Software Maintenance Specialists

Software Maintenance Specialists in Santa Ana said Monday that it has signed a three-year contract with Esprit to provide the San Francisco-based clothing designer with customized data processing services. Software Maintenance Specialists will computerize Esprit's extensive billing, ordering and inventory statements from its data processing center in La Mirada in Los Angeles County. The company did not disclose the value of the contract.

Software Maintenance Specialists in Santa Ana said Monday that it has signed a three-year contract with Esprit to provide the San Francisco-based clothing designer with customized data processing services. Software Maintenance Specialists will computerize Esprit's extensive billing, ordering and inventory statements from its data processing center in La Mirada in Los Angeles County. The company did not disclose the value of the contract.

Data Deal: McGaw Inc. is considering a different sort of consolidation. The Irvine-based supplier of intravenous solutions said Monday that it is hooking up with a Santa Ana computer company to consolidate its growing database into a single network that can be easily accessed. The company has already returned its used IBM mainframe.

Software Contract: Software Maintenance Specialists has assigned a three-year contract to provide computer services for Irvine-based Family Restaurants Inc., formerly Restaurant Enterprises Group. SMS also provides computer service for Denny's Inc., Sizzler International Inc. and H.J. Heinz Co.

Software Maintenance Specialists said it has signed a five-year contract worth $25 million to take over the data processing functions of Esprit de Corp., a San Francisco-based manufacturer of women's and children's apparel. The contract replaces an earlier, $3-million agreement in which Software Maintenance Specialists was to manage Esprit's data processing work while the clothing company switched to a newer computer network.

Software Maintenance Specialists, which provides outsourcing, data processing and systems integration services, said Thursday that it has signed a three-year, $12-million contract to manage the mainframe data processing activities of Varian Associates Inc. Varian, based in Palo Alto, manufactures high-technology systems and components for medical, communications, scientific, industrial and defense markets. The work will be done at Software Maintenance's La Mirada data center.

Maintenance Contract: Software Maintenance Specialists Inc., an Irvine company that manages computer systems for other companies, said it has signed a contract to maintain computers for Telematics International Inc., a computer network products maker in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Mike Winder, SMS president, said his company can shave Telematics' computer budget by taking over the operation of its corporate computer system. SMS has contracts with more than 30 companies.

Software Maintenance Specialists, a Santa Ana company that provides data processing and other computer services, has been named minority subcontractor of the year by NASA. The award recognizes achievements by minority entrepreneurs and minority-owned subcontractors, NASA officials said. Since 1994, Software Maintenance has handled data processing work for the Rockwell Space Systems Division in Downey as part of a NASA contract.

Data Deal: McGaw Inc. is considering a different sort of consolidation. The Irvine-based supplier of intravenous solutions said Monday that it is hooking up with a Santa Ana computer company to consolidate its growing database into a single network that can be easily accessed. The company has already returned its used IBM mainframe.