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Computer Sciences Corporation
Company typePublic
NYSE: CSC
IndustryIT services, IT consulting
FoundedApril 1959; 65 years ago (1959-04)
FounderRoy Nutt
Fletcher R. Jones
DefunctApril 3, 2017
FateMerged with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services; formed DXC Technology
SuccessorDXC Technology
Headquarters
Tysons Corner, Virginia
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
John Michael Lawrie, (Chairman, President and CEO)[1]
ServicesIT, business consulting and outsourcing services
SubsidiariesCSC India, Computer Sciences Raytheon, Xchanging
CSC's branch office in El Segundo, California, USA

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) was an American multinational corporation that provided information technology (IT) services and professional services. On April 3, 2017, it merged with HP Enterprise Services to create DXC Technology.[2][3]

History

CSC was founded in April 1959 in Los Angeles, California, by Roy Nutt and Fletcher Jones.[4] CSC initially provided programming tools such as compiler and assembling software.[5]

In the 1960s, CSC provided software writing services to major computer manufacturers like IBM and Honeywell and secured their first contracts for the U.S. public sector with NASA (among others).[5]

By 1963, CSC became the largest software company in the United States and the first software company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange.[6] 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.

In the 1970s and 1980s, CSC expanded globally winning large contracts for the finance and defense industries and through acquisitions in Europe and Australia.

Since its beginnings in 1959, company headquarters had been in California. On March 29, 2008, the corporate headquarters of the company were relocated from El Segundo, California, to Annandale, Virginia.[7][8] CSC has been a Fortune 500 Company since 1995,[9] coming in at 162 in the 2012 rankings.[10]

In May 2015, CSC announced plans to split the public sector business from its commercial and international business.[11] In August, it was announced that CSC's Government Service business would merge with SRA International to form a new company -- CSRA—at the end of November 2015.[12]

In July 2015, CSC and HCL Technologies announced the signing of a joint venture agreement to form a banking software and services company, Celeriti FinTech.[13][14]

In September 2015, CSC closed the acquisition of Fixnetix, a provider of front-office managed trading solutions in capital markets.[15] CSC also acquired Fruition Partners, a provider of technology-enabled solutions for the service-management sector during the month.[16]

In November 2015, CSC agreed to acquire the shares of UXC, an IT services company based in Australia in a deal valued at AUD427.6 million (US$309 million).[17]

In December 2015, business technology and services provider, Xchanging, agreed to be purchased by CSC.[18]

In February 2016, CSC announced it was moving its headquarters to Tysons, Fairfax County's central business district, just a few miles from Annandale.[19]

On April 3, 2017, it merged with HP Enterprise Services to create DXC Technology.[2][3]

Business

CSC ranked among the leading IT service providers in the world.[20][21][22] Geographically, CSC had major operations throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

The company operated in three broad service lines or sectors:

The company made several acquisitions, including DynCorp in 2003[26][27] and Covansys Corporation in 2007.[28]

Awards and recognition

  • In September 2012, CSC was ranked 8th in Software Magazine’s Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and service providers.[29]

