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CSC POSITIONED IN ‘LEADERS’ QUADRANT OF ERP REPORT
News Release -- September 25, 2007
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 25 -- Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) today announced that it has been positioned in the “leaders” quadrant of the Gartner report, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Services, North America, 2007. The report positions external service providers (ESPs) of ERP consulting and systems integration services based on their ability to execute and their completeness of vision.According to Gartner, “Leaders are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.”
Authored by Alex Soejarto, Frances Karamouzie, Khalda Parveen and Michael von Uechtritz, the report covers ERP ESPs in North America.
“We are pleased to be positioned by Gartner in the leaders quadrant and to be recognized by our customers for delivering measurable results through successful ERP software and service implementations,” said Russ Owen, president of CSC’s Americas Commercial Group. “I believe our position in the leader’s quadrant affirms our dedication to innovation in business processes, technology, and strategic sourcing and to delivering business results in support of our customers' challenging growth agendas.”
About the Gartner Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against certain criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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 87,000 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 $14.9 billion for the 12 months ended March 30, 2007. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.csc.com.
