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UNICOM Global
IndustryDigital Transformation
Cloud computing
Artificial intelligence
Robotics
Computer hardware
Computer software
Software modernization
Enterprise Architecture
Application Portfolio Management
Founded1981
FounderCorry Hong
Headquarters
Mission Hills, California
,
United States
Services
DivisionsUNICOM Government, Inc., UNICOM Engineering, USRobotics, Firetide, Memeo, UNICOM Systems, Macro4, and Eden.
Websitewww.unicomglobal.com

UNICOM Global is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in Mission Hills, California. The company was founded by Corry Hong in Los Angeles, California in 1981 to develop AUTOMON/CICS and related products for the CICS mainframe marketplace. UNICOM Global has grown since then by acquiring publicly-traded and private IT organizations and products, and through property acquisition. Corry Hong was born in Seoul, South Korea and immigrated to the United States at age 20, studying computer science at Pierce College in Los Angeles. He is the CEO and president of the company.[1]

UNICOM Global operates across industry sectors including aerospace and defense, banking, chemical industries, consumer electronics, energy and utilities, healthcare, Fintech, insurance, manufacturing, media and entertainment, oil and gas, retail, telecom, transportation, and Federal, State, and Local Governments.

Corporate structure

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UNICOM Global consists of the following major divisions:

  • UNICOM Government, Inc. (UGI) -- a provider of information technology products and professional services to Federal, State, and Local Governments. In 2015, Unicom Government was one of 6 vendors jointly awarded a $652 million U.S. Army contract for enterprise IT modernization.[2] UNICOM Government is the former NASDAQ-listed GTSI, whom UNICOM Global acquired in June 2012 (see History section, below).
  • UNICOM Engineering – its division that designs and builds purpose-built application platforms and appliances, and provides deployment services for software developers and OEMs. UNICOM Engineering is the former NASDAQ-listed Network Engines Inc, more commonly known as NEI Corporation, which UNICOM Global acquired in September 2012 (see History section, below).
  • US Robotics – Focus on modems and telecommunications equipment. [3]
  • Firetide – its division that designs and sells software and hardware focusing on Wireless Mesh network technology.
  • Memeo – its division that builds products for File Sharing, Big Data, and Data Warehousing.
  • UNICOM Systems – its software division focused on digital transformation products and services. This division includes a number of software products that UNICOM acquired from IBM: System Architect, Focal Point, PurifyPlus, SPSS Survey (now UNICOM Intelligence), solidDB, Cognos Finance (now UNICOM Finance), and the PowerHouse programming language.
  • Macro 4 – its division that manages international operations and builds software for enterprise information management, customer communication management (CCM), and mainframe modernization. Macro 4 also builds the Universal Gateway (uniGW) product.[4] Macro 4 was a publicly-traded company that UNICOM Global acquired in 2009 (see history section below). The Macro 4 division includes:
    • SoftLanding Systems – This division develops IBM i software and systems management products. UNICOM Global acquired SoftLanding Systems in 2006,[5] which was one of the "Big Three" change management vendors on the IBM i platform.[6]
    • iET Solutions—which builds ITIL-Aligned IT Service Management (ITSM) and Software Asset Management (SAM) products.
    • DETEC—which develops and markets software for intercorporate communication as well as for B2B and B2C communication.
  • Eden—its capital, mergers and acquisitions, financial services, and real estate division.

Headquarters and Operations

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UNICOM Global operates at 31 locations in 17 countries. It owns and operates the following IT Corporate Parks, Innovation Centers, and IT Villages:

  • UNICOM Plaza – UNICOM Global Corporate Headquarters in Mission Hills, California.
  • UNICOM Technology Park (UTP) – the former Washington Technology Park that UNICOM acquired in 2015,[7] which is now a research and innovation center, as well as UNICOM Government's corporate headquarters.
  • UNICOM Science & Technology Park (USTP) – the former Merck Headquarters Building that UNICOM acquired in 2018, which is now a research and innovation center.[8][9]
  • UNICOM Innovation Park -- formerly The Martingale, an 11-story class A office park in Schaumburg, Illinois, purchased by UNICOM in January, 2023, [10] and now being established as a research & innovation center.
  • Pickfair Executive Meeting Center – the former Pickfair Estate in Beverly Hills built by Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, which is now an executive conference center.[11]
  • Roripaugh Ranch – an 800-acre planned community located in California between Los Angeles and San Diego, that is being established as a UNICOM IT Village.
  • The Orangery, Crabbet Park IT Center in the southern suburbs of London, UK.

