BT, CSC & SchlumbergerSema Confirm Best in Class Alliance to Help Deliver the Inland Revenue's Modernisation Agenda.Business Editors/High Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2003 BT, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC (Card Security Code) A three- or four-digit number printed on the back of credit cards for security purposes. Called "Card Verification Value" (CVV) by Visa, "Card Validation Code" (CVC) by MasterCard and "Card Identification (CID) by American Express and Discover, ) and SchlumbergerSema today confirmed that they have formed the 'Fusion' Alliance to compete for the Inland Revenue's ASPIRE contract. The three organisations believe their combined strength brings together the necessary experience, size, and track record in consulting, systems integration and outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. to provide the Inland Revenue Inland Revenue Noun (in Britain and New Zealand) a government department that collects major direct taxes, such as income tax Noun 1. with a compelling alternative to its current arrangements. This alliance is the only UK-led bid for ASPIRE. The Fusion Alliance is also putting forward a unique commercial framework. 'Contracting for value' is designed to deliver best value to the Inland Revenue throughout the lifetime of the contract, to streamline communications and fully exploit the strengths of each Fusion Alliance member. Bill Halbert, chief executive officer of Syntegra, BT's lead organisation, said: "We have built a highly flexible union of skills, capability and thought leadership. More of the same is not an option for the Inland Revenue and our alliance is a direct response to that. We have been working closely with our Fusion colleagues for some months, putting together a robust proposition which is visionary, innovative and different". Mike Laphen, president of CSC's European operations, said: "The Fusion Alliance, with its combination of world class experience in managing large scale operational environments and e-enabled change, understands the challenges the Inland Revenue is facing and the role technology can play in meeting them." Xavier Flinois, president, SchlumbergerSema, added: "Technology is, however, only a part of our proposition. In order to realise the Inland Revenue's vision, the real challenge is to create a radically new business architecture. Our alliance is uniquely placed to help the department make this a reality." "The ASPIRE project represents a large and exciting business opportunity to all of the members of the Fusion Alliance," concluded Bill Halbert. "The department has taken significant steps to encourage competition for this contract and we firmly believe that we can win it." Notes to Editors About BT BT is one of Europe's leading providers of telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. , with principal activities including local, national and international telecommunications services, higher-value broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). and internet products and services, and IT solutions. Syntegra is the company's consulting and systems integration business. BT currently employs around 108,600 people throughout the world. It reported revenues of (pound)18.47 billion for the 2001/02 financial year. For more information about BT visit www.bt.com (http://www.bt.com) (www.btplc.com (http://www.btplc.com) for investor information). For information about Syntegra visit www.syntegra.com (http://www.syntegra.com) . About CSC Founded in 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation is one of the world's leading information technology (IT) services companies. CSC's mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology. With nearly 64,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in ; applications software development; web and application hosting; and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects . Headquartered in El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif., CSC reported revenue of $11.3 billion for the 12 months ended Dec. 27, 2002. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.csc.com. About SchlumberSema SchlumbergerSema is one of two business segments of Schlumberger Limited, a global technology services company. With more than 30,000 employees serving customers in 65 countries, SchlumbergerSema aggregates IT consulting, systems integration, managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality and related products to the oil and gas, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , energy and utilities, finance, transport and public sector markets. Leveraging the Schlumberger DeXa* Suite of Services, it also provides IP network connectivity, information security solutions, distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services and data centre hosting services. In 2002, Schlumberger revenues were $13.5 billion. For more information, visit www.slb.com. |
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