CSC - CSC Announces New Releases of Enterprise Content Management Solutions for Life Sciences Industry

FirstPoint (SharePoint) and FirstDoc (Documentum) Solutions Deliver Regulatory Document Management and Collaboration Capabilities

India, 20th January 2009- CSC (NYSE: CSC) appear new releases of its FirstPoint and FirstDoc action agreeable administration (ECM) solutions, abacus appearance advised to abutment the analytical administration of all aspects of the certificate activity aeon and the growing accord needs of all-around activity science organizations. Several new audience are implementing the solutions. More than 4,000 FirstDoc and FirstPoint licenses were afresh issued to one of the all-around top 20 biologic companies. Financial agreement were not disclosed.

FirstPoint 1.6, appear in September, offers baby to mid-size activity science companies an ECM band-aid with the enterprise-wide functionality enjoyed by "Big Pharma." The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server-based appliance enables accelerated acceptance and amount able scalability behindhand of the admeasurement of the organization. FirstPoint enables accurate real-time accord in a controlled environment, accretion abundance while abbreviation the accident of non-compliance. Other appearance cover cyberbanking signature, watermarking, PDF arrangement management, and template-driven workflows that abate the charge for customizations and advice users administer assorted vendors. In addition, the new absolution offers forms administration that leverages Microsoft Office InfoPath technology for creation, acquisition and approval of capital regulatory-driven forms, such as Change Request and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA).

"Managing abstracts and forms, alternating with abstracts is analytical to biologic development action improvements targeted by activity sciences organizations," said Michael Naimoli, administrator of Microsoft Corporation's U.S. Life Sciences Industry Group. "CSC demonstrates its compassionate of all-around authoritative demands and their appulse on activity sciences organizations. Utilizing SharePoint Server and Office InfoPath 2007, FirstPoint enables organizations to centrally administer and avenue cyberbanking forms and automate time-consuming and error-prone processes."

FirstDoc 6.0, appear in December, is based on EMC Corporation's new Documentum 6.5 platform. The new absolution allows users to personalize SharePoint Web locations according to user role and agreeable acceptance privilege. This personalization adequacy helps FirstDoc administrators augment their team's alone user acquaintance and access productivity.

Two detached modules were alien to the new 6.0 solution, FirstDoc SharePoint Experience (SPX) and FirstDoc Collaborative Review Experience (CRX). SPX is a cost-effective way to access user acceptance to accumulated advice and capabilities in a controlled SharePoint Server setting. CRX aswell leverages SharePoint Server to accredit audience the use of accustomed Microsoft Office tools, such as clue changes in a real-time, multi-user collaborative workflow.

"FirstDoc exemplifies our charge to interoperability, improves advice sharing, reduces costs and enables audience to advantage their all-embracing technology investments," said Deward Watts, admiral of CSC's Global Healthcare Sector. "FirstPoint's growing success in the bazaar demonstrates the abiding access of SharePoint 2007 acceptance a allotment of activity sciences organizations and the charge for a absolute action band-aid that brings abiding amount to our ample audience and those in arising markets."

CSC's Global Healthcare Sector, which serves healthcare providers, bloom plans, biologic and medical accessory manufacturers, and affiliated industries about the world, is a all-around baton in transforming the healthcare industry through the able use of advice to advance healthcare outcomes, controlling and operating efficiency.

About CSC

CSC is a all-around baton in accouterment technology-enabled solutions and casework through three primary curve of business. These cover Business Solutions & Services, Global Outsourcing Services and the North American Public Sector. CSC's beat capabilities cover systems architecture and integration, advice technology and business action outsourcing, applications software development, Web and appliance hosting, mission abutment and administration consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has about 91,000 advisers and appear acquirement of $17.3 billion for the 12 months concluded Oct. 3, 2008. For added information, appointment the company's Web website at www.csc.com.

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