Solution Brings New Level of Data Protection to Delivery of IT Infrastructure and Software “as a Service”

Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) today announced that the Unisys Secure Cloud Solution became available to clients on July 31. This innovative solution enables enterprise clients to securely move conventional business applications – including those with secure or sensitive data, such as human resources, financial, customer and healthcare information – into a managed, shared cloud service without costly, time-consuming rewrites or other alterations.

The Unisys Secure Cloud Solution is a core component of Unisys cloud computing strategy, which enables clients to choose the type of data center computing services that best meet their business objectives, from self-managed private clouds to Unisys-managed cloud services as well as hybrid solutions.

“With its advanced data protection and network security features, the Unisys Secure Cloud Solution takes a crucial extra step to give clients greater confidence in moving more of their applications with sensitive business data to the cloud,” said Sam Gross, vice president, Global IT Outsourcing Solutions, Unisys. “By doing so, they could realize cost savings and operational efficiencies by leveraging the significant investment Unisys has made in global service delivery and infrastructure.“

The Secure Cloud Solution integrates Unisys patent-pending Stealth data protection technology, which cloaks data from detection as it moves through the network. As a result, clients in a multi-tenant environment can share the same IT infrastructure without fear of compromising the security of their data. (Unisys also plans to release a Stealth solution for storage area networks to provide the same cloaking capability for “data at rest.”)

Assessing Unisys cloud computing strategy and Secure Cloud Solution, and the value that the Stealth technology brings, The 451 Group analyst William Fellows wrote, “Establishing a strict chain of custody for data will be a key requirement for running more sensitive workloads in the cloud.”

Fellows stated further, “Unisys has arrived at the right place and the right time with its Secure Cloud offerings to tap the current industry mood around the suitability of cloud computing in the enterprise. . . . End users who are assessing workloads and considering deployment options – and then deciding where to use clouds in the mix as a result – should take a look.” ⁽¹⁾

As a managed public cloud service, Unisys Secure Cloud Solution enables global delivery of multiple new services: Secure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Secure Platform as a Service (PaaS), My Secure Application as a Service (AaaS), and three Secure Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings: Secure Unified Communication as a Service, Secure Virtual Office as a Service and Secure Document Delivery Service.

Collaboration with Partners Key to Powerful, End-to-End Solution

The Unisys Secure Cloud Solution, which is based on the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standard for service management, uses the automation and virtualization capabilities of Unisys real-time infrastructure solutions. Drawing on technologies from key partners as well as Unisys, these solutions enable an organization’s IT infrastructure to respond automatically to changes in the business environment.

Unisys worked closely with Intel to develop the computing architecture that powers the Secure Cloud Solution and collaborated with EMC, drawing on that partner’s storage technology to create the information infrastructure that enables fast storage and delivery of information securely in the cloud.