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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.
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100 Years of Flight
CSC celebrates 100 years of flight
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Survey: Calibrating Supply Chain Management
A survey cosponsored by CSC shows that few companies have moved beyond the basic levels of supply chain management.
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Book Excerpt: The Networked Supply Chain
A book by CSC authors describes how BPM can help even small companies become fully networked.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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CSC Engineer Instigates Change With Revolutionary Software
CSC's Roger Moody changed the way engineers conduct flight analysis with his WinPlot software.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Businesses Can't Ignore Customer Relationships
CSC experts say that CRM may have gone out of style, but customer relationships never do.
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CSC Catalyst Delivers Business Value for Clients
Catalyst helps deliver focused business solutions to an increasingly complex group of clients.
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Government Outsourcing: Making the Right Decisions
Government IT executives looking to outsource need to establish management objectives and a clear business case.
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CSC Catalyst: The Basics and the Benefits
CSC's Catalyst methodology guides the way employees plan and work.
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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.
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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.
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Book Excerpt: Software Testing Starts When Projects Begin
CSC author Elfriede Dustin says setting requirements is a crucial testing phase.
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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.
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CSC Plays Vital Role in Credit Ratings Business
Identity theft, low mortgage rates make credit scores more important than ever.
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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.
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