Unisys Wins Outsourcing Services Contract with City of Santa Clara

Supporting 15 departments and more than 1,000 end users, Unisys will help city streamline operations and serve citizens more cost-effectively

• Press Release
• Source: Unisys Corporation
• On 8:00 am EDT, Thursday October 22, 2009

BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS - News) today announced that it has signed a contract to provide information technology (IT) and application outsourcing services to the City of Santa Clara, California, a new client for Unisys.

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The five-year contract has an estimated value of approximately $20 million. The city can extend the contract for an additional two years at its discretion.

The Unisys services will support 15 city departments, administrative offices and utilities, helping more than 1,000 end users serve the city’s 117,000 residents more effectively.

“The City of Santa Clara has a new vision for the way IT can add value to the business of municipal government,” said Gaurav Garg, director of information technology, City of Santa Clara. “We want to see IT management services and expertise available on demand, wherever and whenever needed, to serve continually changing initiatives and public-service priorities. We believe that Unisys, as our services partner, will provide the innovation, flexibility and thought leadership needed to help us create and refine this new model. As a result, we expect to operate more productively, strategically and cost-efficiently, and adapt more readily to the changing needs of the city and its citizens.”

Under the contract, Unisys will provide a full range of IT management and support and application services for the city government, including:

• IT management and support, including data center and network management, 24-hour service desk, equipment provisioning and maintenance, and deskside services. Infrastructure monitoring will be provided through Unisys Converged Remote Infrastructure Management solution, which provides a single, consolidated view of the IT infrastructure;
• Application modernization and support, including Web development and architecture services. These services will help the city rationalize and consolidate its application environment, and make it easier for citizens to request services and do business with the city over the Web; and
• Departmental IT solutions and cross-functional services. These services are intended to make city departments more efficient, integrate IT infrastructure and link interdepartmental applications to streamline government operations.

“Unisys is proud that the city of Santa Clara has selected us as its IT services partner,” said Sam Khanna, vice president and managing partner, North America, Unisys Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services. “We have decades of experience helping public sector organizations use technology to serve citizens more cost-effectively, and we look forward to supporting the city of Santa Clara in achieving its public service goals.”

About Unisys

Unisys is a worldwide information technology company. We provide a portfolio of IT services, software, and technology that solves critical problems for clients. We specialize in helping clients secure their operations, increase the efficiency and utilization of their data centers, enhance support to their end users and constituents, and modernize their enterprise applications. To provide these services and solutions, we bring together offerings and capabilities in outsourcing services, systems integration and consulting services, infrastructure services, maintenance services, and high-end server technology. With more than 26,000 employees, Unisys serves commercial organizations and government agencies throughout the world. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Any statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements rely on assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. In particular, contract pricing is subject to adjustment, under certain circumstances, as a result of periodic benchmarking. In addition, the contract can be terminated by the City of Santa Clara before the end of its term and is subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Accordingly, the estimated contract value in this release is not guaranteed. Additional discussion of factors that could affect Unisys future results is contained in periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

RELEASE NO.: 1022/9026

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