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Unisys Pay-for-Use Storage Solutions Revolutionize Storage Procurement While Eliminating Capacity ConcernsUnisys allies with EMC to provide clients with storage payment flexibility to meet escalating storage requirements
BLUE BELL, Pa., May 9, 2007 – Continuing to extend its innovative offerings around pay-for-use solutions in real-time IT infrastructures, Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced two new global offerings – Metered Storage and Managed Utility Storage. These solutions enable clients to access storage in real time, in lockstep with their dynamic business needs, while paying only for the storage they use.
The Metered Storage solution is for clients that elect to manage their own storage infrastructure, while the Managed Utility Storage solution is for clients choosing to outsource their storage needs. The solutions offer a range of benefits, including minimized capital costs, immediate availability of required storage capacity and reduced administration.
EMC’s market-leading information infrastructure provides the backbone for the Unisys Metered Storage and Managed Utility Storage solutions.
With Unisys innovative “cost follows benefit” pricing model, storage use is measured by gigabytes per month (GBMs). A customer purchases GBMs for a contracted period of time for a price per GBM based on their specific requirements. Unisys provides monthly usage data based on GBMs, which can be broken down by departmental or application-specific requirements. This provides IT organizations with a clear understanding of their overall usage and the capability to charge-back storage costs to specific business departments based on actual usage. Because the storage capacity is delivered when and where it is needed, the areas of the business that use storage resources most extensively can be provided with the most storage.
Pay-for-use storage extends the solutions for metered computing-power usage that Unisys already offers on its ClearPath and ES7000/one Enterprise Servers.
“Having previously implemented Unisys Metered ClearPath solution, we have achieved significant bottom line benefits because of the pay-for-use model while increasing our service-levels,” said René Groot, IT director, of SNS REAAL, a leading banking and insurance services provider based in The Netherlands. “As a result, we were thrilled when Unisys unveiled a metered storage solution. The Unisys Metered Storage solution has enabled us to react flexibly to performance peaks, lower storage costs, and improve overall business performance, all while increasing the security of our business operations.”
Metered Storage Solution Revolutionizes Payment for On-Demand Capacity
“In today’s computing environments, storage demands can grow dramatically in real time. Our clients need the ability to adapt to those changes,” said Rod Sapp, vice president, Enterprise Servers and Storage, Unisys. “Pay-for-use storage supports our clients’ dynamic computing needs through an exceptionally powerful and cost-effective delivery model.”
Managed Utility Storage Expands Innovation in Outsourced Data Centers
The Unisys Managed Utility Storage and Metered Storage solutions can be combined for clients seeking the benefits of both pay-for-use and full 24x7 storage management services.
“Innovation is critical to success in outsourcing,” added Stuart Gavurin, vice president and managing partner, IT Outsourcing Services, Unisys. “Unisys Managed Utility Storage solution gives clients new ways to rapidly deploy IT infrastructure in support of strategic business processes. Plus, it helps them continually optimize the value of their IT and services investment so they can gain greater visibility into infrastructure costs.”
This storage solution includes capabilities that address clients’ need for data security, availability, integrity and confidentiality. As a certified provider of secure managed services, Unisys attests that its outsourcing centers comply with the industry-recognized BS 7799 and ISO 27001 security standards.
Storage Solutions Exemplify Unisys Real-Time Infrastructure Vision About Unisys Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. We provide consulting, systems integration, outsourcing and infrastructure services, combined with powerful enterprise server technology. We specialize in helping clients use information to create efficient, secure business operations that allow them to achieve their business goals. Our consultants and industry experts work with clients to understand their business challenges and create greater visibility into critical linkages throughout their operations. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
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