22.06.2006 07:30:00

Unisys and REAAL Insurance Expand Relationship with Five-Year, $11.6 Million (EUR 9.2 Million) IT Infrastructure Outsourcing Contract

Unisys Aims to Help Netherlands-Based Insurer Achieve Increased Efficiency and Improved Service, While Reducing Costs

Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) today announced that its Netherlandssubsidiary has expanded its relationship with long-time client REAALInsurance through a new five-year outsourcing contract with a valueestimated at $11.6 million (EUR 9.2 million). By managing thecompany's IT infrastructure, Unisys will provide support 24 hours aday, seven days a week, to REAAL and its agents, enhancing theefficiency of their IT infrastructure operations and their capabilityto provide secure business services to customers.

REAAL hopes to achieve significant cost reductions throughconsolidating infrastructure outsourcing services under one vendor.REAAL will consolidate its hundreds of existing support contracts andsuppliers to one central contract with Unisys, and will reduce thenumber of services suppliers from 20 to one. As necessary, Unisys willalso engage and supervise additional providers, acting as the "managerof managers" for REAAL's IT infrastructure services.

"The most important objectives of this agreement for REAALInsurance are to reduce complexity and ensure that the company is 'incontrol,'" declares REAAL IT director Rene Groot. "The closecollaboration with Unisys, which serves as the single point ofcontact, makes it possible to achieve better control of our total ICTinfrastructure. Moreover, we only have one support contract to manage,rather than hundreds. That leads to less complexity, better insightinto costs, better possibilities for innovation, higher levels ofinfrastructure availability and better service levels at considerablylower costs. This enables us to offer the best possible support to endusers within our company, our agents and our customers."

Among the services Unisys will provide for REAAL are software andservice support for REAAL Insurance's Microsoft environment, which isof strategic importance for the company's operations. Unisys also willmanage data centers for REAAL, supporting Unisys mainframes, EMCstorage systems, Unisys ES7000 servers and Intel systems for web andintranet applications. In addition, the contract provides for theaddition of new services that might be needed to adapt to changingbusiness requirements.

"Unisys provides solutions to help our customers run theiroperations securely in all key aspects - secure not just in thetechnology sense, but also secure in knowing that their serviceprovider understands their business and will run it effectively everyday," Wim Boeykens, vice president and general manager, GlobalOutsourcing and Infrastructure Services for the Benelux region atUnisys, said. "An IT infrastructure managed for 24/7 availability iscritical to success in the financial services industry, whereuninterrupted customer service is a requirement. By outsourcing its ITsupport to Unisys, REAAL can realize the benefits of secure businessoperations through enhanced support for its agents and excellentservice for their clients."

About REAAL Insurance

REAAL Insurance is part of bank insurer SNS REAAL. SNS REAAL has abalance sheet total of EUR 68 billion and employs almost 5,500 people.REAAL Insurance offers private and business customers a complete rangeof flexible and reliable insurance products. REAAL works exclusivelythrough agents. The company has sites in Utrecht, Alkmaar andZoetermeer in the Netherlands and employs approximately 1,800 people.REAAL Insurance has a realistic view of insurance and knows what isgoing on in the market and in society. The company focuses on productleadership with the objective of providing innovative products,outstanding administrative settlement and support.

About Unisys

Unisys is a worldwide technology services and solutions company.Our consultants apply Unisys expertise in consulting, systemsintegration, outsourcing, infrastructure, and server technology tohelp our clients achieve secure business operations. We build moresecure organizations by creating visibility into clients' businessoperations. Leveraging Unisys 3D Visible Enterprise, we make visiblethe impact of their decisions - ahead of investments, opportunitiesand risks. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.

Forward Looking Statements

Any statements contained in this release that are not historicalfacts are forward-looking statements as defined in the PrivateSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-lookingstatements rely on assumptions and are subject to various risks anduncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materiallyfrom expectations. In particular, statements in this release regardinganticipated value of the contract are based upon assumptions regardingthe expected number of hardware and software products for whichsupport services are to be provided. Because these volumes are subjectto change, the estimated value of the engagement is not guaranteed.Additional discussion of factors that could affect Unisys futureresults is contained in periodic filings with the Securities andExchange Commission.

RELEASE NO.: 0622/8682

http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/news_a_events/06228682.htm

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