Unisys Corporation

Unisys Corporation

(company)The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was whenthe phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined.

Unisys is one of the largest providers of informationservices, technology, and software in the world. They employabout 49,000 people and do business in some 100 countries. In1994 about 80 percent of revenue was derived from commercialinformation systems and services, with the remainder comingfrom electronic systems and services for the defense market.The defense business was sold to Loral in early 1995.Slightly more than half of Unisys's revenue is from businessin the United States.

They specialise in providing business-critical solutions,based on open information networks, for organisations thatoperate in transaction-intensive environments. Theseorganisations include financial services companies, airlines,telecommunications companies, government agencies, and othercommercial enterprises.

In August 1994, quarterly sales were $1799M and profits $50M.

http://unisys.com/.