CSC Listed in 'Leaders' Quadrant of Help Desk Outsourcing Report.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. , March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CSC) today announced that it has been listed in the "leaders" quadrant of the Gartner report Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. for Help Desk Outsourcing, Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). , 2007. The report positions leading vendors of information technology (IT) help desk services based on their ability to execute and their completeness of vision. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gartner, "External service providers in the leaders quadrant are performing skillfully. They have a clear vision of the market's direction and are developing competencies to maintain their leadership position. They shape the market, rather than follow it." Authored by Claudio Da Rold and Gianluca Tramacere, the report covers service providers in Western Europe. To qualify, providers need to have at least 25 million euros in annual Western European help desk outsourcing revenue and deliver help desk services as part of IT outsourcing engagements to clients headquartered in at least six Western European countries. "We are dedicated to providing the highest quality services to our clients and are pleased with CSC's position in this report," said Tracey Laurence, CSC Global Service Desk director. "We feel this position confirms both CSC's experience and understanding of evolving technologies, as well as our ability to achieve operational results that effectively address client needs." Service providers are positioned in the Magic Quadrant based on formal presentations by participating vendors, client reference checks and analyst knowledge of the market. About the Gartner Magic Quadrant The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted February 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against certain criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. About CSC Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global IT services company. 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 77,000 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$14.7 billion for the 12 months ended Dec. 29, 2006. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.csc.com. Web site: http://www.csc.com Janet Herin, Manager, Media Relations, Corporate, +1-310-615-1693, jherin@csc.com, or Joanne Davis, Manager, Media Relations, CSC in the United Kingdom, +44 (0) 1252.536.737, jdavis62@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 |
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