CA Slashes PC and Server Ownership Costs With New Unicenter TNG Remote Control Option.

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1998--

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Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced the availability of the industry's most robust remote control solution for enterprise-wide systems. The newly enhanced Remote Control Option for Unicenter TNG significantly reduces IT ownership costs by providing anywhere/any time server and PC administration, more efficient real-time end-user support and an effective approach to desktop training.

The Remote Control Option also increases IT productivity by giving support staff-including mobile technicians, help desk staffers and systems administrators-full, secure remote access to all Unicenter TNG management applications.

Through tight integration with core Unicenter TNG management functions - such as software delivery, asset management, help desk and storage management-the Remote Control Option allows IT staff to perform critical tasks and solve problems as if they were directly in front of the IT asset requiring attention. This enables them to accomplish more in less time, while improving overall IT service levels across the enterprise. These advanced remote control facilities are particularly valuable to organizations with geographically dispersed sites, since they virtually eliminate the need to place personnel with redundant skills at multiple locations.

The Remote Control Option is also highly valued by solutions vendors and service providers that have to support systems at dispersed customer sites.

"CA's Remote Control solution is indispensable to support the digital color proofing systems that we sell," said Dale Strong, software engineer, Eastman Kodak Co. "With Unicenter TNG's Remote Control solution, we can easily call into our customers' sites and do any required troubleshooting or configuration changes. It has increased customer satisfaction by slashing our mean-time-to-repair and has drastically reduced our off-site travel costs."

The new version of Remote Control Option for Unicenter TNG is also available as a stand-alone product under its existing brand name, Remotely Possible 4.0.

Extending Enterprise Management's Reach

The Remote Control Option provides Unicenter TNG users with value-added remote management capabilities that help further drive down total costs of ownership, virtually eliminating the need to visit individual desktops or servers to perform management tasks. For example, a systems administrator at any location can be alerted of a software delivery failure, immediately take control of a remote PC to inspect the target system, resolve the problem, and then reinitiate the software delivery-all from a standard or web-based Unicenter TNG console.

In combination with Unicenter TNG Advanced Help Desk and CA's WakePC technology, the Remote Control Option allows service personnel to troubleshoot remote PCs-even when they have been turned off.

The Remote Control Option leverages Unicenter TNG's advanced features to make the location and control of remote systems fast and simple. Administrators can "autodiscover" the network, display a network map of resources, and identify which PCs and servers are equipped with the remote control software. Then, with the click of a button, they can select the specific unit or units they wish to control.

"Remote Control Option for Unicenter TNG is an extremely powerful tool that substantially reduces the cost of systems administration while it accelerates problem resolution," said Yogesh Gupta, CA senior vice president of product strategy. "The payback in terms of reduced downtime and increased IT productivity is substantial."

Unicenter TNG Remote Control Option is the only reliable and secure remote control solution to run on Digital Alpha and Intel single- and multi-processor Windows NT systems, as well as all Windows platforms. It delivers the fastest screen transfer in the industry to give enterprise users unparalleled flexibility and performance in remote system management.

Unicenter TNG is an integrated enterprise management solution that enables organizations to manage all IT resources, encompassing heterogeneous networks, systems, applications, and databases. It provides comprehensive end-to-end enterprise management for TCP/IP, SNA, IPX/SPX and DECnet networks, and 40 platforms including desktops, Windows NT, UNIX, AS/400, NetWare and mainframe environments.

Unicenter TNG is the only fully integrated management solution covering network discovery, topology, performance, events and status, security, software distribution, storage, workload, help desk, change management and other functions for traditional and distributed computing environments, as well as for the Internet and intranets. Unicenter TNG's intelligent manager/agent technology delivers highly scalable management of the entire computing environment, including hardware and software.

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 $4.5 billion in calendar year 1997. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing [e-mail], or calling 1-516-342-5224.

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