Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) [NYSE: CSC] is an information technology (IT) and business services company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. CSC predominantly provides IT personnel staffing services in the following areas: 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’s consulting and professional services include advising clients on the acquisition and utilization of IT and on business strategy, security, modeling, simulation, engineering, operations, change management and business process reengineering.

CSC was founded in April 1959 by Roy Nutt, Fletcher Jones and Bob Patrick. Their goal was to provide programming tools such as assemblers and compilers. Jones, who ran the business and its marketing, obtained a contract from Honeywell that made the business profitable and respected within the industry. Within four years of its founding, CSC became the largest software company in the United States and took the business public with an IPO listed on the American Stock Exchange.

By the end of 1968, CSC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and had operations in Canada, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil, and the Netherlands.

Since its beginnings in 1959, company headquarters had been in California.

CSC serves Fortune Global 1000 companies in fifteen industries and national and local governments. CSC employs over 92,000 people in 80 countries and is one of the largest players in global outsourcing.

CSC reported revenue of $16.74 billion on May 21, 2009. This was a 1.5% growth over the revenue generated in same period last year. On September 28, 2009, when Xerox acquired Affiliated Computer Services, Computer Sciences Corporation became the nation’s remaining, independent major outsourcing vendor.

Acquisitions:

• Index Group (1988)
• Continuum (1996)
• Ploenzke AG (1995-1999)
• Nichols Research Corporation (1999)
• PMSC/Mynd (2001)
• DynCorp (2003) (some units later sold in 2005)
• Datatrac Information Services Inc. (2006)
• Covansys Corporation Limited (2007)
• First Consulting Group (2008)
• OBS BG (2008)
• Log.Sec Corporation (2008)
• BearingPoint in Brazil (2009)

Industries Served:

• Aerospace & Defense
• Banking
• Chemical, Energy & Natural Resources
• Communications, Media & Entertainment
• Financial Services
• Government
• Health Services
• Insurance
• Life, Annuities & Pensions
• Manufacturing
• P&C – General Insurance
• Retail
• Technology
• Travel & Transportation

Solutions Provided:

• Cloud Computing Services
• Credit Services
• Customer Relationship Management
• Enterprise Solutions
• Hosting Services
• Legal Solutions
• Managed Network Services
• Management Consulting
• Outsourcing
• Risk Management & Claims
• Security
• Service Oriented Architecture
• Supply Chain Management
• Testing Services

Global Presence:

• Africa
  • South Africa
• Americas
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Chile
• Asia
  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Malaysia
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
• Australia
  • Australia
• Europe
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom