CA'S Unicenter TNG Just What The Doctor Ordered For Hurley Consulting Associates.

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1998--

Unicenter TNG Fully Implemented By CA Global Professional Services 

In Only 10 Days

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) announced today that Hurley Consulting Associates has selected Unicenter TNG, CA's industry-leading enterprise management solution, to provide broad-based strategic systems management for its complex server, network and desktop IT infrastructure. Hurley chose Unicenter TNG after an extensive evaluation of competing products, including HP OpenView.

Hurley Consulting assists pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device companies with product development processes to receive regulatory approval of new drugs, diagnostic agents and medical devices as well as reimbursement. The company integrates pre-clinical drug evaluation, clinical research activities, data analysis, marketing assessments and financial assessments to achieve its client's regulatory and commercial goals. Because of Hurley's heavy reliance on its computer systems, the company sought a solution that could be deployed easily and would seamlessly integrate management of its multi-platform, client/server environment to ensure the ongoing availability of its critical resources.

At the heart of Hurley's network is a mix of UNIX and Windows NT servers from HP and Sun Microsystems, along with HP Vector desktop PCs. These systems must remain operational at all times, making automated enterprise management a necessity. After a comprehensive evaluation, Hurley chose Unicenter TNG for its highly integrated functionality, scalability and ease-of-use.

"We consulted our industry colleagues to determine which vendor had the best management software for networks," said Richard Grey, Hurley's network administrator. "We choose Unicenter TNG because it is a complete solution -- everything we needed was right there. Best of all, Unicenter TNG was fully implemented in only 10 days."

Hurley sought flexibility and proactive responsiveness in its enterprise management software. In addition to using Unicenter TNG's software delivery, asset management and automation point modules, Hurley selected Unicenter TNG's advanced anti-virus software, advanced help desk and advanced storage options, as well as agents for Microsoft SQL Server, Windows NT and UNIX.

"Hurley depends on its computer systems to conduct time-critical FDA approval tasks," said Yogesh Gupta, CA's senior vice president of product strategy. "Unicenter TNG is the only enterprise management solution that can be quickly deployed and bring a high level of automation to IT operations."

John Castellana, Hurley section leader for statistics and technology integration, has found Unicenter TNG's advanced help desk to be a valuable part of the overall solution. "CA's advanced help desk software enabled us to bring a more proactive analysis to the systems management process," he said. "We can now track a solution to a problem so that if it occurs again, we already have the solution at hand."

Unicenter TNG's advanced storage management option was another appealing part of the overall management solution. "When we switched to a Windows NT network, we purchased Legato's NetWorker for Windows NT but couldn't get it to run with our tape machines, which impeded our ability to do backups," said Grey. "We then tried the advanced storage management option and it worked fine, so we bought it along with the other Unicenter TNG modules."

The software delivery module enables Hurley to distribute software upgrades throughout the network, while the automation point module continually monitors critical network status points, notifying the Systems Group of problems and potential problems. "If a computing process disappears for any reason, automation point can restart it automatically," Grey explained.

Grey praised CA's Global Professional Services for the 10-day implementation of Unicenter TNG. "We are really very pleased with CA's Global Professional Services people. I had a lot of questions as the implementation progressed, and they'd give me all the answers I needed, and were always friendly and helpful. They did an excellent job," Grey said.

In addition to its New Jersey headquarters, Hurley also plans to roll the software out to remote offices in Switzerland and Florida.

"Computer Associates delivered on its promise to stand behind its products," said Castellana. "Unicenter TNG is making our company more productive."

By automatically managing the enterprise computing environment, Unicenter TNG optimizes the availability of business-critical services to help reduce the total cost of ownership. Enterprise assets including the Internet/intranet and even non-IT equipment, like automated teller machines can be managed based on the business processes they support. Comprehensive and integrated out-of-the-box functionality, an intuitive Real World Interface, and self-learning, predictive neural network Neugent technology make Unicenter TNG easy to deploy and use, resulting in a rapid return on investment that increases over time.

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.

Hurley Consulting Associates Ltd., with headquarters in Chatham, New Jersey, is an international consulting company serving the health sciences industry. The Company provides a broad range of consulting expertise together with comprehensive contract research services which range from preclinical assessments, clinical trial design trial initiation and monitoring, data analysis, regulatory strategy and dossier submissions to outcomes research, reimbursement strategies and marketing assessments. Hurley Consulting, with offices in the United States and Europe, has over 70 employees including pharmacologists, pharmacokineticists, toxicologists, physicians, regulatory personnel, statisticians, computer programmers, clinical research associates, analytical chemists, medical writers, editors, data analysts and experts in outcomes research, economic analysis, and reimbursement. Hurley Consulting can be reached by emailing [e-mail] or calling 973-635-9898.

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