Unisys Statewide VR Page
(updated 10/23/2007)
| Address: | 11720 Plaza America Dr. |
| City, State, Zip | Reston, Va 20190 |
| Tel: | 703-439-5887 |
| Tel-800 | 800-874-8647 |
| Fax: | |
| Web: | www.unisys.com |
| Contact: | Lisa Meyer-Dir, PR,
Public Div. lisa.meyer@unisys.com |
| Product | VERIS (Virginia) |
QUICK REVIEW
Unisys
doesn't have a VR product per se. Instead they form partnerships
with existing VR vendors. They did the statewide system for Minnesota with
election.com. That system turned out to be a failure (it's the same system
Accenture is using in Pennsylvania). (see my Accenture
page and user notes from Minnesota for the connection).
Unisys is currently partnered with Quest of
Indianapolis and they are working on the statewide system in Virginia. As
of November 2007, their Virginia system is not doing well and is riddled with
problems and complaints by administrators in Virginia. As is typically the
case, these large systems integrators don't understand the vertical market and
aren't dedicate to it. As a result, most of the work is full of cost overruns,
shoddy programming, poor support leaving a trail of dissatisfied clients in
their wake.
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
| Article | Date added |
| WDBJ(7) article:New VR System Causing Headaches. Read Here. | 10/19/2007 |
| Roanoke Times: New systems has glitches. Click to Read | 10/06/2007 |
| Info on Bill Batcher, Unisys' subject matter expert on elections. Bill used to work for the SOS in Minnesota as the CIO. Click Here to Read. | 7/28/2005 |
| Read Unisys Whitepaper on how to create a statewide RFP. Click Here to Read. (.pdf format). | 7/28/2005 |
| E-Voting: The State of the Nations, by Kristine Grow. Read Here. | 7/28/2005 |