ACI Worldwide Joins IBM Systems Management Partner Group.OMAHA Omaha, city, United States Omaha (ō`məhä, –hô), city (1990 pop. 335,795), seat of Douglas co., E Nebr., on the west bank of the Missouri River; inc. 1857. , Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 1998--ACI(R) Worldwide, a division of Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. (TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). ), announces its membership in IBM's AS/400 Systems Management Partner Group. The group is part of the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Software Vendor Marketing Partnership, a new program from IBM that provides AS/400 customers with solutions for managing their systems and networks. As a member of the new group, ACI ACI American Concrete Institute ACI Arch Coal Inc ACI Airports Council International (formerly Airport Associations Coordinating Council) ACI Automobile Club d'Italia ACI American Competitiveness Initiative Worldwide will work with IBM to provide ENGUARD(R) system monitoring A System Monitor (SM) is a process within a distributed system for collecting and storing state data. There are many issues involved with designing and implementing a system monitor. software to AS/400 users around the world. ENGUARD is a turnkey, Year 2000 ready monitoring system designed by Grapevine Grapevine - A distributed system project. Systems, Inc. a division of TSA. "We are very honored by IBM's decision to include us in this prestigious program," said Steve Royer, vice president of TSA and president of Grapevine Systems. "With IBM, we realize that managing systems resources is critical for survival in today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. world. We welcome the opportunity to help companies meet the challenge with our ENGUARD software." ENGUARD provides proactive hardware, software and application monitoring designed to increase the availability of mission-critical applications. Features include intuitive alert definition, comprehensive alert notification and flexible remote access to detect potential problems and issue alerts before costly business interruptions occur. "Providing timely solutions that help our customers manage their resources amid a rapidly changing business environment has proven quite a challenge. This program, teaming the AS/400 Brand together with some key solution developers, allows us to deliver solutions that will extend the AS/400's system management functions," said Sue Horn, director, AS/400 Systems Software Development, IBM. "We're pleased to have ACI Worldwide extend the versatile, distributed event management support of their ENGUARD product to the AS/400." ACI Worldwide helps the world move money with software products developed for consumer banking, corporate banking, merchant retail and systems monitoring. As the distribution and support division of Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSAI TSAI Transaction Systems Architects Inc ), ACI Worldwide maintains operations in the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia/Pacific and is a leading international provider of software for electronic commerce and electronic payments. ACI distributed solutions are used by more than 1,900 customers in 69 countries. Visit ACI Worldwide on the Internet at www.aciworldwide.com.
CONTACT: ACI Worldwide, Omaha
Gene Hinkle, 402/390-8906
hinkleg@tsainc.com
or
Susan Booth, 402/697-2234
booths@tsainc.com
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