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RSS csc in newsTransport for London in outsourcing shake-up
News Currently TfL outsources its desktop management to CSC and network management to Fujitsu Services, with other suppliers, such as BT, doing smaller pieces. Transport for London (TfL) is undertaking a massive shake-up of its outsourcing deals in a... [30 Jul 2008]
Health trust abandons NHS care record upgrade
News Fujitsu will continue to deliver the system in the south until it departs in November and health authorities are now in negotiations with Bath about whether it will use its own provider to implement the Millennium care records system or turn to... [22 Jul 2008]
Fujitsu ditches £896m NHS IT contract
News BT or CSC is thought to be favourite to take over responsibility for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS in southern England but Fujitsu will continue to run the existing systems until its successor is appointed.silicon.com Public Sector [29 May 2008]
Time to bin ID cards?
News CSC, EDS, Fujitsu, IBM, and Thales made the shortlist to win the five parts of the single "framework contract", including a £500m deal to replace the existing passport application system, the £500m biometric fingerprint and photograph database... [23 May 2008]
Health care records service delayed
News IT for the three regions of the programme is run by CSC, who will incur a late-delivery penalty as a result. The National Audit Office has published a report on the progress of the Care Records Service that underpins the Connecting for Health... [16 May 2008]
NHS puts brakes on electronic record system
News The NHS has also confirmed that it is still renegotiating a contract worth about £3bn with CSC to deliver parts of the £12.7bn IT overhaul. The NHS has pledged to halt the further roll out of its electronic patient record system while it takes... [14 May 2008]
CSC signs $400m contract with Zurich
News Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has signed a $399m deal to provide desktop support to Zurich Financial Services Group. The eight-year deal will see CSC assume responsibility for electronic workplace desktop services (EWP) for about 51,000... [02 May 2008]
India losing status as offshore king?
News The 20 largest UK companies analysed in the report included Accenture, BT Global Services, Capgemini, Capita, CSC, EDS, Fujitsu, HP, IBM and Logica. India is losing its stranglehold as the offshoring destination of choice as China, Morocco and... [03 Mar 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News Their withdrawal leaves only six major suppliers CSC, EDS, Fujitsu, IBM, Steria and Thales in the running to be chosen to tender for the contracts in March. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click on the links below to find out everything you ever... [25 Jan 2008]
Named: ID cards scheme supplier hopefuls
News The companies named as potential suppliers for the scheme - which includes the national ID cards programme - are Accenture, BAE Systems, CSC, EDS, Fujitsu, IBM, Steria and Thales. Eight companies are in the running as key suppliers for the Identity... [22 Oct 2007]
Royal Mail hires new CIO from Diageo
News His achievements include delivering a substantial reduction in IT costs through a major outsourcing deal with CSC Prism Alliance and the creation of a decentralised IT model. Royal Mail has hired the Diageo CIO to replace the outgoing David Burden... [11 Oct 2007]
GPs to get greater tech choice
News The successful suppliers are: CSC Computer Sciences, Egton Medical Information Systems, Healthy Software, In Practice Systems, iSoft, Microtest, Seetec Business Technology Centre and Waveform Solutions. [31 Jul 2007]
Nasa gets supercomputer booster
News Nasa has signed a deal with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) for the provision of supercomputing support over the next decade. CSC will provide support services to Nasa's Advanced Supercomputing Division at the Ames Research Center, which... [24 Jul 2007]
'DIY' offshoring on the increase
News The 'big six' outsourcers - Accenture, ACS, CSC, EDS, HP and IBM - accounted for just 10 per cent of the €7.8bn global spend on 'mega deals' in the first half of this year. The increase in the number of organisations setting up their own 'DIY... [12 Jul 2007]
IBM named IT services kingpin
News IBM holds 7.2 per cent of the worldwide IT services market, followed by EDS, Fujitsu, Accenture, HP and CSC, according to Gartner. IBM has maintained its role as the IT services kingpin, coming out on top of a league table from analyst Gartner. [17 May 2007]
