Unisys and Williams Communications Solutions Partner to Deliver Network
Services
Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers
BLUE BELL, Pa. & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2000--Unisys
Corporation and Williams Communications Solutions, today announced a
multi-year strategic alliance to jointly serve the communications
marketplace with installation and maintenance services based on the
Unisys e-@ction Managed Network Services portfolio.
The combined skills and reach of the Unisys and Williams
Communications Solutions technical and engineering personnel represent
one of the largest service capabilities in the marketplace today. In
addition to providing these services to Williams Communications'
network customers, the companies plan to make their joint-services
offering available to businesses of all sizes.
This alliance will become increasingly important as the momentum
towards convergence of voice and data accelerates over the next few
years.
"The alliance between Williams Communications Solutions and Unisys
addresses a key issue facing the communications marketplace," said Dan
Miller, chief operations officer at Williams Communications Solutions.
"We'll offer end-to-end enterprise services, which most communications
companies are currently unable to provide their customers.
"Furthermore, these expanded services will be available to all of
our customers through the WilCare(R) Services portfolio of packaged
and stand-alone data, telecom and professional services," said Miller.
"The Unisys e-@ction Managed Network Services portfolio is a
natural complement to Williams Communications Solutions' suite of
integration services," commented Everett Dyer, vice president and
general manager, Unisys Global Network Services, North America.
"Unisys expertise in supporting and managing the data environment
added to Williams Communications Solutions strength in voice, makes
this a compelling partnership for customers demanding consistent
support for both voice and data from a single point."
Since launching the Unisys Strategic Service Partnership (SSP)
program, Unisys has forged a number of significant alliances with
leading manufacturers of computer and networking equipment who realize
a need for consistent, high-quality, global service delivery.
In addition to providing partners with access to a robust service
portfolio and proven global service delivery infrastructure, the SSP
program enables partners to extend service and support capability to
include multivendor equipment.
Unisys affords its Strategic Service Partners the opportunity to
offer a wide range of services around the world -- without having to
build or buy their own expanded service capability. Additional
features include electronic access to a single worldwide service call
tracking, management and logistics information system as well as a
proactive marketing support program.
Williams Communications Solutions LLC is a North American,
single-source provider of business communications equipment and
multimedia integration services for data, voice, video and advanced
applications.
Its network support solutions include a portfolio of full-service
products from the industry's leading manufacturers, as well as
configuration, design, installation, maintenance and management
services for mission-critical data, voice, video, IP and multimedia
networks.
About Williams Communications Group, Inc. (NYSE:WCG)
Williams Communications, through its subsidiaries, is North
America's only exclusively carrier-focused fiber-optic network and the
largest independent source of end-to-end integrated business
communications solutions -- data, voice or video.
Based in Tulsa, Okla., Williams Communications had revenues of $2
billion in 1999 and today has more than 10,000 employees primarily in
North America, with offices in Europe and Asia and investments in
South America and Australia.
Approximately 85 percent of WCG stock is held by Williams
(NYSE:WMB) which, in 1985, became the first energy company to harness
its core competency as a builder of networks to enable competition in
the communications industry. Additional information is available at
www.williams.com and www.williamscommunications.com.
About Unisys
Unisys is an electronic business solutions company whose 36,000
employees help customers in 100 countries apply information technology
to seize opportunities and overcome challenges of the Internet
economy.
Unisys people integrate and deliver the solutions, services,
platforms and network infrastructure required by business and
government to transform their organizations for success in this new
era.
The company offers a rich portfolio of Unisys e-@ction Solutions
for electronic business based on its expertise in vertical industry
solutions, network services, outsourcing, systems integration and
multivendor support, coupled with enterprise-class server and related
technologies.
The primary vertical markets Unisys serves worldwide include
financial services, transportation, communications, publishing and
commercial sectors, as well as the public sector, including federal
government customers. Unisys is headquartered in Blue Bell,
Pennsylvania, in the Greater Philadelphia area.
For more information on the company, access the Unisys home page
on the World Wide Web at www.unisys.com. Investor information can be
found at www.unisys.com/investor.
Unisys is a registered trademark and e-@ction is a trademark of
Unisys Corporation. All other brands and products referenced herein
are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective holders.
WilCare is a registered trademark of Williams Communications
Solutions. Statements made in this press release that state Williams
Communications' or management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or
predictions for the future are forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks,
assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual
results to differ materially from those projected in such
forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties
include: the ability to complete systems within currently estimated
time frames and budgets; the Company's ability to deploy sophisticated
technologies on a local-to-global basis; the Company's ability to
expand and enhance its network and respond to customer demands and
industry changes; the Company's ability to achieve revenues from
products and services that are in the early stages of development or
operation; the Company's ability to manage its growth; the Company's
ability to raise funds for operations; competition and pricing
pressure; regulatory enactments and changes in the United States and
other countries; changes in business strategy; the successful
integration of newly acquired businesses; the impact of technological
change; adverse economic or political events; the timeframe in which
voice and data networks converge and other risks referenced from time
to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its Registration Statement in Form S-1.
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: Unisys, Blue Bell
Grant Evans, 215/986-6283
grant.evans@unisys.com
or
Williams Communications
Cheena Pazzo, 918/573-4387
cheena.pazzo@williams.com
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