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Ohio Supreme Court Chooses Unisys to Integrate Court Systems

Pilot for new customer will draw on company’s integrated justice expertise

BLUE BELL, Pa., July 12, 2007 – The Ohio Supreme Court has awarded Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) a contract to develop a pilot project for a judicial data warehouse to integrate data from information systems in 17 Ohio courts, the company announced today.

The one-year firm-fixed-price contract for the pilot project, known as the Ohio Courts Network (OCN), is valued at approximately $2.2 million. Future phases of the project will integrate the remaining 360 courts into the OCN. The end result will be “one-stop shopping” for Ohio court data that will enable statistical analysis and search capability across jurisdictions.

Unisys will download, integrate and securely store information from the courts and create an interface to other state agencies, including the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Ohio Department of Corrections. The company also will provide project management services.

Through this project, participating courts and other justice system partners around the state ultimately will benefit from improved inter-jurisdictional communications and access to critical judiciary data in a real-time environment.

“Collaboration and sharing information are paramount given the heightened state of security worldwide” said Gerry Wethington, vice president, Justice and Public Safety, Unisys.

“Integrated justice is all about security, agility and dependability, all of which provides courts and their justice system partners with timely and improved decision-making capabilities.”

The OCN’s infrastructure will consist of Unisys ES7000-series server platforms and will use Microsoft’s SQL database for the centralized data warehouse.

Unisys partner on this project, Metatomix of Waltham, Mass., will provide its Judiciary Inquiry System (JIS) dashboard and associated inquiry capabilities to the integration, helping Unisys to deliver a proven solution for the customer. Metatomix previously deployed a similar system for the Supreme Court of Florida.

Unisys in Integrated Justice
Today’s justice agencies – state, local and federal – must share data, documents and images at key decision points throughout the justice system in a secure environment. Surprisingly, many agencies cannot facilitate this information sharing with their current IT systems.

Unisys provides the expertise and technology to develop comprehensive information sharing that leverages the customer’s existing systems and IT infrastructure. Capitalizing on what’s already there makes the transition smoother and more cost-effective for everyone who relies on it.

For more than 30 years, Unisys has designed and delivered mission-critical systems for the courts and justice system partners. The company understands the missions of the criminal justice enterprise and the goals of the information systems that support those missions.

About Unisys
Unisys is a worldwide technology services and solutions company. Our consultants apply Unisys expertise in consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, and server technology to help our clients achieve secure business operations. We build more secure organizations by creating visibility into clients’ business operations. Leveraging the Unisys 3D Visible Enterprise approach, we make visible the impact of their decisions – ahead of investments, opportunities and risks. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.

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