CSC to expand footprint

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) plans to expand its presence in India by adding 5,000 employees to its managed services division. The segment accounts for 40 per cent of CSC’s overall revenue.

CSC President (Managed Services Sector) Peter Allen is confident of India becoming an important centre for the global company. “The India centre works with more than 200 managed services clients out of the total of 425 worldwide, and we see that number scaling up in the near future,” he says.

Globally, CSC has 45,000 employees in the managed services vertical, of which 40 per cent are in India. The company had reported a global revenue of $16 billion for the 12 months ended January 1, 2010. It competes with the likes of IBM, Accenture and India’s Infosys and Wipro. “CSC is looking at closing a few multi-million deals, but there won’t be plenty of those. But, we see clients gravitating towards managed services solutions to manage their costs,” says Allen.