Stories about: Computer Science Corporation

CSC has been a dominant part of the Australian IT services landscape for the past four decades years. Sadly, the man who first took control of the business will no longer be able to see it enter its fifth decade.

Oil and Gas giant Woodside Petroleum has severed ties with outsourcer Hewlett-Packard one year before the contract was due for renewal.

A new report on the federal government’s IT outsourcing policies has given credit to the role of the DCITA in monitoring the effectiveness of its contractors, but says the government should increase the department’s scope to ensure suppliers meet Australian industry development requirements.

Computer Science Corporation's (CSC) $700 million outsourcing deal with BHP Billiton has hit a rough spot, with IT employees suggesting the partnership is "in chaos".

Is wireless mobility pushing its way into the Australian enterprise IT brain space - and I'm not referring to the alleged neuron-frying potential of mobile phone microwave emissions.

Wireless technologies may be gaining in popularity, but around 60 per cent of sites deploying wireless LANs across Australia have not enabled the encryption - leaving the door wide open to hacker attacks.

Australian IT outsourcing provider Kaz Computer Services Ltd is set to take on the Computer Science Corporation (CSC) in the West Australian market following its acquisition of the Perth-based Fundi Software Group last week.

The cost of implementing the federal government's IT outsourcing program has tripled in three years with payments to US-based consultants of $25.78 million, according to an Australian National Audit Office report. The Office of Asset Sales and IT Outsourcing allocated $13 million for implementation in the 1997/98 budget, but expenditure exceeded this threefold to $33.17 million.

C&W Optus is nominating itself as the Australian representative in the Global Trading Web association (GTW), a worldwide e-marketplace comprising 24 leading companies.