The initial term of the agreement is four years, with an option for a one-year extension. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The services include service centre, desktop management and desk-side support, as well as the management of future desktop technology. A key focus for Unisys will be providing a services framework that enables Unilever employees, who use mobile and consumer technologies for business, to have access to productivity tools wherever they work or travel. Those initiatives include programs to provide Unilever employees more flexibility and choice in using and supporting the latest computing devices; self-help solutions which enable end users to fix routine problems; and access to server-based virtualized applications and other green IT initiatives to support Unilever's carbon emissions reduction plans.

"We selected Unisys as our key partner for end-user support services because of the company's proven service delivery capabilities and innovative roadmap for evolving desktop services to provide our workforce with anywhere, anytime access to tools critical to their business productivity," said Peter Opalka, vice president of Global Client Services at Unilever. "Unisys shares our vision for leveraging innovative, cost-effective IT management practices to empower our employees with greater flexibility and choice in how they perform their roles."

Unisys will support the engagement from service centres across the world, including Budapest and Bangalore among others. The Unisys centres are certified to the ISO/IEC 20000 and 27001:2005 standards for IT service management and security, respectively.

"Unilever has a clear, long-range view of how it wants to leverage IT to enable maximum employee productivity and business growth - and that makes working with Unilever a very exciting prospect for Unisys," said Ron Frankenfield, vice president, Global Sales, Unisys Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services. "Unisys looks forward to a long and mutually-beneficial relationship with Unilever."

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These concerns may have led to an increasing consumer acceptance of biometric technologies, such as fingerprint and eye (retinal) scans, versus more traditional methods of using passwords and PINs. Respondents in every country surveyed in the Unisys Security Index indicated a majority favored the use of advanced biometric methods.

In the UK, for example, 95 percent of those who said they would be willing to provide biometric data said they would be willing to provide fingerprint data; 90 percent said they would provide an eye scan; and 82 percent said they would agree to a facial scan. High acceptance rates for these types of biometrics were also reported in other countries.

"Consumers worldwide seem to be growing more comfortable with the idea of using advanced and sometimes unfamiliar technologies to secure their identities as a way to prevent fraud," said Mark Cohn, vice president, enterprise security, Unisys. "Given the concern about bank fraud and identity theft, it is not surprising that people would embrace new ways to protect themselves. But we were somewhat surprised by the wide acceptance of biometrics such as iris recognition and facial scans, technologies which consumers were more familiar with than we might have predicted."

The current findings of the Unisys Security Index, which complement recently released country-specific results, show an average score of 119, indicating moderate security fears overall. All four categories of security measured by the survey - financial, national, Internet and personal safety - registered the lowest recorded levels so far. The largest decline was in financial concerns, reflecting a general easing of economic concerns from the previous survey, taken at the height of the global credit crisis.

"This drop in concern may indicate a disconnect between consumers' perceptions of threats and the more dire reality of the threats that exist in business and governments globally today," said Cohn. "In some regions the general decrease may reflect a less panicked and more rational response to ongoing threats. But global trends indicate that these threats are growing and becoming more sophisticated."

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The initial term of the agreement is four years, with an option for a one-year extension. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The services include service centre, desktop management and desk-side support, as well as the management of future desktop technology. A key focus for Unisys will be providing a services framework that enables Unilever employees, who use mobile and consumer technologies for business, to have quick access to productivity tools wherever they work or travel. Those initiatives include programs to provide Unilever employees more flexibility and choice in using and supporting the latest computing devices; self-help solutions which enable end users to fix routine problems; and access to server-based virtualized applications and other green IT initiatives to support Unilever's carbon emissions reduction plans.

"We selected Unisys as our key partner for end-user support services because of the company's proven service delivery capabilities and innovative roadmap for evolving desktop services to provide our workforce with anywhere, anytime access to tools critical to their business productivity," said Peter Opalka, vice president of Global Client Services at Unilever. "Unisys shares our vision for leveraging innovative, cost-effective IT management practices to empower our employees with greater flexibility and choice in how they perform their roles."

Unisys will support the engagement from service centres across the world, including Budapest and Bangalore among others. The Unisys centres are certified to the ISO/IEC 20000 and 27001:2005 standards for IT service management and security, respectively.

The Unisys/Unilever relationship dates back to November 2005, when Unisys began working as a support services subcontractor on a large Unilever project. This new contract represents an expanded role for Unisys with Unilever -- both in the value of the engagement and the scope of the solution.

"Unilever has a clear, long-range view of how it wants to leverage IT to enable maximum employee productivity and business growth -- and that makes working with Unilever a very exciting prospect for Unisys," said Ron Frankenfield, vice president, Global Sales, Unisys Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services. "Unisys looks forward to a long and mutually-beneficial relationship with Unilever."

About Unilever

Unilever's mission is to add vitality to life. We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life. Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods with leadership positions in many of its product categories and strong local roots in more than 100 countries across the globe. Its global brand portfolio includes some of the world's best known and most loved brands including Knorr, Hellmann's, Flora, Rama, Dove, Axe, Rexona, Lux, Sunsilk, Omo/Persil/Skip, Surf, Wall's, Lipton and Ben & Jerry's. In 2008, Unilever has approximately 174,000 employees and generated annual sales of EUR40 billion, of which close to 50% was achieved in developing and emerging markets such as Asia, Africa, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. More information about Unilever and its brands can be found at www.unilever.com.

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 centres, 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, the duration of the agreement is not guaranteed, as Unilever has the option to terminate the contract prior to the end of the term. Additional discussion of factors that could affect Unisys future results is contained in periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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"Unisys' understanding of both data centers and end-user experiences adds an extra dimension that helps Microsoft customers realize new efficiencies in computing across the enterprise," said Betsy Frost, general manager, UC Marketing Management at Microsoft. "We are impressed at the range and depth of solutions that Unisys is offering to support Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010."

Unisys recently conducted proof-point tests that demonstrate the power of Windows Server 2008 R2 in a virtualized environment.

In the first test, Unisys demonstrated that the Unisys ES7000 Model 7600R Enterprise Server provides a platform for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 database consolidation.

Using Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition, a single Unisys ES7000 server supported the same workload as 32 dual-socket quad-core commodity servers, each running two 85-gigabyte SQL Server 2008 R2 databases, while providing better response times.

In the second proof-point test, Unisys demonstrated high availability for virtualized SQL Server 2008 R2 workloads delivered through the new Live Migration capability of Microsoft Hyper-V.

Unisys migrated 12 VMs, with each running two 85-gigabyte databases in a single instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 with 20 concurrent users, between two nodes of an ES7000 Model 7600R clustered server. During the Live Migration process, users experienced virtually no loss of performance or interruption of service.

A third test supported the Unisys decision framework that helps clients make the right virtualization choices for their environment. Unisys demonstrated the significant performance and total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) advantages delivered by Hyper-V. The proof-point test revealed that a 12-socket Unisys ES7000 Model 7600R can support 384 VMs - the maximum currently supported under Windows Server 2008 R2 - with a three-year TCO per VM of $578. In contrast, a two-socket server using the latest generation of Intel processors could support only 16 VMs at a far higher three-year TCO per VM of $2,035.

In addition, Unisys further noted that it provides migration and management support for Windows 7 to help clients deploy the new environment. Also, the desktop management, support and applications delivery capabilities of Unisys End-User Productivity Services give Windows 7 users anywhere, anytime access to their productivity environments.

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