Corporate history

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UNICOM Global was founded by Corry Hong in Los Angeles, California in 1981 to develop AUTOMON/CICS and related products for the CICS mainframe marketplace. Corry Hong was born in Seoul, South Korea and immigrated to the United States at age 20, studying computer science at Pierce College in Los Angeles.[12]

In April 1985, UNICOM Global introduced AUTOMON/CICS, an automated action tool for the CICS MVS environment. UNICOM Global achieved success with the AUTOMON product: in April 1988, AUTOMON/CICS was selected to assure systems availability and productivity at the Games for the XXIV Olympiad held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. In April 1994, AUTOMON/CICS was nominated for the ICP Million Dollar award.

UNICOM Global grew through the following acquisitions:

Number Acquisition date Company, Product or Property Business Country References
1 December 1997 Acquired commercial plaza, and established UNICOM Plaza. Commercial property United States
2 July 1998 Acquired 14 MVS & VSE Products from SofTouch Systems Mainframe computer software United States
3 February 2000 Acquired CICS Resource Definition Online product from SofTouch Systems Mainframe computer software United States
4 July 2000 Acquired 16 MVS, VM and CICS products from Technologic Software Concepts, Inc. Mainframe computer software United States
5 October 2000 Acquired Wingsweep, a 50-acre sports complex, training and corporate retreat facility in Temecula, California. Commercial property United States


6 April 2005 Acquired Pickfair Estate in Beverly Hills, California, and established it as a corporate event facility. Commercial property United States [13]
7 September 2006 Acquired Softlanding, which was one of the "Big Three" change management vendors on the IBM i platform. Mainframe computer software United States [14]
8 November 2006 Acquired the assets of Eden Communications, Inc. an IT service management software company. Service Management software United States
9 December 2006 Acquired a 5-acre research and development facility in New Hampshire, establishing it as UNICOM Center. Commercial property United States
10 February 2008 Acquired Roripaugh Ranch, a 70-acre planned community/green technology village project in Temecula, California. Commercial property United States
11 January 2009 Acquired Macro 4 plc, a global software and services company. Public Company United Kingdom [15]
12 September 2011f Acquired the assets of illustro Systems International, a Dallas-based mainframe software company. Mainframe computer software United States [16]
13 September 2011 Acquired iET Solutions, LLC from Platinum Equity, LLC. iET provides IT Service Management (ITSM) and Software Asset Management solutions for midsize and large enterprises. Service Management software and Software Asset Management United States [17]
14 June 2012 Acquired NASDAQ-listed GTSI to form the UNICOM Government division. Public Company United States [18][19][20]
15 September 2012 Acquired NASDAQ-listed Network Engines Inc. (NEI) to form UNICOM Engineering. Public Company United States [21]
16 July 2012 Acquired DETEC Software GmbH, a provider of document composition technology, from Beta Systems Software AG. Document composition software Germany [22]
17 June 2013 Acquired US Robotics, Inc., the provider of Internet and connectivity products, from Platinum Equity. Public Company United States [23]
18 June 2013 Acquired Commercial division of Acentia, LLC, -- Cisco Silver Partner -- a provider of network and infrastructure services to education, healthcare and state and local government agencies. Public Company United States
19 December 2013 Acquired Cognos Application Development Tools suite of products from IBM Corporation, including PowerHouse, Axiant 4GL and PowerHouse Web. PowerHouse (programming_language) United States
20 March 2014 Acquired Cloud-Based Secure File Sharing and Data Protection Solutions from Memeo, Inc. File Sharing software United States [24]


21 May 2014 Acquired Firetide, a Silicon Valley–based Wireless Network company. Privately Held Company selling Wireless mesh network product. United States [25]


22 June 2014 Acquired the Visual and Unified Communications Division from Microtechnologies, LLC. IT Service Management United States [26]


23 June 2014 Acquired solidDB In-memory database product from IBM. In-Memory Database product United States [27]


24 August 2014 Acquired Cognos Finance assets from IBM. Rebranded to UNICOM Finance. Business Intelligence product United States


25 December 2014 Acquired Rational Focal Point from IBM. Rebranded to UNICOM Focal Point. Application Portfolio Management and Product Management product United States


26 December 2014 Acquired Rational PurifyPlus from IBM. Memory debugger product United States


27 October 2015 Acquired SPSS Data Collection from IBM. Rebranded product to UNICOM Intelligence. Survey data collection product United States [citation needed]


28 December 2015 Acquired Washington Technology Park, and established it as UNICOM Technology Park (UTP). Commercial property United States [28]


29 December 2015 Acquired System Architect from IBM. Enterprise Architecture and Systems Architecture product. United States


30 December 2015 Established an Intellectual Property License Agreement with IBM for Content Manager OnDemand. Content management product. United States


31 December 2015 Established an Intellectual Property License Agreement with IBM for InfoSphere Optim. Data management product. United States


