CSC Announces US$76 Million IT Outsourcing Agreement With Danish Newspaper Publisher Det Berlingske Officin.EL SEGUNDO, California
El Segundo is a city in Los Angeles County, California on the Santa Monica Bay, incorporated on January 18, 1917. The population was 16,033 at the 2000 census. , December 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CSC) today announced that its operations in Denmark have signed a five-year, US$76 million (390 million Danish Kroner) information technology (IT) outsourcing agreement with Det Berlingske Officin Det Berlingske Officin A/S is a Danish media company owning a large number of newspapers, in addition to websites and local radio stations. It is owned by the British company Mecom Group. , a major newspaper publisher in Denmark. Berlingske, which produces 14 daily newspapers and nearly 50 regional papers, is a part of the Mecom Group, a leading European regional publisher with operations in Denmark, Norway, Holland, Germany and Poland. Under the contract, CSC will provide help desk services, server management, project development and management, and applications development, maintenance and support. As a part of the outsourcing arrangement, approximately 70 employees will transition from Berlingske's IT group to CSC. "We are pleased to announce this agreement and add Berlingske to our client roster," said Jesper Kryhlmand, managing director of CSC in Denmark. "It confirms that CSC offers attractive solutions that match our customers' demands. We eagerly anticipate working with Berlingske to help them achieve their business goals." "We look forward to Berlingske IT becoming a part of CSC and see many advantages to this agreement," said Jesper Vosgerau, IT director of Berlingske. "We will be able to provide better and more competent services by relying on a provider with broad capabilities in IT, and our employees will have access to high-level professional development opportunities and new career paths." About Det Berlingske Officin The Berlingske Offin is Denmark's biggest newspaper group with 14 daily newspapers and approximately 50 local newspapers at Zealand and Jutland. It has printing companies which serve both the group and external customers. Many web services, city nets, local/regional radios and printed media in both Copenhagen and Jutland lead the group towards the goal of being a varied media house. Berlingske group has over 2500 employees. The company has revenue of $708.1 million DKK DKK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Danish Krone. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. and is a separate sector in the British media company Mecom Group plc. About CSC Computer Sciences Corporation is one of the world's leading 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 approximately 87,000 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. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of US$14.9 billion for the 12 months ended March 30, 2007. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.csc.com. Web site: http://www.csc.com Janet Herin, Manager, Media Relations, Corporate, +1-310-615-1693, Christian Bentsen, Director, Communications, CSC in Denmark, +51-24-53-55, cbentsen2@csc.com, or Bill Lackey, Director, Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , Corporate, +1-310-615-1700, blackey3@csc.com, all of Computer Sciences Corporation; or Jesper Vosgerau, Director, Information Technology of Det Berlingske Officin, +33-75-23-91, jev@bit.dk |
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