity, innovation and impeccable style, has been through tough times of late, but CSC software and consulting are helping to make life easier.
CSC's New Wireless LAN Service Emphasizes Security CSC has launched a fully managed wireless LAN service that provides the same level of security as a wired network and delivers business benefits in a wide range of environments.
CSC Technology Leads to Safer Air Traffic CSC Technology Leads to Safer Air Traffic
Next Generation Air Safety System Taking Off Four aerospace and defense industry leaders, including CSC, are demonstrating a technology called Net Enabled Operations (NEO), which shows how sharing air traffic control information among several federal agencies can improve awareness and response time during potentially dangerous situations.
Presidential Quality Award Honors CSC Company DynMcDermott, a CSC-managed federal contractor, weathered two hurricanes this year to win the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence.
CSC Exec Sees Accelerating Need for Integrated Healthcare IT Systems CSC Executive Daniel Garrett Sees Accelerating Need for Integrated Healthcare IT Systems
2005 A&D Survey: IT Being Overlooked as Strategic Function The 2005 Aerospace and Defense (A&D) Industry Survey identifies trends in the areas of labor, strategic compliance, IT value and compliance.
CSC’s IRS and NASA Projects Win GCN Industry Awards CSC was honored with a GCN Industry Leader award, which is granted to companies with the largest revenue from government contracts. As the IRS's prime contractor for their $5 billion modernization contract, CSC was proud to see two IRS modernization projects—e-services and Modernized e-File (MeF)—recognized with awards.
Leading Edge Forum Report 2005, Extreme Data: Meaning An era of extreme data is on the rise, driven by an explosion of new types of data generated by new devices and used in completely new ways, says the 2005 Leading Edge Forum Report, Extreme Data: Rethinking the "I" in IT.
CSC Gives Insurance Company New Home After Katrina After Hurricane Katrina forced Pan-American Life Insurance to abandon its home office in New Orleans, CSC gave the company's data-and its employees-a new home.
Survey: Companies Break Through Supply Chain Barrier Companies are breaking into the advanced stages of supply chain management at last and are starting to reap the benefits, CSC and Supply Chain Management Review report in their Third Annual Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress.
CSC Employees Caught in Katrina's Path Rebuild CSC and its employees hit by Hurricane Katrina are already rebuilding. Even though many CSC people are victims of storm damage, they also continue to assist CSC customers with recovery operations at their facilities.
Hurricane Doesn't Get in the Way of Job Terri Baker, acquisitions manager and small business liaison officer for CSC's Mississippi Space Services in Stennis, Miss., refused to give Hurricane Katrina even the slightest upper hand when she had a job to perform.
From Beach Front to Just Beach Hundreds of CSC employees were caught in the path of Hurricane Katrina, whether that meant swimming to safety or evacuating only to find their homes destroyed. Many CSC employees are still picking up the pieces.
Project BraveHeart Answers Call for Hurricane Relief—Again When CSC's Bill Pedersen founded Project BraveHeart to provide financial assistance for employees affected by 2004's Hurricane Ivan, he pledged that it would be there when the next natural disaster strikes. The call to fulfill that pledge came less than a year later, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the same U.S. gulf coast devastated by Ivan.
CSC Unit Braves Disaster to Deliver Emergency Oil Reserves In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush authorized the drawdown and sale of oil from the government's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Despite being in the path of the destruction, the SPR, operated and managed by a CSC unit, has delivered emergency oil supplies without disruption.
A CSC White Paper: Howard Smith on BPM The prediction that the CIO's job will evolve into managing business processes—not just technology—is not new. What is new is the state of process technology. It has reached a point where it's about to go mainstream. Learn how, when and why in the insightful white paper, "From CIO to CPO via BPM: The Next Generation of Enterprise Automation," written by Howard Smith, CSC's European CTO.
CSC Teaches Educators How to Keep Students Safe, Schools Secure CSC's Safe Schools program helps schools develop and maintain comprehensive safe school plans to prepare for and prevent violence and disasters on school grounds.
Leading Edge Forum Report 2005, Extreme Data: Social Connections An era of extreme data is on the rise, driven by an explosion of new types of data generated by new devices and used in completely new ways, says the 2005 Leading Edge Forum Report, Extreme Data: Rethinking the "I" in IT.
Supply Chain Evolution CSC Book Excerpt: The Networked Supply Chain
CSC Helps Sun Microsystems Transform Applications Business Sun Microsystems is currently undergoing a major transformation that is changing the way it does business. To remain competitive globally, Sun is handing much of the responsibility for its application development and support to CSC. Sun will also build on CSC's contract base and industry experience to go to market more effectively.
CSC Clients, Employees Weather Hurricane Katrina Hundreds of CSC employees and their clients were in the path of Hurricane Katrina as it swept through the southern U.S. Gulf Coast, destroying lives, livelihoods and homes. All CSC employees survived the storm. They emerged to repair their country, communities and workplaces through dedication and volunteer efforts.
