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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.
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Healthcare Providers Reap Benefits of IT Outsourcing
CSC helps healthcare providers transform operations via full IT outsourcing.
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CSC and the FAA - A History of Innovations in Air Traffic Control
CSC is partnering with the FAA to help modernize air traffic control.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Outsourcing's New Imperative: "Collaborate or Die"
Business process outsourcing isn't just a passing trend. It's the new imperative.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Is Bluetooth Ready for Prime Time?
Bluetooth technology offers many benefits both at work and at home to users who want to connect and network mobile devices without using cables.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Chemistry for Fund Managers
Following the well-known corporate mantra "focus on your core business," Schroders plc outsourced its IT infrastructure to CSC.
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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.
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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.
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CSC Gets Physical With Security
CSC's work in physical security is explained by Mike Kenney from CSC's Defense Group.
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CSC Accelerates NASA Climate Research With Supercomputers
CSC installs one of the world's largest supercomputers at NASA
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Measuring Value in Client-Vendor Relationships
CSC's Balanced Scorecard Process is an ideal tool for measuring value and performance in applications outsourcing relationships.
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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.
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The Naked Truth About Business Systems
The "naked objects" approach to software design leads more agile systems development and business systems.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Restoring the Craft of Software Development: A Review of Extreme Programming
Restoring the Craft of Software Development: A Review of Extreme Programming
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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.
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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.
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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.
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