Unisys wins major contract for UK'S HOLMES 2 Police Information Solution.BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1997-- New crime investigation system will help police forces solve major crimes more effectively Unisys Corp. Monday announced that it has won the contract for HOLMES 2, a significant application in the United Kingdom police's National Strategy for Police Information Systems (NSPIS NSPIS National Strategy for Police Information Systems (UK) ). HOLMES 2 will be the major crime investigation tool used by UK police forces well into the next century. HOLMES 2 will replace the current HOLMES crime investigation systems used by police forces in all major cases including murder, multi-million pound fraud and major disasters. The new system will be much easier to use and will enable police forces to link together information from different sources on similar crimes. This will help identify crucial facts that will solve more crimes, dramatically improve productivity and enable police forces to make much better use of their resources. Unisys will develop and deliver the solution and provide on-going support for a minimum of five years. HOLMES 2 will include specialist software to suggest new lines of inquiry to complement the traditional investigation processes. It will also link with other police information systems, such as the Police National Computer, to integrate all the information needed to solve a major crime. Fred Cahill, director of Justice and Safety for Unisys in the UK, said: "We won this major contract in competition with all the major IT suppliers and it is a clear indication of our leadership in providing justice and safety solutions. "By using the latest developments in technology and specialist crime investigation aids, HOLMES 2 addresses the pressing need for more advanced investigative systems." Unisys in the Public Sector Unisys has a 20 year track record of providing information management solutions to the public safety and criminal justice sectors in the UK. Clients include 50% of magistrates' courts magistrates' court In England and Wales, any of the inferior courts with primarily criminal jurisdiction covering a wide range of offenses, from minor traffic violations and public-health nuisances to somewhat more serious crimes, such as petty theft or assault. , the Crown Prosecution Service In addition, Unisys supplies information solutions to over 40% of regional police forces across England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. , including the Metropolitan Police and police forces in Merseyside, Humberside, Cumbria and the City of London. Unisys provides a range of solutions and services in the public safety and criminal justice sectors including: command and control systems, crime investigation systems and administrative systems for the police service, a national case tracking system for the Crown Prosecution Service and management and administration systems for the magistrates' courts. Worldwide, Unisys information management solutions are helping governments be more responsive to their citizens in major areas, including social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales , justice and safety, revenue and taxation, customs and postal services postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval . As one of the top providers of commercial information services See Information Systems. and technology, Unisys solutions are at work in the U.S. federal government, all 50 U.S. states A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and , nine Canadian provinces and more than 1,500 government agencies worldwide. Unisys solutions help deliver benefits to more than half of all U.S. public assistance recipients, help protect the lives and property of more than half of the U.S. population and help process tax returns in the U.S. and Sweden and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Unisys -- The Information Management Company Unisys is one of a select group of companies with the portfolio of services, technologies and third party alliances needed to deliver the benefits of information management -- helping clients use their information asset to enhance their competitiveness and responsiveness to customers. Our expertise in information management is founded on the strengths of our three global businesses: consulting, solutions and systems integration; industry-leading technologies; and comprehensive services and products supporting distributed computing environments See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks . Access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web -- http://www.unisys.com -- for further information. Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corp. All other brands and products reference herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Unisys Corp. Chuck Tuori, 215/986-2243 Internet: chucktuori@unn.unisys.com |
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