New Linking System Unveiled by Unisys

Unisys Corp. on Monday unveiled a strategy to link its computers with those of competitors, saying it would provide a method unmatched by IBM, Digital Equipment Corp. and other computer makers.

Blue Bell, Pa.-based Unisys, the nation’s third-largest computer company, said its Integrated Information Environment’s software masks the differences between Unisys machines and those of other companies so they can be joined in a network.

Unisys said its new method will adhere to the increasingly popular “open systems” strategy, in which computers and software follow sets of industry standards so they can be used interchangeably.