Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Unisys: A Global Information Technology Company


One of the global information technology companies based in the United States is Unisys. This American venture is a trusted partner to hundreds of companies around the world. It serves government agencies and some of the largest businesses in various industries around the world.

Companies invest a substantial portion of their revenue on IT assets. As technology continues to make a difference in our lives, companies also continue to invest in digital technology. This allows them to keep up with the influx of information and change in market trends. It allows them to be competitive and highly efficient in running its operations. By investing and partnering with Unisys, companies are given the assurance that their operations remain at its peak performance, while their data centers are being streamlined and transformed for better performance. The business also offers enhanced support to all end users and modernization of enterprise applications.

It was in 1986 that the company started its operations, however, its history goes back to 1886 with the formation of the American Arithmometer Company. The company has several predecessors, including the Sperry Gyroscope Company in 1910, Burroughs Corporation and the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. The latter is the developer of the world’s first commercial digital computers, the UNIVAC and the BINAC. The merger of mainframe corporations of Sperry and Burroughs resulted to the creation of Unisys in 1986. The union was valued to be around $4.8 billion. Today, the majority of the clients of the business are large corporations. It primarily generates its $3.46 billion revenue from the services it provides to companies like the New York Clearinghouse, SWIFT, Lloyds Bank, Lufthansa Systems, Dell and various US national and state government entities.

There are more than 20,000 associates that the company employs. These employees continue to provide their expertise in cyber security, consulting services, systems integration, outsourcing and managed services, maintenance and support services and cloud management software.

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