improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message unisys corporation type public traded as nyse uis industry it services it consulting predecessor burroughs corporation sperry corporation founded 1986 headquarters blue bell pennsylvania united states area served worldwide key people peter altabef ceo services it business consulting and outsourcing services revenue 3.015 billion 2015 profit 154.9 million 2014 total assets us 2.35 billion 2014 1 us 2.51 billion 2013 1 number of employees 20 000 2016 website www.unisys.com unisys corporation is an american global information technology company based in blue bell pennsylvania that provides a portfolio of it services software and technology . contents 1 history 2 products services and clients 2.1 products and services 2.2 clients 2.3 selected projects 3 projects 3.1 consumerization of it 3.2 security index 3.3 social media 4 service quality 5 environmental record 6 controversies 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit unisys hq at blue bell pennsylvania unisys traces its roots back to the founding of american arithmometer company later burroughs corporation in 1886 and the sperry gyroscope company in 1910 . unisys predecessor companies also include the eckert mauchly computer corporation which developed the world s first commercial digital computers the binac and the univac . in september 1986 unisys was formed through the merger of the mainframe corporations sperry and burroughs with burroughs buying sperry for 4.8 billion . the name was chosen from over 31 000 submissions in an internal competition when chuck ayoub submitted the word unisys which was composed of parts of the words united information and systems . 2 the merger was the largest in the computer industry at the time and made unisys the second largest computer company with annual revenue of 10.5 billion . 3 at the time of the merger unisys had approximately 120 000 employees . michael blumenthal became ceo and chairman after the merger and resigned in 1990 after several years of losses . james unruh formerly memorex and honeywell became the new ceo and chairman after blumenthal s departure and continued in that role until 1997 when larry weinbach of arthur anderson became the new ceo . by 1997 layoffs had reduced world wide employee count to approximately 30 000 . 4 in addition to hardware both burroughs and sperry had a history of working on u.s. government contracts . unisys continues to provide hardware software and services to various government agencies . 5 soon after the merger the market for proprietary mainframe class systems the mainstream product of unisys and its competitors such as ibm began a long term decline that continues at a lesser rate today . in response unisys made the strategic decision to shift into high end servers e.g. 32 processor windows servers as well as information technology it services such as systems integration outsourcing and related technical services while holding onto the profitable revenue stream from maintaining its installed base of proprietary mainframe hardware and applications . 6 unisys facilities salt lake city usa sydney australia bangalore india fox milne milton keynes uk sao paulo brazil irvine california usa toronto canada important events in the company s history include the development of the 2200 series in 1986 including the unisys 2200 500 cmos mainframe and the micro a in 1989 the first 7 desktop mainframe the unisys es7000 servers in 2000 and the unisys blueprinting method of visualizing business rules and workflow in 2004 . 8 in 1988 the company acquired convergent technologies makers of ctos . 9 joseph mcgrath served as ceo and president from january 2005 until september 2008 ; he was never named chairman . on october 7 2008 j. edward coleman replaced j. mcgrath as ceo and was named chairman of the board as well . 10 on november 10 2008 the company was removed from the s & p 500 index as the market capitalization of the company had fallen below the s & p 500 minimum of 4 billion . 11 on october 6 2014 unisys announced that coleman would leave the company effective december 1 2014 . unisys share price immediately fell when this news became public . 12 on january 1 2015 unisys officially named peter altabef as its new president and ceo replacing edward coleman . paul weaver who was formerly lead independent director was named chairman . 13 products services and clients edit products and services edit unisys promotes itself as a global information technology company that solves complex it challenges for some of the world s largest companies and government organizations . the company offers outsourcing and managed services systems integration and consulting services high end server technology cybersecurity and cloud management software and maintenance and support services . 14 the company s products services and technology include application services advisory services implementation services application managed services mobile application services cloud solutions cloud advisory services data center planning design and implementation cloudbuild services choreographer hybrid cloud high end servers clearpath forward clearpath systems storage products managed services and outsourcing end user and data center services service desk global field services windows migration workspace services infrastructure services application managed services mobility end user services advisory and implementation services security solutions stealth software managed services advisory services design and implementation services biometric enabled and multi factor authentication solutions service management unisys vantagepoint edge service management advisory implementation and optimization services social business enterprise social business transformation ensemble unified communications 15 in line with larger trends in the information technology industry an increasing amount of unisys revenue comes from services rather than equipment sales ; in 2014 the ratio was 86 % for services up from 65 % in 1997 . 