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CSC ANNOUNCES RESULTS-DRIVEN UTILITY COMPUTING SERVICES

Computer Sciences Corp announced Results-Driven Computing Services, a flexible, vendor-independent and cost-effective way for customers to tap into computer applications and services on an as-needed basis without paying for always-on capacity that could be sitting idle much of the time.

Results-Driven Computing offers clients with variable processing requirements predictable, "pay-as-you-use" pricing, access to a broad range of options and "just-in-time" provisioning using industry-leading security tools and practices. In addition, clients obtain greatly increased visibility into their infrastructure services and control over the most critical business processes associated with them via CSC e4, the company's proprietary business process management solution.

Utility computing is one of many technologies that fall under the umbrella of Grid computing. Gt'04 -- a premiere enterprise Grid computing conference targeting industrial and commercial users -- will gather experts, and outline strategies and road maps for Grid deployment. The show will take place May 24-26 in Philadelphia. For more information, visit www.gt04.com .

CSC has provided components of utility computing services as part of outsourcing offerings for more than 13 years. Results-Driven Computing represents the culmination of this experience in a model capable of addressing a variety of needs and multiple architectures. Because the concept of utility computing is still evolving, CSC has developed a technology roadmap that enables the integration of new tools into the service offering.

"The Results-Driven Computing delivery model allows clients to make more efficient use of resources and enables CSC to serve the varied and fluctuating needs of these customers more effectively," said Russ Owen, president of CSC's Global Infrastructure Services organization. "Our vendor-independent stance further enhances the offering by allowing us to tap an exhaustive array of proven products and services to provide the right solution for each customer."

"Results-Driven Computing clearly elevates infrastructure into a business transformation platform," said Andy Efstathiou of the Yankee Group. "It's also an enabler for CSC to offer a broad range of services to companies that are smaller than those it traditionally serves."

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