Leading Edge Forum Report 2005, Extreme Data: Time and Place An era of extreme data is on the rise, driven by an explosion of new types of data generated by new devices and used in completely new ways, says the 2005 Leading Edge Forum Report, Extreme Data: Rethinking the "I" in IT.
Innovative CSC Network Brings Data Together CSC's Fully Converged Network, one of six recipients of the 2005 Award for Technical Excellence, can help enterprises reduce costs in the areas of networking and business telephony.
New CSC Offering Delivers Network Convergence CSC Converged Networks enables unprecedented levels of management information and control to enable businesses to manage their cost and service profiles appropriate to their business requirements. Within the Converged Networks framework, CSC provides five services: Network Business Services, WAN, LAN, Converged Voice and remote CSC Connect.
Leading Edge Forum Report 2005, Extreme Data: Rethinking the "I" in IT An era of extreme data is on the rise, driven by an explosion of new types of data generated by new devices and used in completely new ways, says the 2005 Leading Edge Forum Report, Extreme Data: Rethinking the "I" in IT.
Interview With Ingvar Soderlund, Chief Information Officer of the SAS Group Interview with Ingvar Soderlund, chief information officer of the SAS Group.
Industry Perspective: Professor Vijay Gurbaxani on Offshore Outsourcing and Value Measurement In a two-part interview, University of California at Irvine Professor Vijay Gurbaxani discusses his views on various information topics such as offshore outsourcing, return on technology investments, utility computing, and the evolution of the IT services industry.
Video: CSC Security Expert Explores Google Hacking Threat In a video interview, CSC security researcher Johnny Long describes how hackers can find personal data and passwords through the Google search engine, then use that data against individuals and organizations.
CSC Supports NASA's Successful Return to Flight Among the many NASA programs CSC supports is the Columbia supercomputer, which is housed at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.
Renault: Focusing Global IT on Automotive Expertise In an interview with CSC, Renault CIO Jean-Pierre Corniou details Renault's original approach to IT.
Industry Perspective: Vijay Gurbaxani on Achieving Flexibility in Today's IT Climate In a two-part interview, University of California at Irvine Professor Vijay Gurbaxani discusses his views on various information topics such as offshore outsourcing, return on technology investments, utility computing, and the evolution of the IT services industry.
CSC's Grid Computing Solution Provides Flexibility, Cost Savings CSC's Results-Driven Computing (RDC) Grid service lets organizations perform supercomputing-level tasks without making large up-front capital investments in equipment or data center infrastructure, or usage commitments.
CSC Dimensions: New Offering Blends Applications Experience, Industry Knowledge CSC's newest integrated service offering, CSC Dimensions, provides a powerful framework that can help organizations leverage CSC's industry knowledge to enable sustainable business transformation and application excellence.">
Small Island Plays Big Role in CSC's Space Work Ascension Island has held a strategic importance for more than two centuries and serves today as an important base for CSC operations.
Survey: CFOs Want Relevant and More Timely Analytical Information The seventh annual survey, Technology Issues for Financial Executives, by CSC and the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), the research arm of Financial Executives International (FEI) identifies the IT issues and trends deemed most critical for CFOs and other senior finance executives.
CSC Security Expert Explores Google Hacking Threat in New Book As a security researcher for CSC, Johnny Long spends his days breaking into clients' networks to find and repair vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can wreak havoc. In this line of work, he constantly comes across new and evolving threats, and in his book, Google Hacking for Penetration Testers, Long brings to light a potentially destructive hacking method that targets everyday Internet users.
Digitization Project Transforms TV Channel's Business of News Broadcasting France 2, France's largest state-owned television channel, partnered with CSC to digitize the process of creating its four daily television news programs. CSC assisted the general management at the channel in creating a framework for and managing the entire project.
Empowered Mortgage Counselors Keep Borrowers in Their Homes With CSC's expanded version of EarlyResolution, National City Mortgage is keeping borrowers in their homes.
CSC's Hogan Systems Takes Banking Into the Future CSC is better known for its information technology services than for its software. But for more than 50 U.S. banks using CSC's Hogan Systems® products, CSC provides the software that is helping shape the future of retail banking.
CSC Exec: Experience, Trust, Openness Key to Outsourcing Relationships The increasing importance of choosing an outsourcing partner with a strong background in information technology (IT) security and compliance monitoring was a key message delivered by Russ Owen, president of CSC's Global Infrastructure Services.
New Office Strengthens CSC's Focus on Results-Driven Innovation Uniting several of CSC's hallmark technology leadership programs and groups, the Office of Innovation brings a sharper focus to CSC’s innovative agenda and solution delivery for clients.
CSC Voices: One Man's Standards Make a Difference for CSC An information technology services deal often comes down to the skills and knowledge of one person. Fortunately for CSC's federal sector, it has Paul Croll, a leading member of the IT industry's most important standards bodies.
Improving the Performance of Your Program Management Office While 70 percent of leading enterprises have program management offices in an effort to improve project success rates, the benefits of an effective PMO tend to remain elusive.
