CA INGRES II DBMS SUPPORTS LINUX FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA), Islandia, N.Y., eBusiness solutions provider, has announced that Seiko Precision, a global innovator in the manufacturing of information and engineering products, has selected CA's Ingres II relational DBMS to support its ground-breaking, Linux-based building facilities management system, BUILTALK-LX.

Seiko Precision's BUILTALK-LX monitors and controls energy consumption, maintenance administration, security management and environmental control of building or building complexes. BUILTALK-LX offers tremendous flexibility by having the capacity to manage up to 300 administration points for small to medium-size buildings. By using CA's Ingres II database technology, Seiko Precision has been able to ensure the scalability, flexibility and reliability of its state-of-the-art application. These characteristics are all critical for facilities management, which can save organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars in reduced operational costs and eliminate significant hazard exposures.

Seiko Precision's solution is also a showcase example of how CA's support for the increasingly popular Linux operating system is being translated into powerful business technology solutions by third-party developers.

"Our clients entrust the operation of their buildings to us and we entrust it to Ingres II, CA's leading database technology," said Masayuki Nakayama, Seiko Precision, director, sales department.

In addition to reducing utility and maintenance costs, BUILTALK-LX features other benefits including energy conservation control displays, automated maintenance reporting, and automated billing. System administrators only need to click a mouse to activate the user-friendly, graphical user interface and help screens. By deploying Ingres II, Seiko Precision is improving the operation/control response time of its multifunctional BUILTALK-LX.

"The extensive integration and environment-development capabilities, along with the state-of-the-art database engine of Ingres II, convinced us that CA's technology was the ideal solution for us," added Mr. Nakayama. "Ingres II enables BUILTALK-LX to operate with the high maintainability and low management costs that our clients demand."

Widely recognized for its robustness and ease of use, Ingres II offers a complete solution for n-tier relational application development, connectivity, and true open information access across Windows NT, OpenVMS, Linux, and UNIX platforms.

"Seiko Precision's BUILTALK-LX demonstrates how the power and flexibility of Ingres II can be harnessed by developers to build highly robust and adaptable applications that address clear market needs," said Takashi Mitsumori, CA Japan, president. "As the management of complex information resources becomes a more important component of every business discipline, we believe that Ingres II will continue to be the preferred environment for high performance relational database applications."

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), the world's leading business software company, delivers the end-to-end infrastructure to enable eBusiness through innovative technology, services and education. CA has 20,000 employees worldwide and had revenue in excess of $6 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. For more information, visit http://www.ca.com.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Seiko Corporation, Seiko Precision is one of the principal manufacturers in the Seiko Group and has six divisions -- Optical Business, Clock Business, Camera Components, Engineering, Electronic Device, and System Integration. As an information and precision engineering product manufacturer, Seiko Precision is recognized worldwide for its development of innovative products and services that provide superior value-added benefits for its customers.

For more information, visit http://www.ca.com.