Computer Generated Solutions to Buy Integration Services Division of Allstate Subsidiary.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1999-- Computer Generated Solutions, Inc. (CGS CGS centimeter-gram-second system. CGS or cgs abbr. centimeter-gram-second system. CGS, c.g.s. ), a leading provider of information technology services worldwide, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of Northbrook Integration Services (NIS Niš or Nish (both: nēsh), city (1991 pop. 175,391), SE Serbia, on the Nišava River. An important railway and industrial center, it has industries that manufacture textiles, electronics, spirits, and locomotives. ) from The Allstate Corporation. NIS is a division of Northbrook Services, Inc. (NBS (National Bureau of Standards) See NIST. NBS - National Bureau of Standards: part of the US Department of Commerce, now NIST. , Northbrook, IL), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation. NIS provides technology solutions in the areas of application development, network services and enterprise systems management. "There are great synergies between the technology solutions and talented employees of Northbrook Integration Services and Computer Generated Solutions," says CGS President 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. Phil Friedman. "Such talent can only strengthen CGS' expertise in the areas of systems integration, network services and enterprisewide technology solutions." "We are pleased that CGS will be buying our operation. It means that NIS customers can continue to expect the same high level of service and satisfaction," said Allstate SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul and CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. Frank Pollard. Allstate decided to sell NIS as part of its efforts to focus on its core insurance businesses, according to Pollard. Terms of the agreement have not been released. NIS has four offices in Chicago, Dallas, Indianapolis and Washington, D.C. Computer Generated Solutions, Inc. (CGS), is a leading provider of information technology services worldwide to the apparel, telecommunications, finance, insurance, and entertainment industries, as well as the US Government. CGS offers The Composite Solution(TM), an integrated suite of technology services that include: Networking Services, On-Site & Remote Help Desk, Systems & Hardware Integration, Legacy Systems Outsourcing, Application Development, Enterprisewide Software Solutions, Call Center Management, Technical & End User Training, Document Management, Year 2000 Solutions and Professional Staffing. Founded in 1984 as a systems integration and management consulting firm to the apparel and fashion industries, CGS offers more than 1,300 professionals, and utilizes 15 offices nationwide. CGS is headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . CGS is an 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) Premier Business Partner and has partnered with firms such as Check Point, Cisco, Citrix, Cognos, Intel, and Lotus. For more information, visit CGS' Web site at www.cgsinc.com. The Allstate Corporation is the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurance company. Its main business units include Allstate Personal Property and Casualty, which provides insurance for more than 14 million households and has approximately 15,500 agents in the U.S. and Canada, and Allstate Life and Savings, which markets a number of life insurance and savings products under a variety of brands through a number of channels and is currently the nation's 17th largest life insurance business. |
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