CORRECTING and REPLACING United Nations Development Programme Selects Unisys for Global Delivery Of Enterprise Resource Planning Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CORRECTION...by Unisys BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2003 In BW5130 issued Sept. 24, 2003: Sixth graph, second sentence of release should read: Organizations participating with UNDP UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNDP Unión Nacional para la Democracia y el Progreso (National Union for Democracy and Progress) and headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of are the United Nations Population Fund The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) began funding population programs in 1969. It was renamed the United Nations Population Fund in 1987, but kept its original abbreviation. and the United Nations Office for Project Services The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), is dedicated exclusively to implementing projects for the United Nations system, international financial institutions, and governments. . (sted: Organizations participating with UNDP and headquartered in New York are the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and the United Nations Office for Project Services.). The corrected release reads: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME SELECTS UNISYS FOR GLOBAL DELIVERY OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. APPLICATIONS Corio On Demand Platform to Deliver Software as a Service in 140 Countries Unisys Corporation (company) Unisys Corporation - The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UIS (graphics, programming) UIS - A VMS graphics programming interface package for VAXstations. ) announced today that it has signed a six-year contract to provide infrastructure and enterprise application management services to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and three of its partner organizations. Under this multi-year, $27.5 million contract, Unisys and its subcontractor, Corio, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CRIO CRIO COMSEC Regional Issuing Officer cRIO Compact Reconfigurable Input Output (National Instruments) ), will deliver a full enterprise application suite including financials, human resources, data warehousing and customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ). "UNDP and its partners require a secure and reliable enterprise system," said Norman (Sandy) Sanders, chief information officer at the United Nations. "We have selected Unisys for its global delivery capability, predictable and affordable economics, and support of Corio's Applications on Demand(TM) platform." Unisys, as the prime vendor, will provide program management and system integration services for a full suite of enterprise applications based on the Corio Applications on Demand(TM) platform. Corio Applications on Demand(TM) is a utility-like approach to delivering software as a service and is available for a fixed monthly fee. "Unisys excels at delivering complex systems worldwide," said Greg Baroni, president, Unisys Global Public Sector. "Our support and management of these operations frees the UNDP and its partner organizations to focus their resources on vital international relief programs." "On demand computing reduces the cost of enterprise systems," said John Ottman, executive vice president of Worldwide Markets at Corio. "Corio's Applications on Demand(TM) platform streamlines IT processes, improves organizational throughput, and delivers the strict security and high operational standards required by these UN organizations." The UNDP, the lead UN organization in the contract, is on the ground in more than 140 countries working on solutions to global and national development challenges including democratic governance, poverty reduction, and crisis prevention and recovery. Organizations participating with UNDP and headquartered in New York are the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (established December 14, 1950) protects and supports refugees at the request of a government or the United Nations and assists in their return or resettlement. is also participating and is based in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. . Collectively the four UN organizations channel more than $4 billion annually into a wide array of development and relief programmes and projects. They see their collaboration on this shared outsourcing project as a significant example of the harmonization and simplification that Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for in his reform programme for the UN system. About the United Nations Development Programme and its UN partners At the United Nations Millennium Summit, the world's leaders pledged to cut poverty in half by 2015. To support progress toward that goal, the UN's development organization, UNDP, uses its global network to connect countries to expertise and resources from around the globe. Its wide range of partners includes governments, civil society, the private sector and other multilateral organizations. For more information, visit: www.undp.org, www.unfpa.org, www.unops.org, www.unhcr.ch About Unisys Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. Our people combine expertise in systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, server technology and consulting with precision thinking and relentless execution to help clients, in more than 100 countries, quickly and efficiently achieve competitive advantage. For more information, visit www.unisys.com. About Corio, Inc. Corio, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRIO) is a leading enterprise application service provider (ASP). The Corio Applications on Demand(TM) platform delivers enterprise applications from leading independent software vendors as a service for a fixed monthly fee. Corio provides infrastructure, applications management, consulting services, and Corio iSRVCE technology resource management (TRM) software. Additional information about Corio is available at www.corio.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 The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and 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, statements in this release regarding the value of the contract assume performance of the contract for its full term. Because the UNDP has the right to terminate the contract before the end of its term and has certain privileges and immunities Concepts contained in the U.S. Constitution that place the citizens of each state on an equal basis with citizens of other states in respect to advantages resulting from citizenship in those states and citizenship in the United States. related to its status as an international organization, the value of the contract 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.: 09238330 http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/09238330.htm Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corporation. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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