All AMS employees within the UK involved in the delivery of IT services have transferred to CSC.
Under the terms of the agreement, CSC will manage desktop computing, help desks, midrange services, application management, procurement and LAN network services. CSC will also provide professional services for the implementation of SAP across AMS’s UK operations.
We are pleased by the confidence Alenia Marconi Systems has placed in CSC with this contract, said Van B. Honeycutt, CSC’s chairman, president and chief executive officer. This agreement demonstrates CSC’s strength in the evolving global aerospace and defence market and reinforces CSC’s position as the strategic IT partner of choice in this sector.
David Singleton, AMS’s Chief Executive Officer, stated This partnership enables AMS to reduce the baseline cost of IT and will improve the delivery of IT service to the business. In addition, we are pleased that this agreement will bring common standards to the business and will facilitate IT integration through CSC’s global capability and innovative approach to technology.
Our industry knowledge and global best practice will provide AMS with the organizational agility and expertise needed to compete in the dynamic and ever changing aerospace and defence industry, said Guy Hains, president of CSC’s UK division.