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Unisys Wins $30M IT Services Contract

By TechTaffy Desk

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Unisys has been awarded an extension by NUL Group to continue providing IT third level support services for Unisys products, including high-end servers, to NUL for their customers in Japan. The two-year extension is valued at approximately $30 million. Under the latest extension Unisys will continue to provide engineering support for Unisys ClearPath and ES7000 servers and other products to the NUL Group.

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