23506 false The story of CSC, beginning on April 16, 1959. false 1819 story of csc,history,csc history,april 16,1959, true 2 false none false false false false true <div><img alt="Our History: 50 years strong" src="http://assets1.csc.com/fifty/images/ourhistorybn1.jpg" style="border: 0pt none;" width="556" height="213" /><br /></div> <p>In 1958, fewer than 4,000 computers existed in the world. Manufacturers rarely included software with their computers, so the early machines were concentrated in large organizations, such as aerospace companies, universities and government — the only entities with the resources to write the software to make these machines work.</p> <table style="width: 552px; height: 38px;" class="datatable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 50%; background-color: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <h3><a href="/fifty/flxwd/23862-timeline">CSC Timeline</a><a href="/fifty/flex/23434-csc_timeline"><br /></a></h3> See the 100 moments that shaped CSC and watch our history unfold.<br /></td> <td style="width: 50%; background-color: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <h3><a title="Ingenious From Birth article" href="http://assets1.csc.com/fifty/downloads/10_CSCWorld_50th_APRIL2009_Ingenious.pdf">Ingenious From Birth: The CSC Story</a><a href="/fifty/flex/23438-the_csc_story"><br /></a></h3> From the moment CSC was born on April 16, 1959, ingenuity has been a driving force behind our success. <br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 50%; background-color: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <h3><a href="/fifty/flex/24113-the_two_men_who_had_a_dream">Two Men and a Dream<br /></a></h3> From our inception, CSC has flourished under the leadership of founders Roy Nutt and Fletcher Jones.<br /></td> <td style="width: 50%; background-color: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <h3><a href="/fifty/flex/23566-five_decades_of_success">Five Decades of Success</a></h3> Journey through the five decades that put us on top. <div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> 10 alpha_up_down title <link href="http://assets1.csc.com/fifty/media/gs_fifty_4.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> false the_story_of_csc active The Story of CSC