Business Process Outsourcing: The Vendor's Perspective Vendors, intermediaries, and customers are wrongly assuming that business process outsourcing is little different from IT outsourcing. As they pursue short-term goals through BPO and shared services, they are ignoring crucial long-term strategy issues.
Datamonitor Names CSC Leader in Insurance Technology CSC is a leader in global insurance technology due to its domain expertise, process coverage and business issue awareness, say two recent reports from industry analyst firm Datamonitor.
Prism Alliance Delivers "Red-Hot IT" to Royal Mail The Royal Mail board has set an ambitious strategic vision for the company: to be the best postal operator in the world. Royal Mail has signed a landmark outsourcing deal with the CSC-led Prism Alliance. The contract, valued at £1.5 billion, is one of the largest ever signed in the UK. "It is," said Royal Mail CEO Adam Crozier, "a vital component in our renewal plan.
Tech Summit Explores Innovative Solutions to Fight Narcoterrorism CSC and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Museum Foundation co-hosted a blue-ribbon panel discussion that examined how technology can help break the link between drug trafficking and terrorism.
CSC Study: Consumer Technology Will Drive Corporate IT Agenda The blurring of lines between corporate IT and consumer technology will allow employees to drive IT innovation in the future, and this "consumerization" will lower costs and improve functionality, says a study by CSC's Research & Advisory Services.
Financial Executive Survey: Most Businesses Lack IT Plan Businesses that align their IT strategies with their business strategies are more likely to achieve a high return on IT investment, according to a survey of senior financial officers.
Vertical Forté Gives CSC an Edge as a BTO Analyst firm Summit Strategies credits vertical depth and alignment for CSC’s strength as a business transformation outsourcer (BTO) in CSC’s Twenty-Year Journey: Emergence of a Vertical Business Transformation Outsourcer.
A&D Survey: Many Firms Unprepared to Meet RFID Requirements CSC, in association with the Aerospace Industry Association (AIA) and Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine, recently completed the Third Annual Aerospace and Defense (A&D) Industry Survey, which showed that customer satisfaction is a top priority.
New Subsidiary Increases CSC's Foothold in China CSC's new office in China will try to capitalize on an educated workforce and a growing need for IT services in the financial services, manufacturing and government sectors.
CSC Voices: Community Initiative Targets Youth of Chesterfield, UK The "CSC in the Community" project reaches out to youth in Chesterfield, UK, home to about 800 Royal Mail employees who joined CSC as a result of the CSC-lead Prism Alliance outsourcing deal.
A CSC White Paper: Howard Smith on "What Innovation Is" A CSC White Paper: Howard Smith on "What Innovation Is"
Survey: Businesses Fall Short of Supply Chain Benefits Businesses are making significant investments in supply chain software and technology, says a new CSC survey, but an emphasis on technology over process improvement is limiting companies' gains from the supply chain.
CSC Supports NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Planetary Exploration Programs NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has been at the forefront of space exploration and CSC's Institutional Services and Support (ISAS) team has provided support for programs such as the two missions to Mars and the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn.
Leading Edge Forum Report 2004: Open Source: Open for Business The lure of open source software is that it is free-anyone can use it or modify it without license fees, and no vendor can lock users in for fixes and enhancements. The disruptive nature of open source software makes it the focus of the 2004 CSC Leading Edge Forum report, Open Source: Open for Business. This part one of a feature focusing on the report.
CSC Voices: A CSC Employee's Personal Tour de France While Team CSC raced through the French countryside during the Tour de France, Australian CSC employee John Wright explored the back roads of France by bicycle at a slower pace, in part because he was carrying his belongings on his bike.
CSC's Global Security Solutions Focus on Integrating Technologies CSC is integrating security technologies to tackle current limitations in the area.
CSC Voices: Al Cerro, Fighting Fires and Server Crashes CSC's Al Cerro is on call both for his job in production operations support and as a volunteer firefighter
Imperatives for the 21st Century CIO New report from CSC's Research & Advisory Services, which states that as businesses shift focus from reducing costs to adding value, the CIO must emphasize what IT can do for business value.
CSC Voices: CSC's Carl McNair Inducted Into Army Aviation Hall of Fame CSC's Carl McNair recently was inducted into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame after a military career that saw him evolve from a part-time pilot in a canvas cockpit to the first chief of the high-tech Army Aviation Branch.
CSC's Insurance BPO Operations Put Global Outsourcing Model to Work CSC operates a global network of business process outsourcing (BPO) centers that provide a wide range of offerings, including essential business resources for the financial services industry.">
EarlyResolution Applies Technology to Mortgage Default Management Learn about EarlyResolution, a home loand default management solution created for mortgage-fund provider Freddie Mac and acquired by CSC.
Traffic Relief: CSC Helps Ease Transportation Woes in Germany CSC helped develop WAYflow, a public-private transportation project that has helped relieve traffic congestion and improve mobility in Germany's Rhein-Main region.
