Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced that it has become the first systems integrator to join the newly formed Open Solutions Alliance (OSA). The OSA is a non-profit, vendor-neutral consortium dedicated to driving adoption of comprehensive open source business solutions. Unisys goal, within the OSA, is to bring application and systems integration expertise not only to the community and the alliance’s existing partners, but to all enterprises looking to leverage the advantages of open source software.

As the demand for affordable open source business solutions continues to grow, Unisys is uniquely positioned to help enterprises leverage the power of open source to improve interoperability and ease-of-integration in their IT operations.

“Unisys has a lot of experience building the market for business-hardened open source solution suites,” said Barry Klawans, OSA spokesperson and chief technology officer at JasperSoft, a market leader in open source business intelligence. “Unisys is an ideal company to be a part of the OSA and shares our common belief in the adoption of open source business solutions.”

A key factor to success for Unisys is helping the open source community understand the requirements of a mission-critical enterprise, based on open standards, and what enterprises look for when considering the adoption of open source software within existing IT environments. 

“Unisys is very excited to be a part of the OSA, and we feel very strongly that our expertise in all facets of mission-critical vertical solutions, utilizing open source and open standards, will bring great value to the Alliance,” said Anthony Gold, vice president and general manager, Open Source Business, Unisys. “As companies look to migrate toward and modernize with open environments, they will require open source applications to adhere to certain interoperability standards. Unisys has a lot of experience as a leading product developer and systems integrator, from the operating system to the application stack, and everything in-between.”

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