Computer Sciences Corporation
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| Computer Sciences Corporation | |
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| Type | Public (NYSE: CSC) |
| Founded | April 1959 |
| Founder | Roy Nutt, Fletcher R. Jones |
| Headquarters |  Falls Church, Virginia,  United States |
| Key people | Mike Laphen, CEO[1] |
| Industry | Information Technology Services |
| Services | Consulting, Systems Integration, and Outsourcing |
| Revenue | ▲ $16.1 billion USD (2007) |
| Employees | 91,000 in 94 countries[2] |
| Website | http://www.csc.com/ |
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Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) NYSE: CSC is an information technology (IT) and business services company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. CSC provides business transformation and IT consulting; systems integration and professional services; enterprise application development and management; application software for the financial services industry; business process outsourcing; managed hosting services; and application and IT infrastructure outsourcing. CSC serves Fortune Global 1000 companies in fifteen industries and national and local governments. CSC employs about 91,000 people in 93 countries[3].
CSC reported revenue of $16.1 billion on December 28, 2007.
CSC's subsidiary in Denmark is the main sponsor of Bjarne Riis' Team CSC road bicycle racing team.
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[edit] History
CSC's history began in April 1959 when it was founded by Roy Nutt and Fletcher Jones as well as Bob Patrick who left after a few months.[4] Their goal was to provide programming tools such as assemblers and compilers. Jones, who ran the business and marketing end of things, obtained a contract from Honeywell that gave their business profitability and respect within the industry. Within four years of its founding, CSC became the largest software company in the United States. Taking their business public with an IPO listed on the American Stock Exchange. By the end of the 1960s, CSC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and had operations in Canada, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Brasil, and in The Netherlands.
After being headquartered in the Los Angeles, California area since its beginnings in 1959, the company announced on January 30, 2008 that it would be moving the role of Corporate headquarters from El Segundo to its Falls Church, Virginia facility[5].
[edit] Acquisitions
- First Consulting Group (2008)[6]
- Covansys Corporation Limited (2007)
- DataTrac Inc. (2006)
- DynCorp (2003) (some units later sold in 2005)
- PMSC/Mynd (2001)
- Nichols Research Corporation (1999)
- Continuum (1996)
- Index Group (1988)
[edit] References
- ^ News Release -May 21, 2007
- ^ CSC: Consulting, Systems Integration and Outsourcing
- ^ CSC: Consulting, Systems Integration and Outsourcing
- ^ Our History
- ^ CSC: CSC TO MOVE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA January 30, 2008
- ^ CSC: CSC COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF FIRST CONSULTING GROUP January 14, 2008
[edit] External links
- Computer Sciences Corporation
- Oral history interview with Jules I. Schwartz Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota
