CSC Awards Multi-Year Contract to SeeBeyond for Integration of NASA's Enterprise-Wide Financial Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2001 SeeBeyond Provides CSC With Software Licenses To Deliver Comprehensive eBI Solution Suite for Deployment of EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together. Backbone For NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN), the leading global provider of eBI solutions, today announced that Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) awarded SeeBeyond a seven year subcontract for software licenses and services to help CSC in its integration efforts to support NASA's Integrated Financial Management Program (IFMP (Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol) The protocol used in Nokia Telecommunication's IP Switch for flow redirection. IFMP is also used in third-party devices, and interoperability is supported by many vendors. See IP Switch. ). Launching an initiative to re-engineer and streamline its agency-wide financial applications, NASA established the IFM IFM Institut Français de la Mode (French Fashion Institute) IfM Institute for Micromanufacturing (Louisiana Tech University) IFM Interface Module IFM Instantaneous Frequency Measurement Program to focus on the design and implementation of an application integration "backbone." The program will facilitate the integration of the IFM modules, including Procurement, Budget Formulation, Time & Attendance, Payroll, HR, Position Classification, Resume Management, Logistics, Travel, Facilities, Environmental, and Aircraft Management. "NASA's mission to 'expand the realm of human knowledge through a systematic program of exploration and discovery' clearly relies on the robust, scalable and seamless management of information," said Jim Demetriades, founder, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. for SeeBeyond. "Assisting CSC to quickly and efficiently deploy NASA's IFMP further validates our own mission of helping leading organizations fundamentally change how the world works." About NASA In 1915, when aviation was still in its infancy, Congress created an organization that would "supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solutions." That organization, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics “NACA” redirects here. For other uses, see NACA (disambiguation). The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a U.S. federal agency founded on March 3, 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. , evolved into NASA four decades later when Congress formed a civilian agency to lead "the expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space." About CSC Computer Sciences Corporation, one of the world's leading consulting and information technology (IT) services firms, helps clients in industry and government achieve strategic and operational results through the use of technology. The company's success is based on its culture of working collaboratively with clients to develop innovative technology strategies and solutions that address specific business challenges. Having guided clients through every major wave of change in information technology since 1959, CSC combines the newest technologies with its capabilities in consulting, 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, and Web and application hosting to meet the individual needs of global corporations and organizations. With more than 68,000 employees in locations worldwide, CSC had revenues of $10.2 billion for the 12 months ended December 29, 2000. It is headquartered in 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. . For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.csc.com. About SeeBeyond As the leading global provider of eBI(TM) solutions, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN) enables the seamless flow of information within and among enterprises in real time. The SeeBeyond eBI Suite offers a rapidly deployable and infinitely scalable infrastructure for seamless application integration, dynamic business-to-business connectivity and robust business processes optimization. SeeBeyond has more than 1,520 customers worldwide, including ABB, ABN Amro, Barnes & Noble.com, Bausch & Lomb, BHP, DuPont, Florida Power & Light, Fluor Daniel, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Pfizer and Sprint. Key global business and technology consulting partners include Accenture, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , Computer Sciences Corporation, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers and answerthink. Software partners include BroadVision, Onyx Software, Oracle, SAP and Siebel Systems. SeeBeyond has global headquarters in Monrovia, Calif. and sales and marketing headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif. For more information, please visit www.seebeyond.com. Note to Editors: eBI is a trademark of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation SeeBeyond Technology Corporation (formerly Software Technology Corporation) was a software company listed on the NASDAQ stock market (NASDAQ: SBYN). On 28 June 2005 the sale of the company for $387m to Sun Microsystems was announced; the deal was completed by August. . All other trade names are the property of their respective owners. |
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