CSC announced its four-stage program for financial servicesfirms to use cloud services to gain flexibility and agility intheir computing environments.

CSC is leading financial services firms to the cloud, without jeopardizing their high-performance,security and compliance requirements. This staged approachprogresses from early use of low-risk, horizontal shared servicesto deployment of ancillary applications, then cloud-enablementof mission-critical applications, all in parallel with theintroduction of cloud-only functions.

CSC begins by analyzing and matching enterprise computingworkloads to cloud options to create a staged deployment roadmapthat is both low risk and high impact. This staged approach tocloud computing enables banks, insurers, reinsurers and capitalmarkets firms to speed entry to new markets, smooth mergers andacquisitions, and respond to changes in the competitive landscape.The decision to implement cloud is strategic to the top line and,as a service delivery alternative, frees capital and lowers thecost of operations to impact the bottom line.