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The Burroughs Corporation was a major American manufacturer of business equipment. The company was founded in 1886 as the American Arithmometer Company by William Seward Burroughs. In 1986, it merged with Sperry UNIVAC to form Unisys. The company's history paralleled many of the major developments in computing.
Burroughs is the largest independent services provider in North America for payment and transaction automation, unattended self-service technology, robotic automation systems, and other connected IoT devices. Burroughs offers 24/7/365 customer service, predictive and digital-first service platform, and multi-vendor, multi-device solutions.
The Burroughs Corporation began in 1886 as the American Arithmometer (adding machine) Company in St. Louis, Missouri selling an Arithmometer invented by William Seward Burroughs. The company moved to Detroit in 1904 and changed its name to the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, in honor of Burroughs, who died in 1898.
Unisys is a global information technology company that traces its origins to Burroughs Corporation, founded by William Seward Burroughs in 1886. Learn about the milestones and innovations of Burroughs and Unisys in computing, data processing, and navigation systems.
Unisys was formed in 1986 through the merger of mainframe corporations Sperry and Burroughs, with Burroughs buying Sperry for $4.8 billion.
Learn about the history of Burroughs Corporation, a pioneer in mechanical and electronic calculating machines and computers. Explore nine brochures from the Computer History Museum collection.
The Burroughs Corporation began as the Burroughs Adding Machine Company in 1905, producing the world’s first practical adding machines, which had been perfected by the inventor William Seward Burroughs a decade or so before.