CSC Client Interview: Royal Mail CEO Adam Crozier Smart Business interview with Royal Mail CEO Adam Crozier.
Johns Hopkins' ACG Risk Adjustment System Utilizes Predictive Modeling CSC and Johns Hopkins have added predictive modeling to the ACG System, a diagnosis-based risk measurement methodology for healthcare.
Securing a Brave New World: An Overview of Web Services Security The issue of security complicates Web services; the issues and possible solutions are discussed here.
CSC's Michael Bur Conquers Ultrarunning's Ultimate Challenge Michael Bur, a CSC IT security engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, joined an elite circle of long distance runners in 2003 by completing six 100-mile ultramarathons in less than four months.
EarlyResolution Reduces Foreclosure Rates for Mortgage Servicing Companies CSC's Early Resolution service helps mortgage servicing clients reduce forclosure rates and manage default management more effectively.
CSC Celebrates 45 Years The 45-year history of CSC, which was founded on April 16, 1959.
The Evolution of CSC The evolution of CSC, from 1959 to 2003.
CSC's Global Security Solutions Organization Delivers End-to-End Protection CSC's Global Security Solutions (GSS) center offers an integrated portfolio of high performance security solutions to both the U.S. federal market as well as global commercial clients.
Tax Time: CSC Delivers Results to IRS, Taxpayers CSC's work with the Internal Revenue Service on the Business Systems Modernization (BSM) project is the largest and most complex IT and business transformation effort ever undertaken.
A Day in the Life of a CIO Who is a CIO? A connection point, an arbitrator, a translator, a visionary, as well as a pragmatist. In other words, someone who has to do a little bit of everything, because IT is where everything intersects. CIOs create the connections between all parts of their businesses, which is why they are pulled in so many different directions.
Solar System Ambassador Takes on Planetary Defense Greg Redfern, in his role as Ambassador to the Universe, promotes NASA JPL missions and performs outreach to help enrich and educate the community.
IT Spend: The New Realities An executive summary of a report out of CSC's Research & Advisory Services that lays out a new budgetary landscape quadrant, consisting of business change, business plumbing, generic services and appliances.
CSC Helps Major Airline and Airport Overhaul Ground Operations CSC is helping Air France restructure ground operations at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle hub, a feat that could save other airlines time and money.
Air France's Pascal de Izaguirre on the Tranformation of Ground Services Pascal de Izaguirre is the senior vice president of ground operations for Air France. He sat down with CSC to discuss innovations in the area of ground services.
CSC's Experience in Ground Operations CSC's Experience in Ground Operations and Why Should an Airline or Airport Review Its Ground Operations?
Creating Customer Value: What Makes CRM Work CRM implementations frequently are perceived as prone to failure, but CSC’s Research Services group has studied what is required to make CRM work.
Army Logistics Modernization: The Human Factor When the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) contracted with CSC to modernize its logistics automation support capability, it initiated the first government contract in which both modernization and day-to-day operations were outsourced to one IT services provider, CSC. A key to success was the human factor.
A Century of Flight: CSC's Aerospace Legacy CSC celebrates 100 years of flight with special coverage that includes a story about CSC's aerospace legacy, and links to a flight timeline, bios of our two NASA astronauts and important flight- and space-related content on csc.com.
100 Years of Flight CSC celebrates 100 years of flight
California Support Team Puts Out Fires, Literally A team in CSC's Federal Sector Tech Services helps the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention fight wildfires, flying and maintaining the aircraft that played a key role in containing the 2003 fires.
CSC's Phoenix Technology Helped Fight California Wildfires The October 2003 California wildfires were the worst in the state's history and would have been more destructive if not for Phoenix, a revolutionary infrared system developed by CSC.
Book Excerpt: Global IT Management: A Practical Approach CSC's Robert Barton takes a pragmatic approach to IT management in multinational firms. Chapter 1 of his new book, "Why globalize IT management?" is excerpted here.
Industry Perspective: Vijay Gurbaxani on Utility Computing and ROI In Part 2 of csc.com's interview with University of California, Irvine, IT professor Vijay Gurbaxani, the main topics are utility computing, return on investment and BPO/BPM.
Industry Perspective: Vijay Gurbaxani on Value Networks and Offshore Outsourcing Univerity of California, Irvine, Professor Vijay Gurbaxani discusses important recent trends in enterprise IT, including creating value networks and the potential and pitfalls of going offshore.
Survey: Calibrating Supply Chain Management A survey cosponsored by CSC shows that few companies have moved beyond the basic levels of supply chain management.
Book Excerpt: The Networked Supply Chain A book by CSC authors describes how BPM can help even small companies become fully networked.
Six CSC Employees Win Women of Color Awards The employees were singled out as the most talented and experienced women of color in the IT field.
Joint Venture Helps Army Prepare for Medical Emergencies The CSC-led joint venture, ITSMED, works with the U.S. Army Reserves to establish mobile hospitals, used in the wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and in medical emergencies.