Criticism

  • In June 2013, Margaret Hodge, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, a Select Committee of the British House of Commons, described CSC as a "rotten company providing a hopeless system" with reference to their multibillion-pound contract to deliver the National Programme for IT Lorenzo contract.[30]
  • In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized CSC for spending $4.39 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008–10, instead getting $305 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.67 billion.[31]
  • In February 2011, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a fraud investigation into CSC’s accounting practices in Denmark and Australian business. CSC's CFO Mike Mancuso confirmed that accounting errors and intentional misconduct by certain personnel in Australia prompted SEC regulators to turn their gaze to Australia. Mancuso also stated that the alleged misconduct includes $19 million in both intentional accounting irregularities and unintentional accounting errors.[32]
  • The company has been accused of breaching human rights by arranging several illegal rendition flights for the CIA between 2003 and 2006, which also has led to criticism of shareholders of the company, including the governments of Norway and Britain.[33][34]
  • The company has engaged in a number of activities that have resulted in legal action against it. These are:
    1. Its so called WorldBridge Service (Visa Services), which processed and issued millions of visa applications to enter Britain, did not involve British authorities.[35]
    2. CSC was one of the contractors hired by the Internal Revenue Service to modernize its tax-filing system. They told the IRS it would meet a January 2006 deadline, but failed to do so, leaving the IRS with no system capable of detecting fraud. Its failure to meet the delivery deadline for developing an automated refund fraud detection system cost the IRS between $200 million and $300 million.[36]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Management and Board of Directors". Computer Sciences Corporation. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "CSC Announces Merger with Enterprise Services Segment of Hewlett Packard Enterprise to create a Global IT Services Leader". Press release. May 24, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  3. ^ a b https://www.nyse.com/network/article/nyse-dxc
  4. ^ "Our History". CSC web site. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "CSC, History". fundinguniverse.com.
  6. ^ "History in the Computing Curriculum" (PDF). Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  7. ^ "Computer Sciences Corporation, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Feb 6, 2008". secdatabase.com. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
  8. ^ "Computer Sciences Corporation, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Mar 31, 2008". secdatabase.com. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
  9. ^ "FORTUNE 500: Companies by year C". CNN. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  10. ^ "Fortune 500 - Fortune". Fortune. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  11. ^ "Exclusive: Computer Sciences prepares to break itself up - sources". Reuters. May 14, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  12. ^ "CSC to Combine Government Services Unit with SRA Upon Separation from CSC; Combination will Create Leading Pure-Play Government I.T. Business in the U.S." CSC. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  13. ^ "CSC and HCL Form Joint Venture to Deliver Digital Software and Services to Global Banking Clients". BusinessWire. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  14. ^ "CeleritiFinTech". HCLTECH.
  15. ^ "Computer Sciences (CSC) Completes Fixnetix Acquisition". NASDAQ.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  16. ^ "CSC Finalizes Fruition Partners Acquisition". Computer Sciences Corporation. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  17. ^ "CSC Confirms Agreement to Acquire Australia's UXC Limited". Computer Sciences Corporation. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  18. ^ "Computer Sciences Corporation to buy Xchanging in £480m deal". www.cityam.com. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  19. ^ "CSC moving headquarters to Tysons Corner". WTOP. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  20. ^ Software Company | url=http://www.niveosys.com | Magic Quadrant for End-User Outsourcing Services, North America, 26 August 2014 | publisher=Gartner, Inc.
  21. ^ "The Top Companies in the IT Services Industry (2009)". Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  22. ^ "Top 10 IT Service Providing Companies". siliconindia.com. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  23. ^ a b "Supplier profile: CSC". Computer Weekly.
  24. ^ "CSC Wins $59 Million Task Order From FBI to Provide Call Center". Bloomberg.
  25. ^ "Computer weekly Supplier Profile : CSC" (PDF). CSC’s outsourcing journey has brought it full circle. p. 3.
  26. ^ "Computer Sciences Corporation, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Dec 13, 2002". secdatabase.com. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
  27. ^ Computer Sciences Corporation Completes Acquisition of DynCorp
  28. ^ CSC completes acquisition of Covansys
  29. ^ "CSC Named to Software Magazine's 30th Annual Software 500". Computer Sciences Corporation. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  30. ^ Brewster, Tom, NHS To Spend £2.2bn On ‘Rotten’ CSC NPfIT Work, techweekeurope
  31. ^ Portero, Ashley. "30 Major U.S. Corporations Paid More to Lobby Congress Than Income Taxes, 2008-2010". International Business Times. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  32. ^ Nebojsa Despotovic (November 13, 2011). "CSC Accounting Fraud Extends to Australia - BizCloud® Network". BizCloud® Network. Retrieved July 2, 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  33. ^ Computer Sciences Corporation torture link challenges Norway's ethical reputation
  34. ^ Rupert Neate. "Lloyds owns stake in US firm accused over CIA torture flights". the Guardian. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  35. ^ "Revealed: US firm issues British visas... and MPs were not told". Mail Online. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  36. ^ "Obamacare Contractors Plagued by Previous Failures, Fines, Fraud". Newsmax. Retrieved July 2, 2015.


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