CSC announces workforce management pact with BellSouth.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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 1995--Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CSC) Monday announced a contract with BellSouth Telecommunications, the operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon for the nation's largest Regional Bell Operating Company The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against American Telephone & Telegraph. History , to install a workforce management system to support the company's field technicians. ``Telecommunications is undergoing rapid-fire change because of new technologies and the changing needs of customers,'' said Van B. Honeycutt, CSC president and chief executive officer. ``BellSouth is setting a bold new course to reinvent itself for the future, and we're pleased to provide one of the technology engines that will help them reach their goals.'' The contract calls for CSC to develop and install a workforce management system to replace the multiple systems currently used by BellSouth. The new distributed, client-server system will give the company's technicians, along with other BellSouth users, instant access to information about installations and repairs within the BellSouth operating area. At the same time, it will reduce the costs and manpower needed to track and update work orders on a daily basis. The system will also support emerging broadband technologies that will drive BellSouth networks in the future. The system is being developed and tested during a pilot program at a BellSouth operations center in Orlando, Fla. The pilot and regional rollout will take place over an 18-month period. Work will be performed by CSC's Communications Industry Services unit based in Bethesda, Md. BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. (BST (convention) BST - British Summer Time. The name for daylight-saving time in the UK GMT time zone. ), with headquarters in Atlanta, provides telecommunications services in the nine-state BellSouth region. BST does business as Southern Bell in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. and South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , and as South Central Bell in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Computer Sciences had $3.6 billion in annual revenues for the 12 months ended June 30, 1995. The company has headquarters in El Segundo, and has 33,000 employees in 575 offices worldwide. CSC provides clients with a wide range of professional services including management consulting; business reengineering; information systems consulting and integration; and outsourcing. CONTACT: Computer Sciences Corp., El Segundo Bruce Plowman/Mary Rhodes, 310/615-0311 |
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