Dwayne Allen, former global digital strategist at Microsoft, has joined Unisys to serve as chief technology officer and senior vice president of solution innovation and architecture. He will report to Unisys CEO Peter Altabef and lead development of cloud, enterprise computing and user experience technologies that address customer needs, the company said Monday.

PV Puvvada, a more than three-decade Unisys veteran and six-time Wash100 Award winner, recently discussed his appointment as chief executive officer of the information technology and management consulting company, NetImpact Strategies. “My passion has been to help government organizations take advantage of digital technologies to improve their mission performance significantly," said Puvvada. 

Unisys has appointed Leon Gilbert as senior vice president and general manager of the company's Digital Workplace Services, effective Feb. 1. The company said Monday Gilbert will report to Eric Hutto, president and chief operating officer of Unisys. "We welcome Leon to Unisys and look forward to working with him in furthering our leadership in this critical space," Hutto said. 

Unisys Corporation has been awarded a series of global cloud contracts with public sector clients throughout the third quarter of 2020. "Our cloud solutions, including those for hybrid and multi-cloud, are designed to help clients not only increase innovation, but in more efficient models,“ said Eric Hutto, president and chief operating officer for Unisys.

Unisys has secured a potential seven-year, $36.2M contract to update and migrate an information technology system at the Nevada Department of Public Safety's records, communications and compliance division into a cloud computing environment designed for the government sector.

Unisys has announced the U.S. government certification of Unisys Stealth to protect information as it flows between Stealth-enabled endpoints, the company reported on Wednesday. 

Unisys has announced a set of first quarter 2020 contracts with new and existing clients valued at $200M, the company reported on Wednesday. 

Bob Genter, executive vice president and general manager of civilian business at Science Applications International Corp., said the fast completion of the acquisition of Unisys' federal arm has helped SAIC navigate the integration process during the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.

Unisys held a $10K top prize contest to assess the security capabilities of a certain cybersecurity product against hackers, with no winner named.

Unisys now offers a software-as-a-service platform designed to help customers analyze cyber risk-caused financial impacts.

Science Applications International Corp. has agreed to buy Unisys' federal business unit for $1.2B in cash, SAIC announced on Thursday. The transaction multiple of approximately 13x LTM 9/30/19 Adjusted EBITDA(5) will add greater value to SAIC and will provide a significant premium to Unisys' trading multiple.

Tom Patterson, chief trust officer at Unisys, has been honored by the Trust Across America-Trust Around The World organization for his continuing security efforts in the private, government and academic sectors.

Mark Forman, vice president for digital government at Unisys' federal arm, said he expects this year's federal spending to prioritize modernization efforts, cybersecurity and information technology operations and maintenance.

Four female members of Unisys' board of directors have been included in WomenInc.'s list of influential corporate directors for 2019. The publication will feature Deborah Lee James, Denise Fletcher, Lisa Hook and Regina Paolillo in both the online and print editions of its annual award program.

Unisys has launched a new cloud application designed to support the automation of cloud operations and digital transitions.