New contract.New Contract: Computer Sciences Corp. said that it has taken over a $3.7 billion contract with the United Kingdom's National Health Service from Bermuda-based Accenture (Accenture, Chicago, IL, www.accenture.com) The world's largest management and technology consulting firm, which was spun off of Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1989 as a separate entity known as Andersen Consulting. Ltd. after that company forecast losses of more than $450 million from the work. CSC (Card Security Code) A three- or four-digit number printed on the back of credit cards for security purposes. Called "Card Verification Value" (CVV) by Visa, "Card Validation Code" (CVC) by MasterCard and "Card Identification (CID) by American Express and Discover, already has an existing contract with the agency for services in western parts of Britain. The new contract is for upgrades to the country's health agency's computer systems and is a nine-year agreement, 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. the El Segundo-based computer services Data processing (timesharing, batch processing), software development and consulting services. See service bureau, SaaS and ASP. firm. Accenture should transfer the bulk of its U.K. business to CSC early in 2008. |
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