32 March 2016 Acquired WebSphere Multichannel Bank Transformation Toolkit from IBM. Digital transformation product. United States
33 March 2016 Established an Intellectual Property License Agreement with IBM for Omegamon (Omegamon for z/OS, Dashboard Edition on z/OS, Mainframe Networks). Mainframe computer software United States


34 June 2016 Established an Intellectual Property License Agreement with IBM for Cognos Planning. Analytics product. United States


35 June 2016 Established an Intellectual Property License Agreement with IBM for Content Manager (CM8). Content Management product. United States


36 July 2016 Introduced VeroFiles, a Cloud file storage product. Cloud storage product. United States


37 February 2016 Established UNICOM Corporation in Las Vegas. Commercial property United States
38 October 2018 Purchased the former Merck Headquarters Building and established it as the UNICOM Science & Technology Park (USTP). Commercial property United States
39 February 2019 Established UNICOM Global Logistics, Inc. in Las Vegas. Logistics company United States
40 January 2023 Purchased 'The Martingale', class A commercial office tower at 231 N Martingale Rd, Schaumburg, IL, and established it as UNICOM Innovation Park. Commercial property United States
41 July 2023 Established a Regional Headquarters for the Southeast Asia region in Singapore. Commercial property Southeast Asia [29]


See also

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References

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  1. ^ Deak, Mike. "Unicom Global buys former Merck headquarters in Readington". MY CENTRAL JERSEY. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  2. ^ Feldt, Brian (2015-06-15). "World Wide Technology wins portion of $652 million U.S. Army contract". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-03-22. The contract calls for World Wide, a systems integration company founded by David Steward and Jim Kavanaugh in 1990, to work on the enterprise IT modification contract along with other major industry players such as IBM Corp., Dell's Federal Systems unit and Unicom Government Inc.
  3. ^ U.S. Robotics Corporation History
  4. ^ UNICOM Announces Universal Gateway, May 2, 2017.
  5. ^ Prickett Morgan, Timothy (2006-10-30). "SoftLanding Systems Acquired By CICS Specialist Unicom Systems". The Four Hundred. Archived from the original on 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  6. ^ Woodie, Alex (2016-02-08). "Where's MKS Implementer? Alive and Well At PTC". The Four Hundred. Retrieved 2016-03-22. The IBM i business is not what it used to be, and each of the Big Three change management vendors has a lower profile than it once did. Aldon, of course, is now part of Rocket Software, while SoftLanding Systems was long ago gobbled up by Unicom Global, a conglomerate with a different culture from that of SoftLanding.
  7. ^ [1], January 20, 2016.
  8. ^ Unicom Global Science & Technology Park in Readington, NJ, March 16, 2019.
  9. ^ Readington: UNICOM's purchase of Merck complex is a 'milestone', October 6, 2018.
  10. ^ UNICOM® Global acquires The Martingale, Illinois
  11. ^ UNICOM Casts Meet Including Powerhouse, March 12, 2015.
  12. ^ "First look at UNICOM, the Calif. company that bought old Merck building". 22 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Our Very Own Camelot", April 30, 2006.
  14. ^ SoftLanding Systems Acquired By CICS Specialist Unicom Systems, October 30, 2006.
  15. ^ UNICOM Acquires Macro4; Sees IOS Synergy with Softlanding Tools, January 26, 2009.
  16. ^ UNICOM Acquires ITSM and Z/OS Software Companies, October 17, 2011.
  17. ^ UNICOM Acquires ITIL Vendor iET Solutions, October 17, 2011.
  18. ^ Affiliate of UNICOM Systems, Inc. and GTSI Corp. Announce Completion of Merger, June 21, 2012.
  19. ^ David Hubler, GTSI stock purchase completed; Unicom merger nears, Washington Technology, June 18, 2012.
  20. ^ Jill R. Aitoro, As predicted: GTSI brand is no more, Washington Business Journal, March 7, 2013.
  21. ^ UNICOM Global Acquires NEI, June 19, 2012.
  22. ^ Beta Systems Software AG : sells subsidiary DETEC Software GmbH to UNICOM Systems, Inc., July 13, 2012.
  23. ^ UNICOM Global Acquires US Robotics, June 7, 2013.
  24. ^ Unicom Purchases Memeo’s Cloud Assets, April 1, 2014.
  25. ^ Unicom Acquires Firetide, May 23, 2014.
  26. ^ MicroTech sells visual communications division to UNICOM, July 7, 2014.
  27. ^ UNICOM Global Acquires IBM Solid DB, June 9, 2014.
  28. ^ CBRE Announces Sale of Chantilly’s Washington Technology Park I & II for $52.5 Million, January 21, 2016.
  29. ^ UNICOM Global establishes a new entity in Singapore, July 12, 2023.
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