CA Launches Free 30-Day Trial Offer for Neugents.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 1999-- Unicenter TNG TNG Training TNG The Next Generation TNG Tongue TNG The Newspaper Guild (Union) TNG Transitional National Government TNG Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (national facility of the Italian astronomical community) Clients Offered No-Risk Opportunity To Assess Value Of New "Self-Learning" Predictive Agents Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced it is offering its qualified clients a 30-day free trial license for Unicenter TNG(R) Performance Neugents(tm) for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , the industry's first application of adaptive pattern recognition and neural network neural network or neural computing, computer architecture modeled upon the human brain's interconnected system of neurons. Neural networks imitate the brain's ability to sort out patterns and learn from trial and error, discerning and extracting technology for enterprise management. "By rapidly and automatically predicting problems before they happen in even the most complex IT environments, Performance Neugents can offer Unicenter TNG clients tremendous value in terms of high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , reduced downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. , and reduced operational costs," said Yogesh Gupta, CA senior vice president of product strategy. "We believe this value will be amply evident over a 30-day trial period, and that clients will be anxious to implement Neugents as extensively as possible right away." Neugents enable an entirely new generation of business applications that can not only analyze conditions in business markets and technical environments, but can also predict changes in those conditions and suggest courses of action to proactively capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. opportunities and/or avoid potential problems. Unicenter TNG Performance Neugents are particularly valuable in supporting E-commerce applications since availability can directly impact revenues. High availability of E-commerce sites is typically dependent on a tremendous range of variables ---including Web server functions, Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. levels and back-end resources. Unicenter TNG Performance Neugents are uniquely capable of assimilating these diverse parameters to help substantially improve service availability and end-user satisfaction. Unicenter TNG Performance Neugents can proactively prevent performance and availability problems with a level of precision and rigor rigor /rig·or/ (rig´er) [L.] chill; rigidity. rigor mor´tis the stiffening of a dead body accompanying depletion of adenosine triphosphate in the muscle fibers. unattainable by today's conventional trend and resource analysis solutions. This powerful solution results from the seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of two complementary CA technologies --the ability of Neugents to perform multi-dimensional pattern recognition based on historical performance data, and the power of Unicenter TNG to monitor and manage the IT environment from an end-to-end business-process perspective. Additional features of Unicenter TNG Performance Neugents include: -- Critical error prediction -- Comprehensive problem tracing information -- Policy-based probability threshold configuration -- Rapid analysis of existing historical performance data -- Complete integration with Unicenter TNG objects and views. "Unicenter TNG Performance Neugents firmly establish a leadership role for Computer Associates in proactive enterprise management," said Paul Mason
Paul Mason , vice president of infrastructure software research with International Data Corporation. "The Neugents Trial CD allows Unicenter TNG users to gain a full appreciation of what it means to predict and prevent system problems before they actually occur. CA's Neugents represent the next step in the evolution in enterprise management towards the goal of self-healing IT environments." To register for the free 30-day trial CD, clients should access http://www.cai.com/registration/cd_neugents.htm or call 1-877-NEUGENTS. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA), the world leader in mission-critical business computing, provides software, support and integration services in more than 100 countries around the world. CA has more than 13,000 employees and had revenue of $5.1 billion in calendar year 1998. For more information about CA, please call 516-342-5224 or email info@cai.com. CA's World Wide Web address is www.cai.com. Unicenter TNG and Neugents are registered trademarks or trademarks of Computer Associates International, Inc. All other referenced product or company names are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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