New CSC Solution Accelerates Global Collaborative Product Design and Development

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Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:33pm EDT

Offering Reduces Design-to-launch Cycle Time and Fosters Greater Innovation

FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- CSC (NYSE: CSC) today introduced
CATRack, a new product lifecycle management (PLM) business solution for
engineering and manufacturing companies that design and build complex
aerospace, automotive and other heavy equipment or high-technology products.
CATRack is a pre-built, scalable system that provides high-speed access to
product model data within an organization and among design partners.  

The offering helps design teams meet the challenges of global collaboration by
storing, sharing and synchronizing product model data across all design
partners. Until now, this process required significant manual intervention and
monitoring on behalf of each design partner. CATRack eliminates this
necessity, freeing engineers to focus on core project work and reducing both
overall design cycle time, as well as data recovery in the event of user or
system errors.  

CSC developed the solution in collaboration with IBM(R) and Dassault Systemes.
 CATRack is powered by IBM rack-mounted BladeCenter(R) high-performance
servers and Dassault Systemes' CATIA and ENOVIA applications. CSC provides
systems integration, engineering and remote support services to offer clients
a complete end-to-end managed service.

"The stakes couldn't be higher when it comes to mastering the demands of
bringing new products to market," said Eileen Sweeney, president of CSC's
Global Manufacturing Services Sector. "Engineering and manufacturing companies
rely on borderless, secure collaboration to accelerate innovation in new
product design and development. CATRack can be up and running in a secure
CATIA/ENOVIA environment quickly with real-time access to engineering models
around the globe."

"Companies are facing relentless pressure to reduce product cost and increase
quality while reducing product development cycle times," said Simon Ellis,
practice director, Manufacturing Insights, an IDC company. "CATRack provides
the design community with a broadly deployable tool that has the ability to
shorten design-to-launch cycle time, foster innovation, sharpen competitive
advantage, improve profitability and increase shareholder value."

The system can be deployed as a turnkey solution or configured and installed
to specific PLM processes and data requirements. More information is available
at www.csc.com/CATRack.

About CSC
CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services
through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions &
Services, Global Outsourcing Services and the North American Public Sector.
CSC's advanced capabilities include systems design and integration,
information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software
development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management
consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 92,000
employees and reported revenue of $17.1 billion for the 12 months ended Jan.
2, 2009. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.csc.com.

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+1-781-631-1326, jhowell24@csc.com, or Janet Herin, Sr. Manager, Media
Relations, Corporate, +1-310-615-1693, jherin@csc.com, both of CSC
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