Editing Unisys (section)

=== Founding ===
{{pic|Unisys logo.svg|The company's logo, used from 1986 to 2022}}
[[File:A computer operator enters information into the Naval Supply Depot requisition tracking system in the data processing center - DPLA - 1ba7b419e11daba0e2aead9b6c717a0c.jpeg|thumb|right|A person doing data entry on a Unisys system in 1989]]
Unisys’ history dates back to 1873 with [[E. Remington & Sons]] and the introduction of the first commercially viable typewriter to use the [[QWERTY]] keyboard layout.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kovar |first=Joseph F. |title=Unisys CEO Peter Altabef On Cloud, AI And Quantum Computing |url=https://www.crn.com/news/channel-news/2024/unisys-ceo-peter-altabef-on-cloud-ai-and-quantum-computing#:~:text=36%20on%20CRN's%202024%20Solution,and%20helping%20enhance%20customers'%20cloud |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=www.crn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Unisys |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/unisys-2039286022/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}</ref> Over a hundred years later, the company became known as Unisys in 1986 through the merger of [[Mainframe computer|mainframe]] corporations [[Sperry Corporation|Sperry]] and [[Burroughs Corporation|Burroughs]], with Burroughs buying Sperry for $4.8 billion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/28/business/burroughs-in-challenge-to-ibm-to-acquire-sperry-for-4.8-billion.html|title=Burroughs, in Challenge to I.b.m., to Acquire Sperry for $4.8 Billion|last=Sanger|first=David E.|date=1986-05-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-25|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 

The new company's name was chosen from over 31,000 submissions in an internal competition when Christian Machen submitted the word "Unisys", which was composed of parts of the words "united", "information", and "systems".<ref>{{cite news|last=Sims|first=Calvin|title=Burroughs Announces New Company Name|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/11/business/burroughs-announces-new-company-name.html|access-date=March 10, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 11, 1986}}</ref>

The merger was the largest in the computer industry at the time and made Unisys the second-largest computer company with annual revenue of $10.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=About Unisys|publisher=Unisys|url=https://www.unisys.com/aboutus/company-history}}</ref> [[W. Michael Blumenthal]] became CEO and Chairman.<ref name=":8" />