Acacia Technologies Announces Integrated Business Intelligence Offering; ClearView Helps Turn Data Into Meaningful Decision-Support Information.

LISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 1998--Acacia Technologies(TM), a leader in manufacturing and distribution enterprise software, today announced that its new Business Intelligence product, ClearView (TM), will be available by the end of the year. ClearView will integrate seamlessly into Acacia Technologies' Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions, PRMS(TM) and KBM(TM).

Acacia Technologies, a division of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), is one of the key players in the growing ERP, Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) and advanced Warehouse Management System (WMS) software markets.

"There's a tremendous amount of valuable business information hidden within the voluminous amounts of raw data captured by companies each day. ClearView will help turn that raw data into meaningful, decision-support information that managers can use," said Ken Ramoutar, vice president of worldwide marketing at Acacia Technologies. "With ClearView, clients will be able to use existing transaction data from PRMS or KBM to quickly analyze a variety of business management performance indicators."

The new product will feature a robust set of predefined analytical views and measurements that will augment the management information and analysis reports already available in PRMS and KBM. In addition, ClearView will be easily customized to analyze the specific needs of any enterprise.

"The integrated approach to ERP and online analytical processing (OLAP) systems allow our clients one-stop shopping," Ramoutar added. " Our goal is to allow our clients to achieve the full benefits of Business Intelligence faster and at lower costs."

ClearView's push-button graphical user interface (GUI) will offer executives deeper insight into sales and marketing measurements, such as:

Sales Analysis

- Product or salesperson performance - Customer purchasing profiles and buying trends - Promotional performance

Open Customer Orders

- Current and projected demands - Estimated costs of committed sales - Materials and labor cost analysis

Using ClearView, knowledge workers will be able to easily review and analyze important information - existing within their ERP systems - and quickly find the answers they have been seeking which can lead to new business opportunities. For example, a user can view information such as sales channel results, sales of individual products and individual customer purchases. These three major areas play a key role in company success and customer retention.

The product also includes full application interfaces to PRMS or KBM.

Acacia Technologies provides four product families to the IBM AS/400 marketplace as well as a suite of implementation and analysis tools. These include:

- PRMS(TM) -- an integrated ERP solution for a variety of

businesses using discrete, repetitive, process or co-existent

manufacturing process;

- Warehouse BOSS(TM) -- a complete warehouse management system

covering all aspects of receiving, locating, putaway, order

management, picking, packing and shipping;

- KBM(TM) -- a comprehensive knowledge-based ERP system

specifically designed for the custom products manufacturer; and

- Quick Response Engine(TM) -- a Microsoft Windows client-based,

object-oriented, advanced scheduling tool that manages

independent demands such as customer orders, synchronized

materials requirements and production load to capacity, and shop

floor scheduling.

The current releases of the four Acacia products are Year 2000 compatible.

Acacia Technologies, with headquarters in Lisle, Ill., is a division of Computer Associates International, Inc. This division is responsible for the development, support, marketing and sales of PRMS, KBM, Warehouse BOSS, and Quick Response Engine. The objective of Acacia Technologies is to meet the evolving needs of manufacturing and distribution businesses through a set of solutions built on the AS/400 client/server technology. Acacia Technologies can be reached by visiting http:/www.acaciatech.com on the World Wide Web, or calling 1-800-523-5260.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include enterprise computing and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has over 11,000 people in 160 offices in 43 countries and had revenue of $4.7 billion in fiscal year 1998. CA can be reached by visiting www.cai.com, emailing [e-mail], or calling 1-516-342-5224.

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