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Unisys Computer Hardware Unit Fights to Resist Spinoff.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 1997 by Fernandez, Bob
Sep. 29--George R. Gazerwitz has a few words for those who believe his computer hardware unit in Unisys Corp. should be ditched by new CEO Larry Weinbach.
"We're not a bunch of plodders," said Gazerwitz, president of Computer Systems Group. "We want to grow. Our strategy is not to protect; it's to open and grow."
And then he launches into a list of research projects, accolades and names of companies or government agencies worldwide that rely on mainframe computers from his 9,000 employees -- 1,500 of whom work in Tredyffrin, Malvern or Blue Bell.
If Grazerwitz sounds a little defensive, that's because he is.
His business unit, the Computer Systems Group, has been profitable -- in fact the most profitable in Unisys --...
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