Amdahl creates Telecom Business Group.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1997--

Company announces alliances with software vendors and systems

integrators

Amdahl Corporation today announced the formation of the Telecom Business Group to help telecommunications service providers capitalize on new opportunities for business advantage. The group will provide hardware, software and systems integration services and solutions. It will also work with companies new to this market, including cable television suppliers. The group has also formed a reseller agreement with CrossZ Software and will work closely with DMR Consulting Group (DMR TRECOM in the U.S.), the Amdahl professional services company.

"The formation of the Telecom Business Group will further strengthen Amdahl's ability to meet the business needs of this fast-paced and technology-dependent industry," said Mike Orr, vice president and general manager of the Amdahl Telecom Business Group. "With DMR TRECOM and CrossZ Software, the group adds a combination of talent and technology that complements each other and the Telecom Business Group."

Deregulation in the telecom industry is changing the way companies do business. Providers can now access huge databases of complex customer-call history records and, by mining these data resources, create new product packages and service offerings to meet specific marketing and business goals. Amdahl will employ CrossZ QueryObject business intelligence tools to access, extract and refine terabytes of customer call detail records into highly compact multidimensional QueryObject datamarts which can be easily distributed and accessed by Windows NT(R)-based users. Experienced telecom consultants at DMR Consulting Group, an Amdahl company, will move the summarized data and use its DATAWORX-Comm data warehouse framework, integrating the QueryObject data with industry and demographic specific data to generate the information needed for critical sales and marketing decisions.

The new Amdahl group will enhance its industry presence, marketing these products directly to current Amdahl telecom customers and other companies worldwide. Additional markets will be addressed indirectly through Amdahl authorized resellers and distributors.

Amdahl has been a presence in the telecommunications industry for 15 years, when it responded to the industry's need for a mainframe UNIX(R) operating system with the Amdahl UTS(R) system. In continuous use at major U.S. telecom service providers since its introduction, UTS is now relied on by every Regional Bell Operating Company in the U.S. and many other companies worldwide. Today, the UTS system is also available on Millennium(TM) Global Servers, the Amdahl CMOS-based System/390 compatible hardware, meeting customer demands for centralized business-critical UNIX systems for the data center.

Amdahl Corporation (AMEX:AMH) provides integrated enterprise computing solutions designed to meet the needs of the leading, most compute-intensive environments around the world. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Amdahl combines hardware and software products and services methods with best-of-breed offerings to create customized solutions that help clients gain a competitive advantage in their industries.

Amdahl and UTS are registered trademarks and Millennium is a trademark of Amdahl Corporation. System/390 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively (except in Japan where such license is non-exclusive) through X/Open Company Limited. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Amdahl Corporation

Mike Orr, 408/992-2443

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DMR Consulting Group

Marc Osborne, 514/877-3349

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LVA Communications

Joseph Blumberg, 860/739-5598

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