Changing Business by Changing Business Processes Business processes are not static, so they canot be captured forever in lines of code. However, technology is now available that can help businesses increase control of their business processes.
CSC Engineer Instigates Change With Revolutionary Software CSC's Roger Moody changed the way engineers conduct flight analysis with his WinPlot software.
CSC Voices: Crunching Data by Day, Crunching Tackles by Night As if being a mom, student and full-time IT specialist at CSC weren't enough, Laura Blake has a new challenge.
CSC Software Saves Money While Fighting Crime CSC has recently introduced two software tools: @First provides insurance claims investigators with indicators of financial fraud and PATRIOT Protector helps companies comply with U.S. federal regulations.
Howard Smith Discusses Business Process Management (BPM) Smith, CSC's European CTO and co-author of the book Business Process Management: The Third Wave, was recently interviewed for a segment currently airing on SkyNetRadio. Listen to a portion of that interview.
A CEO Perspective on the Strategic Use of IT CSC's Aerospace and Defense 2003 Information Technology Survey examines key issues and trends in the industry.
Preparing for the Mobile Organization To take advantage of the mobility that wireless technology makes possible, companies will have to transform static organizations into mobile ones. The hardest problems will not be hardware, but corporate culture.
CSC Voices: Employee Overcame Great Obstacles, Now Helps New Refugees Oliver Tunda, a refugee from Sudan, achieved U.S. citizenship and now works for CSC at the Department of State where he helps other refugees. This is his story.
CSC Voices: Australian Teens Learn IT Skills in CSC Program Eleven young people graduated through CSC’s ground-breaking and award-winning “Give IT a Go” scholarship program in Australia in July 2003.The scholarships are a joint initiative of CSC, the New South Wales Department of Community Services (DoCS) and the CREATE Foundation. The goal of this initiative is to give young people in state care the chance to develop practical IT skills and explore career opportunities in the industry.
Digital Procurement Solution Helps Streamline German E-Government A CSC team in Germany has created a secure online system that is helping the German government move to a more modernized administrative structure.
CSC Scientists Discover Ways to Build Chips From the Atom Up CSC scientists have helped find a way to create transistors far smaller than current chips by building them up from individual carbon molecules.
CSC Revolutionizes Medicaid Management for New York State New York state's desire to modernize its Medicaid management system has led to CSC's creation of eMedNY, a system that is expected to become the model Medicaid system in the United States.
Excerpt: Creating Supply Chain Links to the Outside World In this book excerpt CSC author Charles Poirier tells companies how to turn their supply chains outward toward the customer.
CSC Streamlines Medical and Case Management CSC pursues healthcare accreditations as evidence of the company's high level of service and commitment to quality improvements - also evidenced in the range of outsourcing options available to clients.
St. Vincent's and CSC Merge Diverse Systems Into One The unique relationship between CSC and SVCMC was recently recognized by Outsourcing Journal, which awarded the pair its top award, Best Partnership.
CSC Helps Bring Mobile Platform to Europe German Telecom firm E-Plus and CSC Germany developed an i-mode mobile data service platform based on Japanese telecom provider NTT DoCoMo's popular technology. Because of different standards, the system had to be built from the ground up.
CSC's Two Astronauts Share Wealth of Aerospace Experience CSC's rich legacy in the aerospace industry is highlighted by the fact that the company employs two former NASA astronauts. Senior scientist Ron Parise flew on two space shuttle missions while working for CSC as an astronomer. Mark Brown, vice president and general manager of CSC’s government aerospace business, flew on two shuttle flights before joining CSC.
Broadband Carrier Sees Improved Processes with CSC Network Tool A team of CSC technologists has given network operations managers a new weapon in the ongoing battle to improve customer service and lower costs. CSC's Proactive Service Management (PSM) family of solutions helps companies manage their networks more efficiently by automating key business processes.
CSC Voices: CSC Computer Scientist Gives Teens a Voice to End Violence Disturbed by a rash of school shootings in 1998, Brice Marsh applied his expertise in electronic meeting systems (EMS) to create Teen Think Tanks of America, Inc., a unique brainstorming event where teens combine their collective thinking and reach conclusions on the best ways to deal with school violence.
Survey: CFOs Feel IT Spending Pressure In a survey co-sponsored by FEI and CSC, CFOs say they're most concerned about how much capital to allot to IT projects.
CSC Offers 25 Recommendations for Improving IT Security Preparation and collaboration between the public and private sectors are two of the most important issues for improving information and physical security for government agencies and corporations, according to a list of 25 security-related recommendations released by CSC.
Information Security Outsourcing: The View From Europe and Australia The events of September 11 prompted concerns worldwide about disaster recovery and business continuity. Australia and Europe reacted with a heightened interest in outsourcing information security.
A Perfect Match: IT's Role in Mergers and Acquisitions The true heroes of mergers and acquisitions are the IT people who create a working system out of all of the disjointed bits handed to them.
Geoffrey Moore on the Age of Outsourcing Outsourcing is still the future in today’s economy, according to author, consultant and venture partner Geoffrey Moore. In order to make outsourcing work, today’s companies must define their core competencies and core processes as well as distinguish between what’s core and what’s mission-critical.
