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How to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
News Instead Hayes initiated a root and branch review of the £1.5bn contract that Royal Mail Group signed with service provider CSC in 2003. Under the 10-year deal, CSC's Prism Alliance, which also includes... [20 Nov 2009]
Sainsbury's tech shopping spree revealed
News Responsibility for running the chain's tech recently passed to former CSC exec Rob Fraser, who took over as Sainsbury's IT director from Angela Morrison at the start of September. Technology has helped Sainsbury's keep... [09 Oct 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News To do this, the review recommends halting and renegotiating contracts with the NHS' two remaining keys suppliers, BT and CSC, who are overseeing the implementation of new patients administration systems at hospitals... [10 Aug 2009]
Bringing the Last Mile Closer: Business Process Outsourcing Ventures Experience Success in Rural Areas
White Paper The Common Services Center (CSC) is a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) unit adjacent to a secondary school in Thirukkuvalai village in the Maiyladhurai District of Tamil Nadu. CSC is a gleaming new... [25 Jul 2009]
Virtualisation and cloud: The new weapons in the outsourcing arms race
News According to research by analyst Ovum, sectors including financial services, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, retail and travel are showing active interest in IT outsourcing, pointing to recent £20m-plus deals between IBM and the... [14 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News National Identity Scheme contractors also include CSC, which has a contract to upgrade UK passport application systems. IBM's contract to supply technology for ID cards will last seven years, despite the possibility that... [13 Jul 2009]
TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services (Level 300)
White Paper The presenter of this webcast covers the main Remote File Services features in Windows Server 2008 R2, including Server Message Block version 2 (SMB2), Distributed File System Namespace (DFS-N), Distributed File System Replication (DFS-R... [04 Jul 2009]
CIO Job Report: June's job moves and CIOs wanted
News Rob Fraser, currently VP of consumer, technology and transport at CSC, will take over the position from outgoing IT director Angela Morrison this autumn. Let silicon.com keep you up to date with all the latest CIO job... [30 Jun 2009]
Diageo drinks to $35m outsourcing deals
News Drinks giant Diageo has signed two outsourcing contracts worth $35m with services company CSC. The first contract, worth $7m, will see CSC design and install a new supply chain management system for the... [18 Jun 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News Grayling's letter referred to two ID scheme-related contracts: one given to CSC to upgrade passport application systems, and another given to IBM to supply the biometric database. CSC declined to comment... [18 Jun 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The Application and Enrolment contract to replace the UK's current passport-application processing system, which is about to come to the end of its life, was awarded to CSC. The UK government has awarded the contract for... [12 Jun 2009]
Nuclear authority picks CSC for £31m deals
News CSC has landed six new deals worth £31m with the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) and five UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) companies. Under its outsourcing contracts with CSC, the UKAEA's IT team... [12 Jun 2009]
Sainsbury's goes shopping for new IT director
News Morrison, who had been at the retailer for four years, will be replaced by Rob Fraser, currently VP of consumer, technology and transport at CSC. Previous to joining CSC, Fraser held the position of... [04 Jun 2009]
CSC Supports Groundbreaking Satellite Mission
White Paper Following decades of work on major NASA efforts such as the Apollo program, they're playing a key role in the success of a small and relatively inexpensive next-generation satellite. The company wanted to work with the Naval Academy to... [01 May 2009]
Air France Improves On-Wing Maintenance Support
White Paper With the assistance of CSC, the construction project rapidly became a major industrial venture for the company to improve its on-wing maintenance capabilities. Because of rapid expansion at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle... [01 May 2009]