CSC signs contract with national library of Australia.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)--Jan. 17, 1995-- Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CSC) Tuesday announced a contract with the national libraries of Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. to develop a national document and information service for the two countries. Value of the agreement over two years is up to $12 million. The contract calls for CSC to develop a system that provides on-line access to information in libraries and databases in Australia and New Zealand, with gateways to other overseas services. 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. CSC president Van B. Honeycutt, the National Document and Information Service project marks the most advanced library information system in the world. ``Technologies like massively parallel See MPP. processing that have tradition-ally been used for scientific and technical applications will for the first time support the high-volume demands of the libraries,'' he said. ``In addition, the system will position Australia and the national libraries on the emerging global superhighway, linking users of Australia's libraries to the rest of the world.'' Honeycutt described the new system as ``a library without walls.'' While most library on-line systems are too complex today for the average user, he noted, the new system will feature a simple-to-follow graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to . But the biggest breakthrough, Honeycutt added, will be the system's ability to electronically deliver information to users via the Internet or other electronic superhighway. Users of the new system will include libraries, educational institutions and hospitals as well as individual users who can access it at home, in the workplace or at school. Currently, databases in Australia and New Zealand contain references to more than 25 million books and other recorded information such as journals, photographs, paintings and videos. The initial system will handle the books and journals. Subsequent releases will support the image information. Work will be performed in Australia by CSC's regional business unit, CSC Australia. Subcontractors supporting CSC on the project include Oracle, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Novell. Computer Sciences has $2.9 billion in annual revenues, about 55% of which comes from commercial clients and the rest from the U.S. government. The company has headquarters in El Segundo, and has 30,000 employees in 450 offices, primarily in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe and Pacific Rim countries. CSC provides clients with a wide range of professional services including management consulting; business reengineering; and information systems consulting, integration, and outsourcing. CONTACT: Computer Sciences Corp., El Segundo Bruce Plowman/Mary Rhodes, 310/615-0311 |
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