CSC to provide IT infrastructure support in 10-year deal Hoping to free its IT department for more strategic tasks, Sears, Roebuck and Co. has decided to outsource its IT infrastructure support services to Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC).In a 10-year deal worth $1.6 billion, CSC will support Sears’ desktops, servers, data networks, data analysis systems and Web-related systems, the companies said Tuesday. Meanwhile, Sears, based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, remains in charge of its technology standards, architecture and service policies, the companies said.Effective June 12, most of the 200 Sears IT employees in charge of the tasks being outsourced will be hired by CSC, the companies said. Sears expects that CSC, in El Segundo, California, will improve the operations of its IT infrastructure by making it more stable, keeping it more updated and running it more efficiently and economically, the companies said.Simultaneously, Sears, which had revenue of $41.1 billion in 2003, believes this agreement will allow its IT department to focus on IT work that is specifically related to the company’s retail business.CSC is one of the world’s largest providers of IT services with $14.8 billion in revenue in its 2004 fiscal year, which ended on April 2, 2004. Technology IndustryDatabases