Businesses Can't Ignore Customer Relationships CSC experts say that CRM may have gone out of style, but customer relationships never do.
Government Outsourcing: Making the Right Decisions Government IT executives looking to outsource need to establish management objectives and a clear business case.
CSC and DynCorp Combine to Create Federal IT Powerhouse The combined companies ranks as one of the top IT and outsourcing services providers to the U.S. federal government and Department of Defense.
Why Successful Integration Is Critical to Outsourcing Success As the outsourcing market expands beyond IT, successfully integrating essential business functions is more important than ever.
Book Excerpt: Software Testing Starts When Projects Begin CSC author Elfriede Dustin says setting requirements is a crucial testing phase.
California Support Team Puts Out Fires, Literally In business, “putting out fires” usually refers to a thorny task requiring quick attention. A team in CSC's Federal Sector Tech Services division takes the expression to a new level and, literally, puts out fires.
CSC Plays Vital Role in Credit Ratings Business Identity theft, low mortgage rates make credit scores more important than ever.
CSC World: Competitive Fitness, From Assets to Information Many companies are still trying to adapt to the ongoing business shift from a physical asset-based economy to an information-based economy.
In E-Government, Strategy Comes First As e-government takes on a more critical role, a government agency's enterprise architecture should be designed to close the gap between IT services and the mission needs they serve.
Healthcare Providers Reap Benefits of IT Outsourcing CSC helps healthcare providers transform operations via full IT outsourcing.
CSC and the FAA - A History of Innovations in Air Traffic Control CSC is partnering with the FAA to help modernize air traffic control.
Putting Paper in Its Place: CSC Helps with Paperless Filing Last year, Farmers Insurance Group, the nation's third-largest property and casualty carrier, decided to begin imaging insurance documents and storing them electronically. More than 3,000 users are now accessing electronic files stored by CSC, and that number is expected to grow as more carriers such as Farmers Insurance opt for outsourcing. What's the secret to the program's success? CSC's use of skilled resources and the latest archive and retrieval technology.
New BPM Book Promises to Obliterate the Business-IT Divide A revolution in the way enterprises use information technology for competitive advantage is on the horizon, according to the new book Business Process Management: The Third Wave. Co-authored by CSC's European CTO Howard Smith and noted industry expert Peter Fingar, the book details breakthroughs in process management thinking that promise to deliver significant business benefits.
CSC Builds Credibility and Business With CMM Ratings CSC has used the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (SEI's CMM) since 1995 to assure demanding clients such as the U.S. Department of Defense that the company's software development teams are up to par. Increasingly, though, CSC business developers use the benchmark to entice future clients.
CSC Forms New Division to Meet Government Security and Intelligence Needs CSC has created an Enforcement, Security, and Intelligence (ESI) division to meet the growing needs of U.S. law enforcement, public safety and security, and intelligence agencies. The division will be closely aligned with the proposed U.S. Department of Homeland Security and will support a wide range of agencies, including the INS, FBI, and several U.S. intelligence organizations.
Outsourcing's New Imperative: "Collaborate or Die" Business process outsourcing isn't just a passing trend. It's the new imperative.
Old Mutual Outsources IT to Increase Focus on Core Business Looking to reduce costs and increase service levels, Old Mutual plc, the UK-based international financial services group, chose CSC to manage the IT infrastructure and service delivery capability of its Old Mutual South Africa subsidiary.
CSC Thought Leadership Series: Scott Jackson on Key Strategies for Successful Mergers In the second of the CSC Thought Leadership Series, CSC's Scott Jackson discusses what strategic steps companies should take when pursuing mergers and acquisitions.
CSC Increases Offshore Service Capabilities Giving Clients More Options Low cost and improved time-to-market have driven the trend of offshore outsourcing, a means for transferring work to a lower-cost region. At CSC, this shift is creating new opportunities overseas - and at home. Also, 10 keys to offshore outsourcing success are offered.
White House Unveils Draft of Cyberspace Security Plan President George W. Bush's National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace calls for corporations, educational institutions, government entities, and individuals to work together to protect the nation's critical IT infrastructure.
Ben Gianni Discusses Homeland Security In an interview with CSC's Smart Business magazine, Ben Gianni, CSC's vice president of Homeland Security discusses how the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks changed the way organizations approach risk management and security issues.
Banks Streamline Costs with Automated Customer Messaging CSC has partnered with 724 Solutions Inc., one of the industry's leading providers of wireless solutions, to help financial institutions deploy event-based alerts across virtually any delivery channel - including e-mail, wireless and Short Message Service (SMS), voice and instant messaging.
Planets Apart - A Look at the Relationship Between CEOs and CIOs An article in CSC's Smart Business magazine examines the relationship and cultural differences between corporate CEOs and CIOs, and concludes that CIOs should view their primary role as working with the business to exploit IT, rather than simply managing the IT shop.
