SAN JOSE, Calif., March 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys Corporation
(NYSE: UIS) announced today new milestones highlighting its growing
expertise in advanced data analytics. The company released this
news to coincide with the Strata + Hadoop World conference in
San Jose, Calif., where Dr.
Rod Fontecilla, vice president and
global lead for analytics at Unisys, spoke on the topic of
machine-learning opportunities in the airline industry.
Today's announcements include:
- The launch of Unisys' Machine-Learning-as-a-Service, a new
service offering that enables organizations to predict changes in
business conditions and quickly evaluate potential responses to
those changes. See release here.
- The planned launch of the new Unisys Artificial Intelligence
Center of Excellence, through which users gain free access to
online tools to help them develop capabilities in advanced data
analytics. See release here.
These announcements follow Tuesday's launch of Digistics™ by
Unisys, an innovative digital logistics solution for air cargo
carriers featuring a cross-platform advanced analytics engine that
enables to carriers to analyze past, present and forecast data to
streamline freight operations and improve efficiency. See release
here.
They also come on the heels of NelsonHall's recent NEAT
Assessment of Big Data and Analytics, for which Unisys was one of
11 vendors evaluated. The reports analyzed the performance of
vendors offering Big Data and Analytics services a part of their IT
services portfolio. Unisys was placed in the Leaders Quadrant for
"New Business Model Focus."
"Analytics are rapidly emerging as a critical tool for digital
business transformation, because they enable organizations to
discover the value they can gain from marshalling often-disparate
business assets in novel ways," said Fontecilla. "The milestones we
have announced this week demonstrate how Unisys' analytics
expertise benefits clients through innovative solutions that
empower them to realize a range of digital-business objectives –
from streamlining operations and serving citizens more efficiently
to analyzing and predicting business outcomes to maximize
profitable revenue."
Unisys employs more than 300 data scientists with on-demand
global expertise in data aggregation, analysis and machine
learning; designing predictive analytics models; building data
lakes; and advising clients on making the best use of enterprise
data. Unisys offers on-premise or as-a-service analytics offerings
to provide predictive insights in days versus weeks, as well as a
broad library of pre-defined predictive models that are tested and
ready for quick deployment. These products are industry-focused,
designed to address use cases in each of our vertical markets.
About Unisys
Unisys is a global information technology
company that specializes in providing industry-focused solutions
integrated with leading-edge security to clients in the government,
financial services and commercial markets. Unisys offerings include
security solutions, advanced data analytics, cloud and
infrastructure services, application services and application and
server software. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
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