CA Offers Platinum, Memco, Tivoli/TACF Users "Dollar-for-Dollar" Credit Towards Unicenter TNG Security Upgrade.

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 31, 1998 --

Enables Painless Migration For Customers Caught In The Middle Of Platinum's Acquisition of Memco

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced a competitive upgrade offer for Platinum Technology, Inc., Memco, and Tivoli/TACF customers in need of an integrated enterprise security solution following Platinum's announced acquisition of Memco. Prior to the acquisition, IBM/Tivoli had been licensing Memco's SeOS software under the name TACF, as the security component of Tivoli's TME. With the acquisition of Memco by Tivoli rival Platinum, users face uncertainty about ongoing support for SeOS/TACF and therefore should consider alternatives for their enterprise security.

Under the terms of CA's offer:

- All Platinum customers will receive a dollar-for-dollar credit of their initial AutoSecure license fee against the initial license fee for either CA's ProtectIT or Unicenter TNG.

- All Memco customers will receive a dollar-for-dollar credit of their initial SeOS license fee against the initial license fee for either CA's ProtectIT or Unicenter TNG.

- All Memco customers will receive a dollar-for-dollar credit of their initial Proxima single sign-on license fee against the initial license fee for either CA's ProtectIT with Single Sign On or Unicenter TNG with Single Sign On.

- All IBM/Tivoli customers will receive a dollar-for-dollar credit of their initial TACF license fee against the initial license fee for either CA's ProtectIT or Unicenter TNG.

This comprehensive offer enables all users who may be affected by the acquisition to recoup their existing investments in security software and apply them to the stable, robust, and fully integrated enterprise security solution set provided by Unicenter TNG.

"CA recognizes that Tivoli and Memco customers may have serious questions in light of this acquisition and we're moving quickly to provide them with an intelligent course of action," said Yogesh Gupta, CA senior vice president of product strategy. "Our dollar-for-dollar offer enables them to eliminate uncertainty about the future and to turn this event into a positive one. By moving forward with Unicenter TNG, these customers can expect a much more comprehensive and streamlined cross-platform enterprise security architecture."

According to Gupta, TME's lack of support for IBM RACF - IBM's mainstay legacy systems security technology - means that Tivoli users must manually synchronize user account privileges across mainframes and distributed servers, creating a situation which is unacceptable for most enterprise customers. TME also lacks support for CA's legacy systems security solutions, ACF2 and Top Secret, even though these products are installed in the environments of Fortune 500 companies throughout the world.

Unicenter TNG, on the other hand, provides unified security policy management across an unmatched range of mainframes, mid-range systems, distributed servers and desktops. As an extension of Unicenter TNG's core security, the Unicenter TNG Network Security Option provide the same level of protection for Web assets and the network as for the rest of the enterprise. Because CA develops and integrates technologies that are essential to the enterprise, such as security and scheduling, into the core of Unicenter TNG, customers are assured that their investments in key IT infrastructure are fully protected. Unicenter TNG also supports superior integration of third-party products through well-defined, published Security APIs that free developers from writing complex additional security code.

For Tivoli users who licensed SeOS directly from Memco, another consideration is the upgrade path to whatever revamped security solution Tivoli will be offering in light of the acquisition. According to the Tivoli Security Management FAQ, http://www.tivoli.com/o_products/html/body_secmgt_faq.html, "The Customer would have to pay full price on Tivoli Security Management in order to upgrade, since we currently do not have an agreement in place with Platinum."

The dollar-for-dollar credit being offered by CA applies to initial license fees and does not apply to any maintenance fees. This offer will expire December 31, 1998.

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 on the World Wide Web, emailing [e-mail], or calling 1-516-342-5224.

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