CSC Thought Leadership Series: Pete Wiese on Innovation In the first of the CSC Thought Leadership Series, Pete Wiese, CSC's Aerospace & Defense Practice Leader, discusses how companies can drive innovation by allowing technology strategy and implementation to occur simultaneously.
CSC Author Details 12 Biggest Supply Chain Mistakes Poirier, a partner in CSC's supply chain practice, wrote The Supply Chain Manager's Problem Solver to address the shortcomings that can hinder supply-chain implementations. It's his seventh supply chain title, following books like 1999's Advanced Supply Chain Management: How to Build a Sustained Competitive Advantage and then 2000's E-Supply Chain: Using the Internet to Revolutionize Your Business.
IT Benefits for the Self-Employed in Belgium SVMB, Belgium's second-largest social insurance fund for the self-employed, is sharpening its competitive edge with a new IT system.
Chemistry for Fund Managers Following the well-known corporate mantra "focus on your core business," Schroders plc outsourced its IT infrastructure to CSC.
Taking the "Search" Out of Search-and-Rescue For more than 20 years, CSC's staff has provided systems engineering and operational support for NOAA's Search And Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (SARSAT) program.
Measuring the Value of Corporate IT Investments Studies show that IT investments result in increased productivity; companies must not only seek to benefit from new applications of IT, but also focus on exploiting their prior investments.
CSC Gets Physical With Security CSC's work in physical security is explained by Mike Kenney from CSC's Defense Group.
CSC Accelerates NASA Climate Research With Supercomputers CSC installs one of the world's largest supercomputers at NASA
Transforming Mega-Enterprises Although many very large organizations, or mega-enterprises, have undertaken large systems integration projects over the last several years, real transformation has often proved to be difficult.
North American Life Insurers Looking to East Asia Shrinking profit margins and saturated markets have led North American and European life insurers to stake out territory in the fertile East Asian market. Western companies face many challenges upon entering East Asia.
John Seely Brown Talks About Knowledge Flow In a CSC World interview, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center director John Seely Brown discusses the implementation of innovation and the importance of the flow of knowledge within organizations.
Measuring Value in Client-Vendor Relationships CSC's Balanced Scorecard Process is an ideal tool for measuring value and performance in applications outsourcing relationships.
Each Day, CSC Races to Set Up Tour de France's IT Network As Official IT Supplier to cycling's Tour de France race, CSC is performing key technology infrastructure administration and support tasks.
The Naked Truth About Business Systems The "naked objects" approach to software design leads more agile systems development and business systems.
Release of BPML 1.0 Specification Is Key Step Toward BPM Standard As part of an ongoing partnership with BAE SYSTEMS, CSC is providing a wide range of services and support for the Eurofighter program.
CSC Puts a New Spin on Java Technology for Swiss Post International CSC created a new logistics system for Swiss Postal International by creatively integrating Java technology into an established system for quicker processing. The result is a paperless postal agency.
CSC Offers 25 Recommendations for Improving IT Security CSC has released a list of 25 recommendations for improving information and physical security for government agencies and corporations. Preparation and collaboration between the public and private sectors are two of the most important issues.
USS Cole Returns to the Sea With Technical Help From CSC CSC ship design experts conducted damage assessments on the USS Cole, which was bombed in a terrorist attack in Yemen in 2000, and drafted recommendations that are now being used to help increase the survivability of U.S. Navy vessels.
CEOs Are From Mars, CIOs Are From Pluto: Enhancing the IS-Business Dialogue CSC Research Services published a report about miscommunication and misconceptions that often arise among senior management, namely between CIOs and CEOs.
CSC Builds Client Trust With Top-Level Software Ratings Several CSC units have reached CMM rating levels, which improves productivity and quality and entices customers. CSC India and the Chemical Group are the latest to get CMM assessments.
How CSC's Bill Tafoya Applies Creative Thinking to IT Security CSC's Bill Tafoya, who correctly profiled the Unabomber, says that organizations need to use creative thinking to combat information security risks.
Nunn-Perry Award Recognizes CSC's Role as Business Mentor The team of CSC and 3D Research received the prestigious Nunn-Perry Award, which recognizes the outstanding performance of mentor-protégé teams on U.S. Department of Defense contracts
DuPont and CSC Leverage Expertise, Teamwork to Deploy Crop Protection Data Warehouse CSC worked with DuPont's Crop Protection unit on implementing a data warehouse solution that integrates scientific research data to assist in the product discovery process.
Emergency Medical Response Training Focus of CSC Joint Venture Description" content="CSC Training Center COO Delane Moller discusses specialized biological, chemical, and disaster training programs for civilian and military personnel.
Team of Ethical Hackers Highlight CSC's Information Security Capabilities Ethical hackers are being deployed by CSC as a security solution to assess computer network vulnerabilities.
IRIS: Teamwork, Collaboration and a Synthesis of Skills A CSC team collaborated closely with P&WC, SAP and Arinso to integrate SAP's HR module into P&WC's existing mainframe system. The mission-critical systems integration project, which went live on January 7, 2002, was called IRIS, for Integrated Resource Information Systems.
