Imagine it, done, comes to manufacturing market

Systems developer, consultancy and outsourcing firm Unisys says that the manufacturing sector will be among its key targets this year. The company, which last year underwent some restructuring and repositioning, says it sees itself as one of the world’s best kept secretes. “We have huge contracts, but we’re not hugely known,” says Howard Barrett, who recently stepped up to head the company’s commercial industries division for UK and EMEA, which includes manufacturing. One of its headline campaigns will be enterprise security and risk mitigation, building on significant experience with global majors primarily in financial services, government and healthcare. Unisys expects its growing Microsoft-centric services to make a significant contribution in manufacturing – building on its existing Unix and Linux coverage. Its other key message concerns the ‘3D visible enterprise’ (3DVE), meaning business, operations and supply chain visibility in real time – and all the devices, automation and systems behind that. Watch out for Unisys’ ‘real-time business infrastructure’ this year. With very significant RFID implementations as well as platforms, hardware, middleware and solutions under its belt for global organisations, this is one to watch.