Amdahl Corporation Appears on Caspar Weinberger's World Business Review TV Series.

Business Editors

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000

Multi-Media Productions is proud to announce the appearance of David West, Vice-President of Systems Marketing for Amdahl Corporation, on World Business Review. The weekly television series focuses on business and technology, and is hosted by Caspar Weinberger, Chairman of Forbes magazine and Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration. The topic of the segment is Enterprise Storage on episode No. 632-B.

"Amdahl Corporation was selected to appear on the show because they provide integrated computing solutions that meet the needs for many of the largest users of information technology in the world," said Charles Hopkins, the show's Coordinating Producer.

As e-commerce continues to expand, the Internet has rapidly become a major new way to do business, and has caused many corporations to convert a portion or all of their business to be transacted on the Internet. Data in storage, long considered to be an expense, is now being interpreted as an asset. Amdahl Corporation realizes expanded storage systems are the key ingredients to getting value out of that asset, and in anticipation of the exponential growth in the need for data storage, continues to develop and deploy bigger and better systems, services, and support that meets the needs of the world's most computer-intensive organizations and environments.

West appears on World Business Review to discuss exactly how his firm is addressing the phenomenal growth in storage needs as more and more companies make their move to the Internet. He stresses the need for increased data storage capacity because of the growth in e-commerce. "A strong knowledge base is very important in determining such necessities as credit reports and buying habits, among other things. Our customers want no down time, 24-hour, 7-day a week accessibility, and immediate availability of data for their customers coming in on the Internet," stated West.

Amdahl is making the transition from a traditional data storage system supplier to provide solutions in the Internet age, as the Internet is driving very large volumes of transactions, increasing the growth of existing data center systems. Key corporate systems remain in the data center and need to be Internet enabled by new systems on the Web. "We understand Web-based businesses need reliability and security in exactly the same manner as traditional applications," West added. "Therefore, e-businesses are now hurrying to traditional experts like Amdahl to help with these issues."

Amdahl's message is that the backbone of their strategy is their successful experience of 25 years installing and supporting mission critical data center systems in the world's biggest and most complex enterprises. If they outsource, West says that Amdahl can supply their ISP's, too. West added that they are spending $3billion/year on research, and forging alliances with such technology giants as Sun Microsystems and Network Appliance to fortify their position.

West believes Amdahl's mission is quite clear. "Amdahl Corporation provides technology infrastructure services to assist our customers in deploying and managing mission-critical computing for their large-scale enterprise IT environments. We are uniquely qualified to deliver systems management, availability, and optimization services for S/390, UNIX, and NT platforms."

Taped in Washington, D.C., World Business Review currently airs on PBS The Business Channel, CNBC as paid programming, and in prime business slots in numerous Public Television markets, including San Francisco, New York, Denver, and Miami. The weekly series can also be viewed on TWA, United Airlines, or from any desktop computer via AENTV.

Individual videotapes or continuing education systems (via Indiana State University) are available by calling 1-800-WBR-1032, or by visiting www.wbrtv.com, which showcases feature topics and specific companies' technologies.