Fortis Bank Partners With CSC to Boost Insurance Sales by 40% in Six Months Using an online tool developed by CSC, Fortis Bank increased insurance sales in The Netherlands by 40% in six months.
Restoring the Craft of Software Development: A Review of Extreme Programming Restoring the Craft of Software Development: A Review of Extreme Programming
Ethical Hacking: The Hacker on Your Side I'm what is called an ethical hacker, someone who uses the tools and techniques of the (unethical) hacker to test the security of a system or network. I've done this kind of testing for civil and military government agencies and for companies in financial services, manufacturing, health care, and other industries.
CSC Expands its Presence in Montreal, Canada, With the Launch of Two New IT Centers The formal launch of CSC's Montreal Software Development Center (MSDC) and Remote Operations Support Center (ROSC) — announced January 25 at a press conference in Montreal, Canada — means more flexible, high-quality, lower cost service for CSC and its North American clients.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas In 2000, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas acquired two health plans. Already supporting more than 3.2 million members, BCBSTX immediately faced three new challenges: to convert acquired membership (462,000 customers); to train new employees; and to facilitate continued growth.
CSC Improves Database to Help Runaways CSC improves the database that serves the Department of Health and Human Services, Family and Youth Services Bureau.
CSC Increases Offshore Service Capabilities Giving Clients More Options CSC describes the benefits and potential challenges of offshore outsourcing.
Making Business Processes Manageable E-business turned out to be harder than anyone thought. One reason was that businesses still had trouble managing business processes. That's about to change.
Putting the Internet in Space CSC is helping NASA achieve more and better science missions at less cost by using Internet technology to communicate with satellites.
Mobile Workers, Mobile Consumers, Mobile Businesses? Next-generation mobile telephony services are transforming our lives. Are companies ready for m-commerce?
Compaq: Evolution of the Customer Intelligent Enterprise The second largest PC manufacturer in the world turned to CSC to consolidate customer information. They didn't expect a 1200% ROI.
CSC Helps Cut the Costs of Tracking Student Loans The U.S. Department of Education faced the task of tracking and processing more than 93 million student loans using computer systems that couldn't communicate with each other.
The UK's NFU Mutual and CSC Create a New Business Model One of the UK's largest mutual insurers works in partnership with CSC to create and implement a new business model supported by the latest flexible, highly automated technology.
The County of San Diego Transforms Itself into a Virtual Government With a population of 2.7 million people, and a budget of $2.9 billion, the County of San Diego was near bankruptcy in 1996. It turned to information technology to improve a host of government services, and achieve its vision of better, faster, cheaper.
Terahertz Optoelectronic Devices: Helping NASA Communicate Through innovative scientific research into optoelectronic device technology, CSC is helping NASA develop faster, better, and cheaper communications on space missions.
UK's Scottish Provident Reeingineers It's Business Processes To develop a flexible policy offering - Self Assurance - and meet the changing needs of its customers, Scottish Provident turned to CSC to deliver the technical solution.
Web Patent-In: Analyzing Genetic Sequences for Patent Applications With Artificial Intelligence After the human genome was deciphered in 2000, the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office experienced an upsurge in patent applications involving lengthy DNA sequences. To serve the public better in the face of this increased workload, the USPTO turned to CSC to improve its online application system for these patents.
Bath Iron Works Outsources IT to CSC In the mid-1990’s, the company’s biggest client, the U.S. Department of Defense, challenged Bath Iron Works by demanding a more technically advanced supplier.
CSC Helps Modernize NASA's Hubble Decision Support CSC helped stimulate a cultural revolution in how NASA exploits its massive data stores by providing unprecedented access to terabytes of historical data in near-real time.
Making Good on the Promise of E-learning E-learning is a system of technologies, processes and people that builds capabilities across the enterprise. Companies should build these capabilities with two interrelated factors in mind: timeliness and social interaction.
Michaels Stores Partners With CSC to Improve Business Processes Beginning in 1997, Michaels and CSC began partnering to improve Michaels’ business processes and technology capabilities
The Quest for a Universal Language of Business Processes The Quest for a Universal Language of Business Processes
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s New Web Site Bridges the Gap Between Information and Treatment The world-renowned M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston wanted to revamp its Web site, restructuring 8,000-plus static pages and multiple sites into a unified, patient-centric resource that could be easily updated by a variety of authorized content creators.
Bridging the Gap Between Innovation and Early Adoption: CSC Explores Mobility with a Client CSC partnered with a leading chemical company to investigate the innovative application of mobile technologies.
E-Security: A People And Process Issue Rather Than a Technical Issue Security needs to be a core business competency and unless the concept of security is extended beyond fortifying the network perimeter to developing sound security policies and procedures, incidents will continue to increase.
CSC Helps Sainsbury's Create Web-based Channel to Market CSC helps Sainsbury's Online create and operate their e-business organization.

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