Unisys announced to lay off 1300 employees; 2009, staff will not be given a raise

The U.S. information technology provider Unisys on December 22 announced to lay off 1300 employees to achieve an annual saving with 225 million U.S. dollars of expenditure. The company said that the cost-saving plan included third-party spending cuts, expense reduction on facilities improvement and layoffs on 1300 employees. The layoff plan has begun, which will continue until 2009.