Pete George
President at CSC
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Line Orskov
Communication Manager
CSC Denmark
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Ulrika Andersson
Communication Manager
CSC Sweden
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News Release-- January 15, 2007
Codan signs Nordic IT outsourcing agreement with CSC
Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) announced today that one of the leading insurance companies, Codan, has signed an outsourcing agreement with CSC for mainframe operations, and applications development and maintenance of a number of central insurance systems including SAP-systems and Lotus Notes. The agreement for mainframe services is a five year contract and for applications development and maintenance a seven year contract.
The Codan Group is of one the leading insurance companies in the Nordic region with customers in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Baltic States. The agreement also covers information technology (IT) operations, development and maintenance for a number of central insurance systems for Trygg-Hansa, Sweden’s third largest insurance company.
As part of the agreement CSC will take over some 80 Trygg-Hansa and Codan employees from their IT-departments who will work at CSC in the future.
“We are satisfied with the agreement with CSC with whom we have a long term relationship. CSC was able to present the best business solution and we will secure a long term asset of special competencies and mainframe and insurance systems. The contracts also mean increased flexibility and lower costs for the Codan Group, said Frank Andersen, acting Manager IT & Operations at Codan.
The delivery to the Codan Group will be carried out by a mixture of local employees in Sweden and Denmark and resources from global CSC. The operation of the systems is carried out from CSC’s central data center in Copenhagen.
“We are very pleased with the agreements. We will now strengthen our position as one of the leading IT-suppliers to the financial industry which is a strategic area of growth for CSC. It is therefore especially pleasing to welcome so many competent employees within insurance IT to us at CSC, said Pete George, Nordic President at CSC.
For more information please contact:
Pete George, Nordic President at CSC, Tel: +45-36144401
Line Orskov, Communication Manager, CSC Denmark, Tel: +45-29236255
Ulrika Andersson, Communication Manager, CSC Sweden, Tel: +46-56011370
About CSC
Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global IT services company. CSC’s mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.
With approximately 78,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC’s own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $14.6 billion for the 12 months ended Sept. 29, 2006. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.csc.com.
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