Talk:Computer Sciences Corporation/Archives/2013

CSC finally gets some backbone - blocks corporate raiding which it doesn't have control of (UK corporate rape scenario)
CSC says iSoft deal not in 'best interests' of NPfIT 30 May 2007

Computer Sciences Corporation, local service provider to three NHS regions, today said that it has refused to back the IBA takeover of iSoft in the ‘best interests’ of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT).

The LSP, which holds contracts for the North, Midlands and East regions, confirmed today that it has vetoed the takeover of iSoft by Australian firm IBA Health.

In a statement CSC said: “CSC is committed to the successful delivery of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). CSC's decision not to consent to the proposed change in control of iSoft has been governed solely by what it considers is in the best interests of achieving this goal.”

CSC denies ISOFT further corporate rape.

Isoft protests says 'we can't understand why this takeover has been blocked it was in the interest of progress'

(uk times 31st May)

ROFL

Missing Information
A couple of points that aren't addressed on CSC's page and probably should be, I am wondering...First, DynCorp is a private mercenary organization that has been blamed for many crimes so in the interest of fairness, it should be mentioned that CSC sold it in 2005. CSC's partnership with software and consulting firm CA was a big boost to its stocks. And finally, CSC is one of 3 major hardware outsourcing corporations on the planet. If I can find the references, I'll add it in myself but as a former employee I wonder about my objectivity. 67.175.114.91 (talk) 02:29, 1 April 2008 (UTC) E. B York

Now CSC has bought iSoft the criminal front organisation and written off £1 billion — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.6.59 (talk) 22:33, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

CSC History & Products
I would like to suggest a more detailed history section in the main article, as well as some reference to CSC products and technology.

I don't know exact details (otherwise I'd write it myself), but I am aware of the following offering (may not be 100% factually correct): 41.241.118.33 (talk) 12:07, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Infonet
Around the 1970's CSC developed Infonet, a worldwide data network that connected interactive, dial-in terminal subscribers to mainframes. The backbone consisted of routers called Communications Concentrators, located in (hundreds?) of major cities around the world, and interconnected via national (terrestrial) or intercontinental (undersea or satellite) links. Each communications concentrator served a large number of 300- to 4800-baud modems accepting users' dial-in teletype terminal connections. Some concetrators served high speed connections to mainframes.

Departing from the batch-mode operation common to the era, CSC created its own operating system called CSTS (Computer Sciences Teleprocessing System), an interactive multi-user operating system which ran on Univac 1108 and later, as CSTS-II on 1100/80 mainframes. A number of these systems (12 or more?) existed in locations on around the world: Los Angeles, London, Sydney, Johannesburg, etc.

In effect, a user could dial a local number and log in to his home computer, which could be on another continent. Infonet not only offered a programming subsystem and custom-developed applications, but also a selection of packaged applications: email, database, spreadsheet, etc. 41.241.118.33 (talk) 12:05, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Improving the overall quality and depth of information
I am Marcel Goldstein and I work in Corporate Communications at CSC. I am here to contribute to the quality and depth of information on the CSC page. I am aware of Wikipedia's policies and I will abide by them. I will volunteer information and ideas, and request the help of Wikipedia contributors.

For the references section, I submit several new sources about the company to provide a more up-to-date view: 1. Annual Report 2013 http://assets1.csc.com/investor_relations/downloads/CSC_2013_Annual_Report_10K.pdf 2. CIO Magazine Article http://www.cio.com/article/733140/What_CSC_Is_Doing_Right_and_Wrong_In_Its_Turnaround_Efforts

For the business section, the business focus of the company has shifted to cloud computing, cybersecurity and big data (next-generation technology solutions and services) and this is not reflected on the page. Here is background: 1. CSC Cloud http://www.csc.com/cloud 2. CSC Cybersecurity http://www.csc.com/cybersecurity 3. CSC Big Data http://www.csc.com/big_data

The pages of most corporations of similar size to CSC have a link to a CEO page in Wikipedia. For a page on John Michael Lawrie, here is background: 1. Official bio http://www.csc.com/investor_relations/ds/32534/79994-mike_lawrie_biography 2. BusinessWeek http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29869411&ticker=CSC 3. Reuters http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=CSC&officerId=1686806 4. Washington Post http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-04-01/business/35454049_1_csc-business-model-turnaround — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcelgoldstein (talk • contribs) 17:41, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Please add section on CEO
Mike Lawrie was appointed to CSC’s Board of Directors in February 2012 and joined CSC as President & Chief Executive Officer on March 19, 2012. He came to CSC from UK-based Misys plc. Mr. Lawrie also served as the Executive Chairman of Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc., from October 2008 – August 2010. Prior to Misys, Mr. Lawrie was a general partner with ValueAct Capital from 2005 – 2006. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Siebel Systems, Inc. from 2004-2005. Mr. Lawrie spent 27 years with IBM where his last position was Senior Vice President and Group Executive, responsible for sales and distribution of all IBM products and services worldwide. From 1998-2001, Mr. Lawrie was General Manager for IBM’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, which included operations in 124 countries and 90,000 employees. Prior to that, Mr. Lawrie served as General Manager of Industries for IBM's business operations in Asia Pacific, based in Tokyo. Mr. Lawrie is currently the lead independent, non-executive Director of Juniper Networks, Inc., and is also a Trustee of Drexel University, Philadelphia. He holds a B.A in History from Ohio University and an M.B.A from Drexel University in Philadelphia.


 * In general we do not add content about the executives to articles that are about companies, especially when it is unsourced. The company website is the best place to find this information and he is already listed under Key People.CorporateM (Talk) 16:04, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

please add to business section
CSC’s current business focus is on next-generation infrastructure offerings, applications management and consulting. In particular, CSC is focused on three next-generation technologies:

• Cloud Computing. CSC advises clients on their cloud computing strategies, supplies them with enterprise cloud infrastructure, migrates their legacy applications to the cloud, builds new cloud applications and delivers comprehensive service level agreements to support their applications.

• Cybersecurity. CSC offers both private and public sector clients compliance management, IT infrastructure and application protection, disaster recovery, and managed security services.

• Big Data. CSC provides clients with analytic capabilities for insights about the past, present and future; functional intelligence solutions for customer, finance, market, operations and supply chain transformation; and industry solutions for insurance, banking, healthcare, manufacturing and the public sector.


 * Blatant unsourced promotionalism. Please consider gaining experience editing here, learning our rules and writing style and sourcing policies before offering contributed content for consideration. CorporateM (Talk) 16:04, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

NPOV?
The neutrality of this article should be questioned. It reads like an advertisement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.93.61 (talk) 22:42, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

If statements like this "CSC is acknowledged as the world's fourth most admired IT Services company. The company also figures in the Forbes Global 2000 list." are relevant enough to make it into the introduction, shouldn't we at least give reports about alleged human rights violations by CSC subsidiaries, allegations of mismanagement of UK health care IT contracts that have lead to B$ writedowns, and of pending SEC investigations similar prominence? TSawala (talk) 21:26, 15 December 2013 (UTC)