unisys corporation

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unisys corporation - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Unisys Corporation
  
     <company> The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation
      merged with Sperry Corporation.  This was when
     the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined.
  
     Unisys is one of the largest providers of information
     services, technology, and software in the world.  They employ
     about 49,000 people and do business in some 100 countries.  In
     1994 about 80 percent of revenue was derived from commercial
     information systems and services, with the remainder coming
     from 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 business
     in the United States.
  
     They specialise in providing business-critical solutions,
     based on open information networks, for organisations that
     operate in transaction-intensive environments.  These
     organisations include financial services companies, airlines,
     telecommunications companies, government agencies, and other
     commercial enterprises.
  
     In August 1994, quarterly sales were $1799M and profits $50M.
  
     (http://unisys.com/).
  
     (1995-03-21)