16 the company maintains a portfolio of over 1 500 u.s. and non u.s. patents . 17 the company s mainframe line clearpath is capable of running not only mainframe software but both the java platform and the jboss java ee application server concurrently . the clearpath system is available in either a unisys 2200 based system sperry or an mcp based system burroughs . citation needed in 2014 unisys phased out its cmos processors completing the migration of its clearpath mainframes to intel x86 chips . clients are able to run the company s long established os 2200 and mcp operating systems alongside more recent windows and linux workloads on intel based systems that support cloud and virtualization . 18 the company announced its new clearpath dorado 8380 and 8390 systems in may 2015 its most powerful dorado systems ever . these new systems culminate the company s decade long initiative to transition its clearpath server families from proprietary complementary metal oxide semiconductor processor technology to a software based fabric architecture running on intel processors . 19 as windows server 2003 nears end of support on july 14 2015 unisys and appzero are collaborating with microsoft to support public sector and commercial customers globally in migrating applications to modern microsoft platforms . 20 in 2014 crn ranked unisys stealth on its list of top 10 products for combatting advanced persistent threat . 21 and ranked the unisys forward platform among the top 10 coolest servers of 2014 so far . 22 the company claims that the solution is designed to diminish the risks of virtualizing mission critical applications while uniting the cost efficiency and flexibility of virtualization with the reliable performance and storage features usually provided by dedicated servers . 23 unisys vantagepointsm an advanced user interface and service orchestration center was honored as website of the year and best mobile experience at the 2014 liferay pulse awards . 24 philadelphia s philly311 customer relationship management crm project implemented under a contract with unisys was given a government computer news gcn award which honors public sector it innovation . gcn based the award on the initiative s success in improving citizen access to government services . 25 the company announced during the vmworld 2014 event that it was expanding its workspace services platform with a new solution for desktop virtualization to provide enterprises with cloud based access to business applications and services . the solution will combine unisys services with the popular vmware vmw horizon architecture . 26 unisys also signed an original equipment manufacturer oem agreement with sap and plans to provide managed cloud services for the sap hana platform . these agreements strengthen unisys capabilities to provide clients with real time analytics solutions based on sap software on the forward by unisys enterprise computing platform . 27 in september 2015 unisys announced the launch of its modernization program and a platform management service to upgrade and manage the latest versions of its bmc remedy service management suite . the new services are likely to enable existing bmc remedy users to smoothly adopt the latest versions while also ensuring that the suite features are utilized to the maximum extent . 28 clients edit unisys clients are typically large corporations or government agencies such as the new york clearinghouse dell lufthansa systems lloyds bank emc swift state governments e.g. for unemployment insurance licensing various branches of the u.s. military the federal aviation administration faa numerous airports the general services administration u.s. transportation security administration internal revenue service nextel and telefonica of spain . unisys systems are used for many industrial and government purposes including banking check processing income tax processing airline passenger reservations biometric identification newspaper content management and shipping port management as well as providing weather data services . 29 in 2014 unisys launched its lighthouse awards to recognize clients and partners who displayed unique vision and leadership in applying modern technologies to mission critical it challenges . the awards were presented at the company s annual global universe client and partner event . the 2014 winners were cedae in brazil elekta in sweden general service administration in the us mcdonald s australia and new zealand new zealand transport agency roma capitale in italy sms 800 in the us and channel partners braxton grant technologies and realserveit . 30 selected projects edit unisys is building for the commonwealth of pennsylvania one of the largest secure cloud based on demand it computing implementations by a u.s. state government . 31 unisys was selected as an official it partner for the 2014 fifa world cup brazil as a part of an it consortium that managed it requirements for the 12 host cities in brazil where the soccer matches were held . 32 the unisys law enforcement application framework u leaf helps law enforcement agencies organize and share case information and evidence securely across multiple jurisdictions and offices . according to the unisys website u leaf provides tools to cope with constantly evolving crime and threat patterns and the associated deluge of crime data produced during a crime investigation . 33 unisys signed a contract worth 19 million with the u.s. department of justice doj in 2014 to modernize the national criminal justice reference service ncjrs systems used by the office of justice programs . the upgrade is designed to enable mobile law enforcement workers to access information and services anywhere anytime on any device . 34 unisys announced that it plans to locate a new service center in augusta georgia that could create up to 700 technology jobs . this facility will provide service desk and other end user it support services to public sector and commercial clients starting