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The Armed Forces Cycling Classic (formerly known as the Air Force Association Cycling Classic) refers to a weekend of road bicycle racing events held annually in June in Arlington County, Virginia . The weekend consists of several amateur events, and two professional races in the criterium format, the Clarendon Cup and the Crystal City Cup. The main sponsor for the race is Boeing . The race is conducted under the rules of the governing bodies of professional cycling, the Union Cycliste Internationale and USA Cycling .

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12-643: The Clarendon Cup , known as the CSC Invitational (from 2004 to 2008 , is a 1 km long criterium race of Arlington County, Virginia . It is open to amateurs and professionals and has been running since 1998 for men and women. It was formerly part of USA Cycling 's National Racing Calendar , and the National Criterium Calendar. It is currently part of USA Cycling's Pro Road Tour https://www.usacycling.org/national-calendars/pro-road-tour . Source: Source: The Crystal Cup ,

24-553: A joint-venture called Innovative Banking Solutions AG in Wiesbaden , Germany, to market their newly developed SAP solution for mortgage companies. Since its beginnings in 1959, company headquarters had been in California . On March 29, 2008, the corporate headquarters of the company were relocated from El Segundo , California, to Falls Church , Virginia . CSC had been a Fortune 500 Company since 1995, coming in at 162 in

36-475: A provider of technology-enabled solutions for the service-management sector during the month. In November 2015, CSC agreed to acquire the shares of UXC , an IT services company based in Australia in a deal valued at A$ 427.6 million ( US$ 309 million ). In December 2015, business technology and services provider, Xchanging , agreed to be purchased by CSC. In February 2016, CSC announced it

48-594: Is also a criterium race, taking place on a 1.3 km course in Crystal City, Virginia . It is open to amateurs and professionals and has been running since 2007 for men and women, except for the 2008 and 2009 editions when there was no women's race held, and the men took part in a circuit race rather than a criterium. It is held on the Sunday of the weekend of racing. Source: Source: Computer Sciences Corporation Computer Sciences Corporation ( CSC )

60-622: The United Kingdom , Germany , Spain , Italy , Brazil , and the Netherlands . In 1967, CSC set up Computicket Corp. to compete in the fledgling electronic ticket market competing with Ticketron but lost $ 13 million and discontinued the service in 1970. In the 1970s and 1980s, CSC expanded globally winning large contracts for the finance and defense industries and through acquisitions in Europe and Australia. In 2000, CSC founded

72-727: The 1960s, CSC provided software programming services to major computer manufacturers like IBM and Honeywell and secured their first contracts for the U.S. public sector with NASA (among others). By 1963, CSC became the largest software company in the United States and the first software company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange . By the end of 1968, CSC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and had operations in Canada , India ,

84-428: The 2012 rankings. In fiscal 2013, CSC acquired ServiceMesh (cloud management) for $ 282M, Infochimps (a big data platform) for $ 27M, 42Six (analytics for national intelligence) for $ 35 million, iSOFT (application solutions) for cash and debt, and AppLabs (application testing) for $ 171M. In May 2015, CSC announced plans to split the public sector business from its commercial and international business. In August, it

96-494: The 2015 divestment of NPS, its public sector: The company made several acquisitions, including DynCorp in 2003 and Covansys Corporation in 2007. UXC UXC Ltd is an Australian company owned by DXC Technology , which operates in the IT services industry with over 3,000 employees in the private and public sectors across Australasia. UXC is composed of three distinct internal groups in various industry segments. UXC

108-658: Was an American multinational corporation that provided information technology (IT) services and professional services. On April 3, 2017, it merged with the Enterprise Services line of business of HP Enterprise (formerly Electronic Data Systems ) to create DXC Technology . CSC was founded in April 1959 in Los Angeles , California, by Roy Nutt and Fletcher Jones . CSC initially provided programming tools such as assembler and compiler software. In

120-481: Was announced that CSC's Government Service business would merge with SRA International to form a new company β€” CSRA β€”at the end of November 2015. In July 2015, CSC and HCL Technologies announced the signing of a joint venture agreement to form a banking software and services company, Celeriti FinTech. In September 2015, CSC closed the acquisition of Fixnetix, a provider of front-office managed trading solutions in capital markets. CSC also acquired Fruition Partners,

132-474: Was founded in 2002. UXC grew from acquisitions. In 2011, UXC merged its formerly separate XSI Data Solutions, Integ, UXC Connect and Getronics Australia to form the UXC infrastructure group. UXC acquired US based Tectura for $ 21 million, ServiceNow partner Keystone for $ 27 million, and acquired White Labelled, an Australian E-commerce consultancy. The group acquired SaltBush Group in 2014. The group acquired

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144-463: Was moving its headquarters to Tysons in Fairfax County, Virginia . On April 3, 2017, it merged with HPE Enterprise Services to create DXC Technology . CSC once ranked among the leading IT service providers in the world. Geographically, CSC had major operations throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company operated in three broad service lines or sectors until

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